Bluffers Guide

Words to Do Business By:

Posted on: 08 Aug 2012 by James Farmer

One of the perks I get from compiling the Thinkers column every month for IFA Magazine is that it allows me to spend bli...

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Wrong Time, Wrong Place: Nikolai Dmitriyevich Kondratiev, Wave Theorist

Posted on: 03 Aug 2012 by James Farmer

Born March 1892 in Kostroma, new Moscow. Shot by Josef Stalin in September 1938   Cyclical theory pioneer The early...

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Al, Your Tarnished Pal: Alan Greenspan, Fed Chairman 1987-2006

Posted on: 13 Jun 2012 by James Farmer

  Born 1926 in New York, and still keeping busy Ah well, it was good while it lasted   Six presidents Count â€...

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Thinkers: Jim Rogers

Posted on: 19 Apr 2012 by James Farmer

Man On A Motorcycle Jim Rogers Born 1942 in Baltimore, Maryland. Currently living in Singapore. Who says money can’t b...

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Omaha’s Finest: Warren Edward Buffett

Posted on: 18 Feb 2012 by James Farmer

Born 1930 in Omaha, Nebraska, and hasn’t left yet. Yes, you know a lot about this investment giant. You wanna bet? An ...

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Creative Destruction: Joseph Schumpeter

Posted on: 18 Feb 2012 by James Farmer

Born 1883 in Třešť, Austria-Hungary. Died 1950 in Taconic, Connecticut Fear not, you can now bluff it with the best o...

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A Terrifyingly Gifted Strategist: John D Rockefeller

Posted on: 18 Feb 2012 by James Farmer

    Born 1839 in New York. Died 1937 in Florida, aged 98, after a 40 year ‘retirement’ Fear not, you can now b...

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The Monetarism Man: Milton Friedman

Posted on: 18 Feb 2012 by James Farmer

Born 1912 in New York. Died 2006 in San Francisco Another of those intellectual giants who you never quite got around to...

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Thinkers – Ben Graham

Posted on: 18 Feb 2012 by James Farmer

  There’s no need to be embarrassed ever again. You can now bluff it with the best of them, thanks to IFA Magazin...

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Karl Marx, Failed Social Visionary

Posted on: 18 Feb 2012 by James Farmer

Born 1818 in Trier, Germany. Died 1883 in London Fear not, you can now bluff it with the best of them, thanks to IFA Mag...

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