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2007 Business Book of the Year (Financial Times Goldman Sachs)  

(Lazard LLC), William D. Cohan (2007). The Last Tycoons: The Secret History of Lazard Freres & Co. (New York, NY: Doubleday, 752 p.). Six Years at Lazard Frères, Later Managing Director at JP Morgan Chase. Lazard Freres & Co.--History; Banks and banking--New York (State)--New York--History; Bankers--New York (State)--New York--Biography; Banks and banking--France--History; Bankers--France--Biography. Portrait of Wall Street through tumultuous history of this company - from its origins in 1848 in New Orleans, LA as a dry goods store through its dominant personalities (Andre Mayer, Felix Rohatyn, Michel David-Well, Steve Rattner, Bruce Wasserstein) and controversial 2005 initial public offering. Judges believed the book provided "the most compelling and enjoyable insight into modern business issues," in keeping with the goal of the award (30,000 pounds).

2007 Stock Market Returns - December 31, 2007 - Dow Jones Industrial Average closed at 13,264.82, an annual increase of 6.43% (vs. 16.29% jump in 2006; 6.3% down from all-time high October 2007); S&P 500 index (companies with median market value of $12.8 billion) closed at 1468.36, an annual gain of 3.53%, up 10% excluding financial stocks (6.2% below record close on October 9, 2007; down 3.8% in fourth quarter, first for any fourth quarter in seven years; up 67% since 2002; first November/December decline since 1974); Russell 2000 closed at 766.03, down 2.8% in 2007 (first loss in five years, underperformed S&P 500 for first time since 1998); Nasdaq closed at 2652.28, up 9.81% for the year (down 7.2% from record high in October 2007); Dow Jones Wilshire 5000 Index (companies with median market value of $589.6 million), broadest measure of U.S. shares, closed at 14,819.58 ($115 billion decrease in value of stocks); Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index (VIX), market's ``fear gauge'' (rises as stocks fall), closed at 22.50 (up 95% percent in 2007, biggest annual rise in its 18-year history).

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May 2008 - Time Magazine 100 - Most Influential People in the World

28 in Business - Paul Allen, Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal Bin Abdul Aziz Al-Saud, Michael Arrington, Steve Ballmer, Ben Bernanke, Jeff Bezos, Lloyd Blankfein, Michael Bloomberg, Nancy Goodman Brinker, Cynthia Carroll, John Chambers, Jamie Dimon, Peter Gelb, Jeffrey Immelt, Mary Lou Jepsen, Steve Jobs, Wendy Kopp, Karl Lagerfeld, Lou Jiwei, Rupert Murdoch, Ali Al-Naimi, Indra Nooyi, Madeeha Hasan Odhaib, Alexander Rigopulos & Eran Egozy, Carlos Slim, Ratan Tata, Bob/Susan Wright, Mark Zuckerberg.

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Arts. Bill Ivey (2008). Arts, Inc.: How Greed and Neglect Have Destroyed Our Cultural Rights. (Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 368 p.). Former Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts. Art and state--United States; Art and society--United States; Cultural property--United States; Arts--Economic aspects--United States; Arts--Political aspects--United States. Expanding footprint of copyright, unconstrained arts industry marketplace, government unwilling to engage culture as serious arena for public policy have come together to undermine art, artistry, cultural heritage. New!!

Automotive. Lewis Siegelbaum (2008). Cars for Comrades: The Life of the Soviet Automobile. (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 309 p.). Professor of History (Michigan State University). Automobile industry and trade--Soviet Union--History; Automobiles--Soviet Union--History. From construction of huge "Soviet Detroits," emblems of utopian phase of Soviet planning, to present-day Togliatti, (where fate of Russia's last auto plant hangs in balance); large role played by American businessmen, engineers; ironic parallels between Soviet story, decline of American Detroit; automobile epitomized, exacerbated contradictions between what Soviet communism encouraged, what it provided. New!!

(Delphi), Steve Miller (2008). The Turnaround Kid: What I Learned Rescuing America’s Most Troubled Companies. (New York, NY: Collins, 272 p.). Chairman, Delphi Corporation. Miller, Robert S. (Robert Stevens); Automobile industry and trade--United States--Biography; Executives--Biography; Organizational effectiveness. Point man for Lee Iaccoca's rescue team at Chrysler, fixed major problems in varied industries (steel, construction, health care, auto parts); inside story of many turnaround jobs that have led to renown as Mr. Fix It; intimate picture of his relationship with Maggie Miller, his wife of forty years, trusted adviser until her death from brain cancer in 2006. New!!

Biotechnology. (Amgen), Gordon Binder (2008). Science Lessons: What the Business of Biotech Taught Me About Management. (Boston, MA: Harvard Business School Press, 292 p.). Former Chief Financial Officer, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman of Amgen (1982 -2000). Biotechnology industries -- United States -- Management; Chief executive officers -- United States -- Biography; Biotechnology -- economics -- Personal Narratives; Biotechnology -- history -- Personal Narratives; History, 20th Century -- Personal Narratives; Industry -- Personal Narratives. Amgen's climb to success, highs and lows in race to develop blockbuster drugs; 1989 - launch of Epogen, Neupogen followed; managing creative employees, navigating IPO process, protecting intellectual property. New!!

Broadcasting. (Clear Channel Communications), Reed Bunzel (2008). Clear Vision: The Story of Clear Channel Communications. (Albany, TX: Bright Sky Press, 256 p.). President/CEO of American Internet Media Service. Clear Channel (Firm)--History; Radio broadcasting--United States--History. Only corporate history of largest radio- and outdoor-advertising company in world authorized by company; growth surrounded by controversy over business practices, leadership decisions, acquisition strategies, buyouts; story of chance and circumstance, opportunity and diligence, vision and foresight, willingness to take calculated risk, of fiscal prudence, vibrant leadership, capacity to influence dynamics of media marketplace, of entrepreneurial spirit and business acumen of people who built Company into media giant. New!!

(Clear Channel Communications), Alec Foege (2008). Right of the Dial: The Rise of Clear Channel and the Fall of Commercial Radio. (New York, NY: Faber and Faber,320 p.). Clear Channel (Firm)--History; Radio broadcasting--United States--History. How media conglomerate evolved from local radio broadcasting operation, founded in 1972 (by Red McCombs and Lowry Mays), into one of biggest (fourth-largest media company in United States, nation’s largest owner of radio stations), most profitable, most polarizing corporations in country; reshaped America’s cultural, corporate landscapes; owned, at one point more than 1,200 radio stations, 130 major concert venues and promoters, 770,000 billboards, 41 television stations, largest sports management business in country; dominated entertainment world; accused by critics of ruining American pop culture, cited it as symbol of evils of media monopolization; hailed by fans as business dynamo, beacon of unfettered capitalism; Fall 2006 - sold one-third of radio holdings, all of television stations, transferred ownership to consortium of private equity firms (years of public criticism, flattening stock price) = end of era in media consolidation. New!!

Megan Mullen (2008). Television in the Multichannel Age: A Brief History of Cable Television. (Malden, MA: Blackwell Pub., 238 p.). Associate Professor of Communication and Co-Director of the Humanities Program (University of Wisconsin-Parkside). Cable television--History. History of multichannel television in all forms; evolution of cable television from pre-historical origins in late 1940s to communications satellites, DBS distribution systems of modern digital age; factors that influence today’s television landscape. New!!

Consumer (non-cyclical). (Procter & Gamble), A.G. Lafley & Ram Charan (2008). The Game-Changer: How You Can Drive Revenue and Profit Growth with Innovation. (New York, NY: Crown Business, 336 p.). chairman and CEO of P&G;. Procter & Gamble Company; Leadership; Management; Creative ability in business; Organizational effectiveness; Corporations -- Growth. Past 7 years - Procter & Gamble has tripled profits; significantly improved organic revenue growth, cash flow, operating margins, averaged earnings per share growth of 12%, integrated innovation, created new customers, new markets;  how P&G, companies such as Honeywell, Nokia, LEGO, GE, HP, DuPont have become game-changers. New!!

Food. (Cargill), Wayne G. Broehl Jr. (2008). Cargill: From Commodities to Customers. (Hanover, NH: University Press of New England, 368 p.). Benjamin Ames Kimball Professor of the Science of Administration Emeritus, Amos Tuck School of Business Administration (Dartmouth College). Cargill, Inc.--History; Grain trade--United States--History. Final volume of history of Cargill (Cargill: Trading the World's Grain - 1992; Cargill: Going Global - 1998). 1977 - Whitney MacMillan as head of company, addressed  corporate governance, business restructuring, generational transitions within owning families; led company through great growth, diversification, globalization; changes under two non-family CEOs (Ernest Micek, Warren Staley);  transformation of company from commodity-oriented to  customer-focused. New!!

Insurance. Eric D. Gerst (2008). Vulture Culture: Dirty Deals, Unpaid Claims, and the Coming Collapse of the Insurance Industry. (New York, NY: New York : American Management Association, 256 p.). Insurance Lawyer. Insurance--Corrupt practices--United States; Insurance law--United States. Exposé of industry: widespread corruption, inconsistent state regulation, inability (often unwillingness) of federal government to protect rights of denied claimants; bid-rigging, fraudulent commissions, secret payoffs, abuses, ominous new trends. Industry on brink of collapse (Hurricane Katrina fiasco of unpaid claims, revolving door in which former insurance executives regulate their own industry before returning to it themselves). New!!

Internet. Jonathan Zittrain (2008). The Future of the Internet and How To Stop It. (New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 342 p.). Professor of Internet Governance and Regulation (Oxford University), co-founder of Harvard Law School’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society. Internet; Internet--Social aspects; Internet--Security measures. As 'tethered appliances', applications eclipse PC, very nature of Internet, "generativity," or innovative character, is at risk; sputtering because of its runaway success; generative Internet is on path to lockdown, ending its cycle of innovation, facilitating new kinds of control. New!!

Internet: e-Commerce. (Hermès Birkin), Michael Tonello (2008). Bringing Home the Birkin: My Life in Hot Pursuit of the World's Most Coveted Handbag. (New York, NY: HarperCollins, 272 p.). Tonello, Michael; eBay (Firm); Internet auctions; Selling--Handbags; Businesspeople--Biography. Semi-bored Massachusetts-based hairstylist, temporary gig in Barcelona, vanished job assignment, no work visa, Hermès scarf sold on eBay to generate quick cash; figured out secret to getting Hermès to part with Birkin bags; sold $ millions of bags, become one of eBay's most successful entrepreneurs; heady rush of hand delivering his first big score to famed songwriter Carole Bayer Sager in Paris; had to hire thugs to rescue bag that one of his "shoppers" held for ransom; performances that allowed him to snag "reserved" bags from other, less dogged Birkin seekers. New!!

Real Estate. (Related Group), Jorge Perez ; with a foreword by Donald Trump (2008). Powerhouse Principles: The Billionaire Blueprint for Real Estate Success. (New York, NY: Celebra Book, 273 p.). Founder, Chairman, and CEO of the Related Group. Started with $2, earns more than $2 billion; financial opportunities in real estate, importance of total commitment, dedication, hard work; effective business tactics to generate profits; how to manage and grow investments over the long term. New!!

Retail - Specialty. (DiJulius Group), John R. DiJulius (2008). What’s the Secret?: To Providing a World-Class Customer Experience. (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 336 p.). President of The DiJulius Group, owner of John Robert's Spa (chain of high-end salons and spas repeatedly selected among top twenty in America). Customer services; Consumer satisfaction; Customer loyalty. What best customer service companies do; how they do it; world-class customer service strategies employed by world's most customer-friendly companies (Disney, Nordstrom, The Ritz-Carlton); proven steps, best practices, service standards that to build customer service machine; how to attract, retain high-quality customer service workforce, measure customer satisfaction, create a culture that routinely finds ways to go above, beyond for your customer. New!!

(Italian Wine Merchants), Sergio Esposito (2008). Passion on the Vine: A Memoir of Food, Wine, and Family in the Heart of Italy. (New York, NY: Broadway, 224 p.). Co-founder of Italian Wine Merchants. Wine and wine making--Italy; Wine -- history -- Italy. Founded Italian Wine Merchants, retail shop that exclusively represents fine Italian wine, leading Italian wine source in America; wine/travel narrative; vivid portraits of seductive places (cellars of Piedmont, estates of Tuscany, fields of Campania, hills of Friuli, beaches of Le Marche), memorable people, diverse and vibrant wine artisans  (disco-dancing vintner who farms on rhythm of moon, obsessive prince who destroys vineyards before his death so that his grapes will never be used incorrectly). New!!

Donna Dickenson (2008). Body Shopping: The Economy Fuelled by Flesh and Blood. (London, UK: Oneworld Publications, 320 p.). Professor Emerita of Medical Ethics and Humanities (University of London). Procurement of organs, tissues, etc.; Procurement of organs, tissues, etc.--Moral and ethical aspects. International organ trade; tissues, genes, organs as 'the currency of the future' (trafficking of women for their eggs to 'beauty junkies'); how body parts are converted into profits; strategies to curb global biotechnology industry. New!!

Wall Street - Commodities. (CBOT), [interviewed by] Arlene Michlin Bronstein (2008). My Word Is My Bond: Voices from Inside the Chicago Board of Trade. (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 400 p.). Chicago Board of Trade--History; Chicago Board of Trade--Officials and employees--Interviews; Futures market--United States--History; Investment advisors--United States--Interviews; Floor traders (Finance)--United States--Interviews. Oral history of some of most influential members who have shaped exchange's history inside trading pits and beyond as told by oldest living Chicago Board of Trade members; effort to document its history as markets have converted from open outcry to electronic trading, just before its merger with Chicago Mercantile Exchange (approved by shareholders on July 19, 2007). New!!

Wall Street - History. Steve Fraser (2008). Wall Street: America’s Dream Palace. (New Haven, NY: Yale University Press, 200 p.). Senior Lecturer (University of Pennsylvania), Co-Founder of the American Empire Project, Metropolitan Books. Capitalists and financiers--United States--Biography; Wall Street (New York, N.Y.)--History. America’s love-hate relationship with Wall Street (from Wall Street panic of 1792 to dot.com bubble-and-bust and Enron scandals); four iconic, recurring Wall Street types: 1) aristocrat, 2) confidence man, 3) hero, 4) immoralist;  how nation has wrestled, wrestles with fundamental questions of wealth and work, democracy and elitism, greed and salvation. New!!

Wall Street - Investing Advisors. Louis Lowenstein (2008). The Investor’s Dilemma: How Mutual Funds Are Betraying Your Trust and What To Do About It. (Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 220 p.). Simon Rifkind Professor Emeritus of Finance and Law, Columbia Law School. Mutual funds--United States; Investments. Fund families have become behemoths, primary goal to collect more assets; investors suffer; how highly overpaid are mutual fund managers; how they consistently cost investors through unreasonable fees, expenses; maze of conflicts of interest, financial double-dealing; fund, fund types of actual value to investors. New!!

MANAGEMENT

Finance. Roger Lowenstein (2008). While America Aged: How Pension Debts Ruined General Motors, Stopped the NYC Subways, Bankrupted San Diego, and Loom as the Next Financial Crisis. (New York, NY: Penguin Press, 288 p.). Former Wall Street Journal Columnist. Pensions--United States--Finance; Defined benefit pension plans--United States; Retirement income--United States. How corporations and governments ran up ruinous pension, health-care promises to workers - 1) destroyed the American auto industry, in particular General Motors; 2) rise of public pensions, public sector unions through Communist-led Transport Workers Union - justifiable benefits followed by outrageous ones (right to retire at age fifty), dramatic climax in 2005 (workers responded to proposed pension cutbacks with massive strike that halted New York’s subways and buses before Christmas); 3) so as not to impose higher taxes, city officials in San Diego cut a series of deals with unions to short-change retirement system, use pension funds to run city; massive scandal ensued, two mayors resigned, officials were indicted, San Diego lost its bond rating. New!!

Leadership. (Intel Israel), Dov Frohman, Robert Howard (2008). Leadership the Hard Way: Why Leadership Can’t Be Taught and How You Can Learn It Anyway. (San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 160 p.). Founder and First General Manager of Intel Israel; Former Senior Editor of the Harvard Business Review. Leadership. Method of living, working that can facilitate learning of leadership - how to go against current, fight conventional wisdom, embrace unexpected; trusting oneself, valuing intuition, principles, imagination as much as hard skills and analysis. New!!

Robert H. Rosen (2008). Just Enough Anxiety: The Hidden Driver of Business Success. (New York, NY: Portfolio, 256 p.). Leadership; Performance anxiety; Success. Anxiety helps to concentrate, learn, relate to people, think more creatively, deliver better results; how ability to manage anxiety brings out best performance, enables builds great teams, inspires, challenges organizations. New!!

Robert J. Thomas (2008). Crucibles of Leadership: How To Learn from Experience To Become a Great Leader. (Boston, MA: Harvard Business Press, 264 p.). Executive Director of Accenture's Institute for High Performance Business, Galvin Professor of Leadership at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy (Tufts University). Leadership; Executive ability. What matters most is what one makes of experience, particularly traumatic, often unplanned crucible events that challenge identity as leader; approach to learning, regimen tailored to individual aspirations, motivations, learning styles - Personal Learning Strategy. New!!

Strategy. Yves Doz and Mikko Kosonen (2008). Fast Strategy: How Strategic Agility Will Help You Stay Ahead of the Game. (New York, NY: Pearson/Longman, 272 p.). Timken Chaired Professor of Global Technology and Innovation at INSEAD; Executive Vice President of Finnish Innovation Fund. Strategic planning. Develop strategic agility in business, strategy always up-to-speed, stay ahead of competitors. New!!

Work. Adrian Gostick and Scott Christopher (2008). The Levity Effect: Why It Pays To Lighten Up. (Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley, 240 p.). Humor in the workplace. Power of humor, fun in business world, based on research of 1 million employees by The Great Place to Work Institute: 1) leaders who are lighthearted earn more on average than their peers; 2) entertaining workplaces have more loyal employees and customers; 3) employees who are considered humorous are vastly more likely to get promoted--especially to senior-level jobs (Boeing, Nike, KPMG, Yamaha, Enterprise, Zappos, dozens of others); 4) "Great" companies consistently earn significantly higher marks for "fun." New!!

Steven Greenhouse (2008). The Big Squeeze: Tough Times for the American Worker. (New York, NY: Knopf, 384 p.). Labor and Workplace Correspondent (The New York Times). Industrial relations--United States--History--21st century; Working class--United States--Economic conditions--21st century; Middle class--United States--Economic conditions--21st century; Industrial policy--United States--History--21st century; Equality--United States; United States--Economic policy--21st century. Wages have stagnated, health and pension benefits have grown stingier, job security has shriveled; why so many corporations squeeze workers; how economic, business, political, social trends have fueled squeeze; how massive layoffs of factory and office workers, Wall Street’s demands for ever-higher profits has damaged social contract between employers, employees over last three decades, replaced by startling contradiction: corporate profits, economic growth, worker productivity have grown strongly while worker pay has languished, Americans face ever-greater pressures to work harder, longer. New!!

Venture Capital. (American Research and Development Corporation), Spencer E. Ante (2008). Creative Capital: Georges Doriot and the Birth of Venture Capital. (Boston, MA: Harvard Business Press, 299 p.). Doriot, Georges F. (Georges Frederic), 1899-1987; Capitalists and financiers -- Biography; Venture capital -- History. Enigmatic, quirky man who created venture capital industry; pivotal events in Doriot's life, business philosophy, stewardship in startups. New!!

BUSINESS HISTORY

Disasters & Lawsuits. (Shell Chemical Company), Ronnie Greene (2008). Night Fire: Big Oil, Poison Air, and One Woman’s Fight To Save Her Town. (New York, NY: Harper Collins Publishers, 288 p.). Miami Herald journalist. Richard, Margie Eugene; Shell Chemical Company; Petroleum industry and trade--Social aspects--Louisiana--Norco; Pollution--Louisiana--Norco; African American neighborhoods--Louisiana--Norco--Environmental conditions; Environmental health--Louisiana--Norco--Citizen participation. 15 year quest (two court cases) to demand that Shell compensate Norco, LA neighborhood for decades of steady poisoning; 1958 -  - Margie Richard (16) was pregnant, home displaced by Shell oil refinery expansion, recently resettled in Diamond, tiny, poor, predominantly African-American neighborhood in Norco, LA (stone's throw from another Shell chemical refinery); two explosions (2 dead), 1983 death of Richard's sister (sarcoidosis, lung ailment rooted in industrial pollution), propelled Richard to 15 years of activism; with other residents, formed Norco Relocation Committee to wrest realistic relocation funds from Shell; 2002 - Shell capitulated. New!!

Economics. Richard B. McKenzie (2008). Why Popcorn Costs So Much at the Movies: And Other Pricing Puzzles. (Berlin, Germany: Springer, 400 p .). Professor, Economics and Walter B. Gerken Chair of Enterprise & Society (University of California, Irvine). Economic history; Social history; Economics--Sociological aspects; United States--Economic conditions. Solutions to pricing puzzles (cost of popcorn, why so many prices end with "9" as in $2.99 or $179, why ink cartridges can cost as much as printers, why stores use sales, coupons, rebates); how 9/11 terrorists' effects on relative prices of various modes of travel have killed more Americans since 9/11 than on 9/11; how well-meaning efforts to spur use of alternative, supposedly environmentally friendly fuels have caused starvation among millions of people around world, given rise to  deforestation of rainforests in Malaysia and Indonesia. New!!

Economics - History. Jeffrey D. Sachs (2008). Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet. (New York, NY: Penguin Press, 400 p.). Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. Economic policy; Sustainable development. To achieve 4 key goals of global society (prosperity for all, end of extreme poverty, stabilization of global population, environmental sustainability) need: 1) new economic paradigm (global, inclusive, cooperative, environmentally aware, science based) to deal with realities of crowded planet; 2) alternative  - worldwide economic collapse of unprecedented severity; 3) prosperity through more cooperative processes - public policy, market forces to spread technology, address needs of poor, husband threatened resources of water, air, energy, land, biodiversity; 4) "soft issues" of environment, public health, population will become hard issues of geopolitics; 5) new forms of global politics will replace capital-city-dominated national diplomacy, intrigue; 6) national governments will become much weaker actors as scientific networks, socially responsible investors, foundations become more powerful actors. New!!

Globalization & Free Trade. Joe Bennett (2008). Where Underpants Come From: From Checkout to Cotton Field - Travels Through the New China. (London, UK: Simon & Schuster UK, 272 p.). Syndicated Travel Writer and Columnist. Underwear; International trade; Free trade; International economic relations. Underpants - from store shelf to Chinese cotton fields; author's quest to discover all there is to know about making, selling, exporting, buying five-pack of 'Made in China' underpants bought at his local discount store in New Zealand for $8.59 - part travelogue, part unwrapping of globalized manufacturing industry; who could be making any money, profit, from exchange. how many processes, middlemen involved? where, how are pants made? who decides on absorbent qualities of gusset? odyssey to China to trace pants to their source;  balanced, intricate web of contacts, exchanges that makes global trade possible. New!!

Money - The History. John Cooley (2008). Currency Wars: How Forged Money is the New Weapon of Mass Destruction. (New York, NY: Skyhorse Publishing, 320 p.). Counterfeits and counterfeiting--Political aspects; Political stability--Economic aspects. Greed and fear as catalysts in world economics; forgery as way of waging war, seizing power; counterfeit money as a weapon (print your enemy’s money, circulate it, cause inflation, destabilize his economy). Dirty matrix of war and politics, sabotage and subterfuge; machinations of today's states echo attempts in antiquity by Persia, Greece, Rome, China to use, defend against forgery and currency debasement. Counterfeiting remained a high crime throughout medieval and Renaissance Europe; played a key role in American, French Revolutions; used by British, Germans, Soviets in two World Wars; mixed with post-war dictatorships, tool of KGB, CIA, Stasi, Hezbollah, Medellín cartels, Chinese Triads; grand-scale forgery's corrosive implications for global economic, political, social stability (Hitler, Stalin, William Pitt, British tried to ruin Kaiser in first world war, CIA did it to Castro, North Koreans and Iranians are supposedly printing dollars). New!!

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