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" ... Almost every book club member I’ve ever met has told me that books are just a pretext for people to gather and drink wine. ... "
" ... Puffery, spin, and pretext might work for politics and blogging. But not for the Business Judgment Rule. ... "
" ... There are those who say that it is necessary to serve the interests of investors and consider the possible takeover of Monte Dei Paschi as a pretext to portray the CEO (or former CEO) as a champion of shareholders’ interests. They are opposed by those who believe that enormous sums of money have been squandered on silly consultations which have been counterproductive for the bank and its CEO. They say that millions in expenses have been awarded to friends of friends without shame or dignity, house jewels sold off just to make cash and pay dividends over the past few years as well as cases of puppets with antlers and red ties sold as merchandise on eBay. In short, there are a lot of different views and accusations. This was a CEO who was armed with a great vision and backed by large investors, oversaw a historic increase in share capital, had grandiose projects in mind and who, shortly after his arrival, had already understood that he would not be allowed to carry them through. ... "
" ... There is no reason to think that these procedures are foolproof, of course, but to use these circumstances as a pretext for completely changing how we finance and manage our health care system is almost a non-sequitur. ... "
" ... This lack of an economic imperative is extremely important for how the proposed tax cut will be treated politically. Trump and his allies on Capital Hill seem to be assuming that skeptical Republicans and at least some Democrats will agree to a bill that hurts voters in their district or state because he says a tax cut is needed to goose the economy. With that pretext removed, the parochial reelection concerns of each representative and senator rather than an amorphous appeal to "the economy" will be the primary consideration and even Republican support cannot be taken for granted. ... "