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"You’re Not Howard Hughes!"

Cautionary Tales with Tim Harford

CHAPTER

How to Change a Name to Howard Hughes?

Howard hughes's autobiography presented a problem. If mc graw hill wrote cheques to howard hughes that didn't clear, they'd get suspicious. Irving had an idea. His wife just happened to have a spare swiss passport. What if he could doctor that passport to change the name, say, to helga hughes? Edith could open an account with a swiss bank. They were famous for protecting their client's privacy. But would edith be up for the subterfuge? How would you like to change your name to helga renarta hughes? I think about that. Wear wig, sure, and dark glasses and lipstick, maybe, maybe

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