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Malcom Gladwell, "Talking to Strangers"

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Henry Markopolis: The Holy Fool Who Saw the Truth in Bernie Madoff

C. Spann: Do we want to be like Henry Markopolis, who saw the truth in Bernie Madoff's Ponzi scheme? He says that there is a cost to having that kind of insight; you will much better off being gullible or at least defaulting to truth. But should we be better at listening when someone is saying the sky is falling? It depends on how many times they say there's a fraud and there isn't one, he asks.

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