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Hubris
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Hubris
An arrogance due to excessive pride and an insolence toward others. A classic character flaw of a trader or investor.


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Examples abound of aggressive acquisitions, built on hubristically estimated synergies, that fail to create the value that was promised.
When the first mate, Starbuck, characterizes Ahab's intended vengeance against a dumb brute (for "demasting" him of his leg) as blasphemous, Ahab damns the whale for his "inscrutable malice" and rants hubristically to Starbuck: "Talk not to me of blasphemy, man; I'd strike the sun if it insulted me.
Somewhat hubristically, Manne's article seems to substitute his own autobiographical experience for the national narrative.
 
 
 
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