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applegrove

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Wed Jun 3, 2015, 05:08 PM Jun 2015

Malcolm Gladwell mercilessly mocks John Paulson’s obscene $400 million gift to Harvard [View all]

Malcolm Gladwell mercilessly mocks John Paulson’s obscene $400 million gift to Harvard

by Dylan Matthews at Vox

http://www.vox.com/2015/6/3/8725331/malcolm-gladwell-harvard

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New Yorker writer Malcolm Gladwell doesn't tweet a whole lot. He made an exception after hedge fund billionaire and financial crisis profiteer John Paulson's ludicrous $400 million donation to Harvard, which is naming its engineering school after him in exchange.

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"Next up for John Paulson: volunteering at the Hermes store on Madison avenue. Let's make this a truly world class retail outlet!"


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