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Often, the people who look like heroes — NASDAQ chairmen, visionary innovators, star traders —''before'' the fact only start to look like bad apples ''after'' it. And vice versa.
Often, the people who look like heroes — NASDAQ chairmen, visionary innovators, star traders —''before'' the fact only start to look like bad apples ''after'' it. And vice versa.
===Before and after fact: a play in two acts===
===Before and after fact: a play in two acts===
Quiz time: taking the information supplied about who everyone thought was hero and bad apple before a famous catastrophe, fill in who you think was who ''after'' the event.
Quiz time: taking the information supplied about who everyone thought was the hero, or bad apple, ''before'' a celebrated financial markets catastrophe, fill in who you think it might have turned out to be ''after'' the event.
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The [[JC]]’s view: the “bad apple” concept is not a good one if the virtue of one’s applehood is only apparent in hindsight.
The [[JC]]’s view: the “bad apple” concept is not a good one if the virtue of one’s applehood is ''only'' ''apparent in hindsight''.
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*[[Human error]]
*[[Human error]]
*{{fieldguide}}
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*[[Rumours of our demise are greatly exaggerated]]
*[[Rumours of our demise are greatly exaggerated]]

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