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In the real world, numbers don’t tell the whole story

When I was at UBS Phillips & Drew stockbrokers in London, in 1985, we had a daily morning meeting with a room full of 200 equity dealers, and analysts would speak at a microphone. This “show” was as close to being a pop star as a nerd could ever get.

One morning, the firm’s economist stood up and said: “Today is my last day working in the city and I have been racking my brain trying to think of something memorable to say in my last morning meeting that would mean I was remembered in

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