…during a drunken business trip to Outer Mongolia, a translator cut off a factory manager’s ear

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— Osnos Evan, “LETTER FROM CHINA Reds: The creation of a wine-loving class.” The New Yorker 23. Nov 2009: 64-65

In 2010 the decline of the MBA will cut off the supply of bullshit at source. Pretentious ideas about business will be in retreat.

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