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INDEX

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A

Abramovich, Roman, 107

Abrams, Dan, 164

academics, 264, 267–69

Acemoglu, Daron, 21–22, 279–80

Ackermann, Josef, 254

Ackman, Bill, 51

active inertia, 145, 167–69

actors, 108

Ad Age, 50

Adderall, 52

Africa, 66, 76, 146

agency problem, 138

AIDS, 76, 246

AIG, 27, 101, 143

Akhmetov, Rinat, 103

Alger, Horatio, 45

algorithmic trading, 146

Allen, Herb, 68

Allen, Paul, 43

Allstate, 64

Alpha, 143

alpha geeks, 46–51, 92, 94

Amazon, 69, 234

Ambani, Mukesh, 199

Ambani family, 235

American Bar Association Journal, 107

American colonies, 11–12

Anderson, Chris, 68, 100

Anderson, Keith, 153–55

Andersson, Mats, 138

Animal Farm

(Orwell), 90

Apollo, 142

Apple, 25, 54, 55, 104, 143

iPhone, 28

iPod, 24–26

Applied Materials, 64

Arcelor, 191

ArcelorMittal, 59

architects, 103–4

Ariely, Dan, xii, 273–74

ARK (Absolute Return for Kids), 74

Arkady, 110

Arthur, W. Brian, 30–31, 146

art markets, 95, 96, 106, 205

Aslund, Anders, 79–80

Aspen Institute Ideas Festival, 68, 112

Astor, Caroline, 6

Astor, John Jacob, 6

AT&T, 185, 186

Atlantic, 118, 175

Atlas Shrugged

(Rand), 249

athletes, 108–9, 129, 130, 138

Attias, Richard, 167