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What Tolstoy Teaches Us About Insider Trading

The Psychology of Greed

It’s not hard to understand why Anthony Chiasson, already a millionaire, would risk it all to rake in even more. Libraries are filled with such tales—just ask Tolstoy, writes Liesl Schillinger.

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