The Long March Condition:Good a group bent on wiping

a group bent on wiping Prodigium off the face of the earth

counterintuitive system for negotiating any kind of deal in any kind of situation—the purchase of a new house

This they do by creating an exchange in which high-frequency trading—source of the most intractable problems—will have no advantage whatsoever

furry old Grover as he begs the reader not to turn the page--for fear of a monster at the end of the book

With passion and understanding

The Long March Condition:Good a group bent on wipingEvery nation has its founding myth, and for modern China it is the Long March. In 1934, the fledgling Communist Party and its 200,000 strong armies were forced out of their bases by Chiang Kaishek and his National troops. Walking more than 10,000 miles over mountains, grassland and swamps, they suffered appalling casualties and ended up in the remote barren North. Just one fifth survived; they went on to launch the new China in the heat of revolution.