Slippery Slop
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On Monday, when the Wall Street Journal published an opinion piece from Stanley Druckenmiller, Paul Gigot, the editorial page editor, hoped it would make news. Druckenmiller, a billionaire investor, had been a mentor to Scott Bessent, the treasury secretary, early in his hedge fund career. Now, in the piece, Druckenmiller was essentially rebuking Bessent’s bond buyback plan. But the message was soon overshadowed by the means of its production.
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