>CB: Isn't Soros a follower of Karl Popper who wrote critically of Hegel ?
Yup.
>That would make the quasi-Hegelese a twist.
It's a pretentious load of crap, is what it is. The prose is ludicrous.
> I guess S is an eclectic,
>OPENminded. Is he a "contrarian" or is that different ? Contrariness is
>sort of Hegelly too. Seems his finance theory has been verified , not
>falsified.
Oh, it has - betting against extremes of sentiment can be a way to "beat the market." But there's a serious timing problem, since as I said to Joanna yesterday, trends often go on far longer than you could ever imagine possible. So you've got to have deep pockets & nerves of steel.
Doug