Michael Lewis's 1992 New Republic essay critiquing Warren Buffett as a hypocrite whose saintly public persona obscured ruthless competitive behavior.
One of the earliest mainstream critical examinations of the Buffett mythology, arguing that the gap between his folksy self-presentation and his actual competitive behavior was itself a studied performance.
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