What about a political vision in which the individual is respected as a separate, rational, self-responsible person who finds value voluntarily choosing (or not) to engage with others personally, culturally, or commercially?

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Applying this same process today, in a slow growth environment, we believe rational investors should be willing to ascribe a higher value to businesses with strong growth prospects.

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Explaining what they do tick by tick on a continuous basis has as much value as trying to come up with a rational explanation why the ball landed on the 9 on the roulette table in Bellagio instead of 10.

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The first is Facebook, the second Apple - and these wild gyrations in their value will do nothing to convince sceptics that there is anything rational about stock markets.

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Luckily for me (and regardless of what anyone else says, there is a lot of luck involved in angel investing), I have since had significant positive exits to companies like Kodak, CBS and Facebook, and the current value of my portfolio is approaching the 30% IRR that rational angels target.

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Rational pricing is a sign of maturity in the wireless business: revenue is aligned with value perceived by consumers and cost borne by carriers.

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And it is because he understood that people live each day within a variety of value systems that he could write a great poem about how two people could allow appetite, seemingly rational argument and love to lead them to disobey a divine command.

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