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2015 BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY ANNUAL SHAREHOLDER MEETING

Brown Advisory

In 50 years, Berkshire has grown from an economically challenged New England textile company to one of the largest U.S. They communicate in clear-thinking ways that leave little doubt of their insight and accumulated wisdom. for the S&P 500 Index as of Dec. Buffett and Munger are going strong at 84 and 91 years young.

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Transcript: Eric Balchunas

The Big Picture

BALCHUNAS: While I was in college at Rutgers, and I was — wrote for the school paper, and I decided to major in journalism and communications because I liked it. I — because obviously, I’m like journalism, economics, I’m in Rutgers. So I would get — I would — I would basically use my communication skills.

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We’re All Reasonabilists Sometimes

The Better Letter

Nearing 400 years ago now, Thomas Hobbes noted and accounted for a crucial difference between geometry and ethics: We disagree about and dispute matters of ethics routinely but geometry almost never. Liberals and conservatives alike react negatively to dissonant science communication. “It expresses who they are.”

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