Libby Lewis

Oct 23, 2024 | the-tls.co.uk | Paula Cohen |Libby Lewis |Will Hutton |Edward Chancellor

She-Wolves is a continuation of sorts of Paulina Bren’s previous book, The Barbizon: The hotel that set women free (TLS, April 2, 2021). That was about the once famous hotel in New York, which opened in 1927 and catered to the city’s working women. Up until the mid-1960s the Barbizon was considered a stopping place on the way to women’s ultimate destiny in marriage.

Jun 10, 2024 | creativepinellas.org | Libby Lewis

. . . “Have no fear of perfection; you’ll never reach it.”– Salvador DalíThere is a heavily researched and highly regarded rule of thumb that 10,000 hours is all it takes to be really good at whatever you choose to do. It’s the idea that you do not have to be outstanding now at what you do, to be successful in the future. Obviously, this takes a lot of time and if you were to become an expert in 10 years, that is 2.74 hours of practice a day for the next 3,650 days.

Nov 8, 2023 | prospect.org | Libby Lewis

The money is on Sam Bankman-Fried going away to prison for a long time, now that a jury has convicted him of securities fraud, wire fraud, and money laundering in the FTX case. After one of the most closely followed trials in modern American history, people are already moving on. But wait! There’s still the Enron Question. Jeff Skilling and Ken Lay didn’t create Enron’s elaborate scaffolding of fraud all by themselves.

Oct 3, 2023 | newrepublic.com | Libby Lewis

Upholding the Sackler release “would leave in place a roadmap for wealthy corporations and individualsto misuse the bankruptcy system to avoid mass tort liability,” the solicitor general wrote to the Supreme Court. The justices agreed to hear the casein December—and to pause Purdue’s plan in the meantime.

Feb 20, 2023 | newrepublic.com | Libby Lewis

Theheadlines about FTX lately have mostly focused on things like SamBankman-Fried’s sneaky internet use or who postedhis bail bond. The most important news, a decision that will shape how much thepublic may learn about FTX’s downfall, barely made a blip. Last Wednesday, the judge in the FTX bankruptcy rejected arguments made bythe government and ruled that he would not authorize an independent examiner to probe FTX’s spectacularfailure. Ho-hum,you’re probably thinking.