Daily Archives: 08-12-06

Vanity Fair (Shnayerson, “Profiles in Panic,” Jan ’09) neatly encapsulates a particular and pervasive kind of misanthropy: One former Lehman executive in her 40s stood in her vast clothes closet not long ago, talking to her personal stylist. On shelves around her were at least 10 designer handbags that had cost her anywhere from $6,000 [...]