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ere finally getting the complicated interplay between game theory and real-wo

roached my desk as the others exited. "That connection you made b

r, understanding power dynamics in markets helps predict outc

's particular expertise in "power dynamics," but here I was, teaching the theo

nstricted. Three missed calls from my fa

and Sophia Ricci, the daughter of Antonio Ricci, the most powerful man in Chicago's underworld. Those barriers

ed across campus, fall leave

wn up with-the sound that could console a child while still commanding a room ful

ve a facul

ola. It's important." Concern grew when I stopped walking. My father never spoke in

rything

night. "Come alone an

d motionless beneath a maple tree, its leaves

om my cousin Bianca: Did Uncle Anton

number: the professor should remain in her classroom. The actual

e amid the kids rushing to their next lessons, but then I felt exposed. I felt vulnerabl

on, I wasn't going to let it break the barriers I had painstakingly built. But as I moved quickly tow

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attorney's nervous movements beside me. The Ricci family

een officia

onio?" Lorenzo looked anxiously a

has been

d the envelope that contained my will. "This family re

pt herself separate fro

cept easy explanations. "My daughter believes that knowledge of economic theory and a PhD pr

ld convene soon to hear an announcement concerning the future. They wo

y three individuals had. "She's not re

is that had been Ricci territory for three generations stretched before me, d

red. But she will adju

istake that could d

e old ways are coming to an

lready movement from the Salvatores. Their t

tore had been unusually quiet lately, which was of

le is this

ight's announcement. Someone inside y

desk. Marco, who had been my most trusted bo

et me,

e, not the sanitized version my commanders saw. The names, accounts, and ties that made up Chicago's g

this information to go

nflict she had no idea was coming, against

e she t

attendance at dinner. I placed the le

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