Matt Levine, Columnist

Coal Mines, Robots and Psychopaths

Also personal ICOs, bond volatility and bank buybacks.

Rio Tinto.

There is a certain rather exhausting set of characteristics that you would expect to find in successful chief executive officers. They dream big. They relentlessly pursue their goals. They have high expectations of their subordinates, demanding total loyalty and commitment and effort and creativity. They think outside the box. They don't take no for an answer.