The CEO-to-English Phrase Book, a continuing series from Slate

Raymond Chen

I’m an economics geek, so of course I’m a fan of Slate’s Moneybox column as well as The Dismal Science and most of all, Steven Landsburg’s gleefully provocative Everyday Economics. I’m also a language geek, so I’ve been quite enjoying the occasional Moneybox articles which decode CEO speak into plain English titled The CEO-English Phrase Book, thereby combine two geek topics into one.

Terms that have been defined so far:

• retirement
• transformational event and re-examination
• manage for cash
• legacy costs

Raymond Chen

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