It is a tautology of corporate finance that growth in profits comes from the recursive reinvestment and compounding of past profits.

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After all, whether you accept Bacon's dictum or not, you have to agree with that simple tautology of governance: Power is power.

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There is something paternalistic in the tight tautology of the Samsung argument.

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But other than that tautology, what is it worth?

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This is where my own tautology kicks in.

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This is a transparent tautology.

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This is practically a tautology.

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