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Loew was made the mark in a kind of confidence game, Schulberg recalls, with Thalberg and Mayer putting on a show of activity at the failing Louis B. Mayer Productions that nonetheless impressed the Hollywood innocent.
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
The economy and financial markets are a confidence game – one that has been shaken by President Donald Trump’s trade war and sweeping April 2 tariff announcement, attacks on Federal Reserve independence and chaotic policymaking.
—Matt Egan, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2025
Nuggets Podcast: Russell Westbrook’s Minnesota mistake, the Western pecking order and a confidence game
Jalen Pickett got advice from Chris Paul once.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2025
Harper, who had been running her career like a confidence game, got fired.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 2 Aug. 2024
One crucial element to any confidence game is summed up in the 2015 movie Focus with Will Smith and Margot Robbie.
—Brad Raffensperger, National Review, 17 Jan. 2024
The crooks pursuing these scams are surprisingly adept in the art of the confidence game.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 18 Nov. 2023
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Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
The economy and financial markets are a confidence game – one that has been shaken by President Donald Trump’s trade war and sweeping April 2 tariff announcement, attacks on Federal Reserve independence and chaotic policymaking.
—Matt Egan, CNN Money, 29 Apr. 2025
Nuggets Podcast: Russell Westbrook’s Minnesota mistake, the Western pecking order and a confidence game
Jalen Pickett got advice from Chris Paul once.
—Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 4 Apr. 2025
Harper, who had been running her career like a confidence game, got fired.
—Judy Berman, TIME, 2 Aug. 2024
One crucial element to any confidence game is summed up in the 2015 movie Focus with Will Smith and Margot Robbie.
—Brad Raffensperger, National Review, 17 Jan. 2024
The crooks pursuing these scams are surprisingly adept in the art of the confidence game.
—Dan Goodin, Ars Technica, 18 Nov. 2023
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“Confidence game.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/confidence%20game. Accessed 27 Aug. 2025.
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