Tag Archives: Robert Rubin

Ayn Rand’s influence on Alan Greenspan is responsible for the 2008 financial crisis.

Or so is PBS’s thesis in “The Warming”. Pretty convincing. ADDENDUM Wikipedia: Brooksley E. Born is an American attorney and former public official who, from August 26, 1996 to June 1, 1999, was chairperson of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission … Continue reading

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Macro reflections on private equity hypocrisy, and recent dollar history

Unlike this peak signal, I don’t see the apparent hypocrisy of private equity players tapping public money supply. In fact, isn’t it a good pairs trade? Sell the overvalued asset and buy the undervalued assets? UPDATE: Steve Conover has another … Continue reading

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