…if you scratch hard enough, it comes to because “its China.” That includes the very biggest private equity funds in the world. The end result is that a lot of…

…is being sold as a matter of ‘Intergenerational Equity’ and ‘Fiscal Responsibility’. And from that starting point Step one is pretty much in the bag and logic gets you mostly…

…preference. 4) Congress should resolve to eliminate the preferential tax treatment of the earned income of hedge fund and equity fund managers (the so-called “carried interest”), and any other “partners”…

…of the vested interests and their property and “rent” rights made it possible. In academe, economic theories of efficiency were given precedence over discussion of equity–it is still somewhat hazardous…

…their families…. While we were away, about halfway through our deployment, the crash began and something mysterious had gone horribly wrong with the machinery of America. The small equity positions…

…is being counted as “profits” are deeply-discounted equity options that have value because of the mass amount of subsidization and drug money that has gone into the banking system without…

…equity’ and the latter with ‘patriotism’ and ‘keeping our grandchildren safe’ as if that kid was more exposed to a potential terrorist attack than illness and disease. I AM thinking…

…clear that hybrids are highly susceptible to losses due to their unique equity-like features.” Since ratings are essentially answering the question “Should I expect to receive full payment on this…

…year have lost trillions of dollars in home equity and retirement savings, it is more important than ever that Social Security reform be addressed in the sunshine. Social Security today…

…currency transactions. Given buoyant equity markets, attractive carry trades and the U.S. dollar weakness, policy measures will not contain the impact of capital inflows on Asian currencies, meaning that some…