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Buyouts Didn’t Help U-T and Petco
If you say that there's a few exceptions, I can name at least 100 off the top of my head. Corporations in the early days were quite viscous, and guys like JP Morgan, Rockefeller, Carnegie, Astor, Gould, and Vanderbilt had little concern for the common stockholder. Even after 1933, the concern for the common stockholder was at the bottom of any board's concerns.— February 5, 2012 3 p.m.
Buyouts Didn’t Help U-T and Petco
Madoff committed crimes, People doing LBO's are acting within the law. Suggesting Madoff's property rights would be limited is a false argument. What types of LBO's should be banned and why?— February 5, 2012 2:55 p.m.
Buyouts Didn’t Help U-T and Petco
Is it your contention that boards answered to shareholders before 1980 and all of that that changed after 1980?— February 3, 2012 4:55 a.m.
Buyouts Didn’t Help U-T and Petco
Don, so in other words, you advocate severely limiting property rights?— February 3, 2012 4:52 a.m.
Gambling Addicts Aren't Necessarily Smoking Addicts
And yet you never see the winners at GA(Gambler's Anonymous)— February 1, 2012 4:43 a.m.
Gambling Addicts Aren't Necessarily Smoking Addicts
Don, I was just busting your chops. Interesting paper on money laundering. Flawed, outdated, and incomplete, but still a good read. http://www.piie.com/publications/chapters_preview…— January 27, 2012 7:03 p.m.
Gambling Addicts Aren't Necessarily Smoking Addicts
Public companies skim money off the top?— January 27, 2012 5:34 a.m.
Hip to Be Square: Harry's Coffee Shop
I have always loved Harry's— January 27, 2012 5:30 a.m.
The Stock Market Roller Coaster
One could make a very excellent case that a market trend only exists in hindsight.— January 21, 2012 8:01 a.m.
U.S. and San Diego economies muddling through
What percentage of a tax are you talking about and have you thought about the law of unintended consequences? What are you hoping this tax will do? Social engineering? Punishment?— January 18, 2012 5:17 a.m.