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“Private investment for profit is not the engine of growth we think it is”

February 23, 2012 By beowulf

Last month, James Livingston (author, Rutgers history prof, Steve Roth protege) posted a fascinating speech that I just came across this evening. Considering his text, the title (What I Told the Hedge Fund Managers in Miami) made me picture a gladiator taking on all of the spectators in the Coliseum (pro tip: burn it down). [...]

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