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The Inevitability of Finance
There's a lot wrong with Wall Street, but Americans still need to realize the enormous value of the finance industry, The Deal Professor argues.
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FT Alphaville — Elsewhere on Wednesday, - The problem with securitisation . - The other problem with securitisation. - The secret that wealthy investors don’t want you to know . - Ask Paul . - Hope is not a strategy . - The Chinese have a massive dollar problem . - Understanding bubbles . - Corporate America’s identitity crisis . -  Gold : Until the system is reformed and trust is restored. - The inevitability of finance . - Consumer credit crumbles . - Analysts are at their most bullish in two years. - ...

In Praise of Chaotic Measures
Conglomerate — ... notions of stability and organization into account. Unmeasured desperation may have saved us from financial calamity. So what remains of the case for measured action, public participation in important decisions and judicial review? If you haven't been reading it, the roundtable has been pretty amazing so far.  Soon, Lucian Bebchuk will be weighing in. The recent professorial contributions have included interesting ones by Lynn Stout, David Skeel, and Steven Davidoff.  And those are just the academics - the practitioners haven't been too ...

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