http://www.hedgeworld.com/blog/?p=3533 A look behind the hedge fund curtain Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:41:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://www.hedgeworld.com/blog/?p=3533#comment-29867 HENRY ALKEN Wed, 12 Oct 2011 17:50:15 +0000 http://www.hedgeworld.com/blog/?p=3533#comment-29867 Thank God for Michael Lewis. He clearly describes the actions of the Wall Street scumbags who have bought and paid for our politicians in Washington. His descriptions are clear and logically set out. His interviewing of key personnel in Europe and in the U.S. permit him to put the jigsaw puzzle together so that we can all see the big picture. He points out the useless eConomists that try to use their Harvard educations to solve problems that are clearly way outside their circle of competence. His books always leave me with the same question: Why are Alan Greenspan, Phil Gramm, Ricky Rubin, Larry Summers, Sandy Weill and Arthur Levitt not all sharing a prison cell in Sing Sing? Thank God for Michael Lewis. He clearly describes the actions of the Wall Street scumbags who have bought and paid for our politicians in Washington. His descriptions are clear and logically set out. His interviewing of key personnel in Europe and in the U.S. permit him to put the jigsaw puzzle together so that we can all see the big picture. He points out the useless eConomists that try to use their Harvard educations to solve problems that are clearly way outside their circle of competence. His books always leave me with the same question: Why are Alan Greenspan, Phil Gramm, Ricky Rubin, Larry Summers, Sandy Weill and Arthur Levitt not all sharing a prison cell in Sing Sing?

]]> http://www.hedgeworld.com/blog/?p=3533#comment-29337 Damon Howell Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:29:47 +0000 http://www.hedgeworld.com/blog/?p=3533#comment-29337 Michael Lewis' book "Boomerang" is a thorough, factual, and objective overview of recent tragic finacial miscalculations and deceptions. He makes a great point (using a German civil servant as his example) of how our self-serving culture in United States, and the desire to make our own personal fortunes regardless of conflicts of interest, and regardless of the public good, leave our financial markets absolutely void of the most basic integrity. Michael Lewis’ book “Boomerang” is a thorough, factual, and objective overview of recent tragic finacial miscalculations and deceptions. He makes a great point (using a German civil servant as his example) of how our self-serving culture in United States, and the desire to make our own personal fortunes regardless of conflicts of interest, and regardless of the public good, leave our financial markets absolutely void of the most basic integrity.

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