"Proponents of privatization argued that cities and states……" — Bethany McLean
"Proponents of privatization argued that cities and states needed private capital to fund all the upgrades that our decaying infrastructure so desperately needed."
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12 Quotes by Bethany McLean
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The last and most painful irony is that the two longtime rival armies in the securitization market - the investment…
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Building a portfolio around index funds isn’t really settling for the average. It’s just refusing to believe in magic.
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In capital we trust. Capital is our savior, our holy grail, our fountain of youth, or at least health, for…
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Home ownership was the fig leaf for the rise in subprime lending. But that was really about cash-out refinancings, not…
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Fixing Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in isolation, without looking at the big picture, would be short-sighted.
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When Warren Buffett invests in a company, he is conferring upon that company something very unique: his credibility.
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The big banks advise cities about whether privatization is a wise choice. They also control the ability of states and…
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Privatization of assets that most of us consider public goods - like airports and highways - has a long, often-uncontroversial…
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No city embraced privatization more eagerly than Chicago, where I live.
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Before Enron, I think people were a bit more naive about the way things worked, and I think Enron pulled…
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Google worries - and rightly so - about how hard it is for a big company to come up with…
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