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Saying risk capital worked before a liquid second market existed is like saying food distribution worked before the supermarket. I agree that Wall Street financ
by jwatte 15y ago
Saying risk capital worked before a liquid second market existed is like saying food distribution worked before the supermarket. I agree that Wall Street financiers seem to focus too much on using secondary (and tertiary) effects to simply amass wealth, and i worry that that actually has a negative overall effect on society. But without a liquid secondary market, the primary market is significantly stymied!
- nandemo 15y agoExactly. As I was reading, I was thinking "yeah, record players were invented a 100 years ago, who needs MP3 portable players?"