Well that's the question isn't it -- clearly, many people feel that the thing that private equity does is bad, but how do you quantify that thing well enough to

Well that's the question isn't it -- clearly, many people feel that the thing that private equity does is bad, but how do you quantify that thing well enough to ban it? The most broad brush would be a complete and total ban on mergers and acquisitions, an idea that I find mildly interesting but I suspect would fail in practice. Perhaps M&A could be restricted somehow, with particular criteria disqualifying one from being able to accquire?