Tag Archives: culprits


Hobbling hedgies and bashing buyout boys

April 30, 2009 : Permalink

BBC – In much of continental Europe, there’s a widespread belief that hedge funds and private equity firms caused the global economic crisis. Which is presumably one reason why the European Commission wants much tighter regulation of both the hedgies […]

Hedge Funds, Politics, and the Market Crash

February 3, 2009 : Permalink

American Thinker – There are several culprits in the recent market crash, but one key source of the problem has hitherto escaped attention: an economic index that can be easily manipulated by hedge funds and whose gyrations have shaken the […]