Comments on: Easterbrook (Gregg, not Frank) Up a Creek http://truthonthemarket.com/2008/10/05/easterbrook-gregg-not-frank-up-a-creek/ Academic commentary on law, business, economics and more Tue, 14 Feb 2012 19:40:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Ideoblog http://truthonthemarket.com/2008/10/05/easterbrook-gregg-not-frank-up-a-creek/#comment-7368 Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:42:30 +0000 http://www.truthonthemarket.com/2008/10/05/easterbrook-gregg-not-frank-up-a-creek/#comment-7368 Why financial regulation is appalling

Last week I complained about the “appalling quality of public policymaking” in relation to the then pending bailout. Now we get a partial explanation of that quality. Gregg Easterbrook (apparently not discussing corporate finance with his brother F…

]]> By: John Jenkins http://truthonthemarket.com/2008/10/05/easterbrook-gregg-not-frank-up-a-creek/#comment-7367 Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:29:20 +0000 http://www.truthonthemarket.com/2008/10/05/easterbrook-gregg-not-frank-up-a-creek/#comment-7367 To be fair to Easterbrook, he may be thinking of the kind of Preferred Stock in VC deals that does have control rights, is preferred as to dividends and, depending on the deal, might also participate with the common on liquidation.

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