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Connect the dots from the Industrial Revolution to the Computer and Communications business of today.Andy Kessler: The End of Medicine: How Silicon Valley (and Naked Mice) Will Reboot Your Doctor
Can we get medicine on the same ever-lowering price curves as technology. Funny stories of my quest to figure out where silicon will change medicine.
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March 21, 2008
March 08, 2008
NYT: Tough Times for Buyout Lords
I don't normally post these, but I couldn't resist.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/08/business/08mogul.html
Tight Credit, Tough Times for Buyout Lords
Published: March 8, 2008
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“The crowds are smaller at cocktail parties, the aura is stained, but there still is the letter B, as in billionaire, next to their name,” said Andy Kessler, a former hedge fund executive who has written books about Wall Street. “They may still have halls named after them at universities, but the idea that these guys are the kings of investing, that time has passed.”
UPDATE March 10: A $100 million Donation to the N.Y. Public Library. That was fast. "Stephen A. Schwarzman Building ...the name to be etched on the building." Schwarzman wants his legacy etched in stone and protected by lions.
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“The crowds are smaller at cocktail parties, the aura is stained, but there still is the letter B, as in billionaire, next to their name,” said Andy Kessler, a former hedge fund executive who has written books about Wall Street. “They may still have halls named after them at universities, but the idea that these guys are the kings of investing, that time has passed.”
UPDATE March 10: A $100 million Donation to the N.Y. Public Library. That was fast. "Stephen A. Schwarzman Building ...the name to be etched on the building." Schwarzman wants his legacy etched in stone and protected by lions.
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