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• Rethinking Capitalism: How the 2010s ruined the American Dream — and what should be done in the 2020s to bring it back

  01-02-2020 17:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  This article is part of BI's project "The 2010s: Toward a Better Capitalism."
  Over the past two months, we have explored the ways reforming capitalism became the defining debate in America for the past decade. It has set the stage for the policies we'll see in the 2020s.
  In the series, we explore the relationship between taxes and inequality, the renewed antitrust movement, turning talk around sustainability into action, labor rights, and what investments will best help the economy.
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• Inside Goldman Sachs' investor day; meet up-and-coming FAs; Barclays' MD hiring push

  01-02-2020 15:49 via feedproxy.google.com
  
   
   
  In case you haven't heard by now, Goldman Sachs held its first-ever investor day this week.
  No worries if you didn't get around reading through the hundreds of pages of presentations — we were on it Wednesday morning and picked out these 10 critical slides.
  Dakin Campbell was on-site at 200 West for the much-hyped event and reported on what the vibe was like. Chief Executive David Solomon got things started by telling the audience to hold their questions until the afternoon,
  
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• The gold standard, near-zero interest rates, less central bank independence: Trump's latest Fed pick backs unusual economic policies

  01-02-2020 14:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  President Donald Trump last week officially nominated former White House economic adviser Judy Shelton for a powerful position at the Federal Reserve.
  That put her on track to shape policy alongside central bankers whose mainstream views she has long objected to. 
  The nominee for the Fed Board of Governors has for years advocated for highly unconventional economic theories and policies.
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  President Donald Trump last week officially tapped fo
  
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• From the wealthy to Wall Street, here's how the 2020 Democrats would redraw the US tax code with their plans

  01-02-2020 14:17 via feedproxy.google.com
  The Democratic presidential candidates have unveiled a series of tax plans that align with their political goals.
  Despite an ideological gulf, the moderate and progressive wings of the primary agree on hiking taxes on the very wealthy and corporations, and providing relief to the middle class.
  From the wealthy to Wall Street to Main Street, here's how the 2020 Democrats would change how Americans are taxed.
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• Michael Lewis famously tore apart Warren Buffett. Here's what he said, and why he backtracked 17 years later.

  01-02-2020 13:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  Michael Lewis tore into Warren Buffett in a scathing article in 1992.
  The "Moneyball" author said the billionaire investor "sold his reputation" when he became chairman of Salomon Brothers, the scandal-hit Wall Street bank.
  Lewis backtracked 17 years later, describing Buffett as "genuinely delightful."
  Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories.Author Michael Lewis once ripped apart Warren Buffett in 1992, painting him as a smug, self-righteous hypocrite who lucked into billions of dolla
  
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• 'By March 31 we're down 18, 20%': A CIO overseeing $189 million says the next market correction will be 'terrifying' — and shares the 3 catalysts that will jumpstart the unwind

  01-02-2020 12:05 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Chris Stanton — chief investment officer at Sunrise Capital, where he oversees $189 million — thinks investors will have to soon pay the piper for months of market tranquility. 
  He blames "very generous" Fed policy for the market's lack of volatility, and says that — statistically speaking — "we have to back-end that."
  Stanton cites three potential catalysts for the pending unwind, but thinks anything that forces investor confidence to recede will suffice.
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• Finance blog Zero Hedge was banned from Twitter after it doxxed a Chinese scientist and claimed they created the Wuhan coronavirus

  01-02-2020 12:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Financial blog Zero Hedge had its Twitter account permanently suspended on Friday after it published an article doxxing a Chinese scientist, and claiming that they created the deadly Wuhan coronavirus.
  The story was first reported on Friday by Buzzfeed.
  "The account was permanently suspended for violating our platform manipulation policy," a Twitter spokesperson told Buzzfeed.
  Zero Hedge also published the scientist's email address and phone number.
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