Al Gore takes aim at 'unsustainable' capitalism - chicagotribune.com
Them some strong words for a douche who made his $100,000,000 via Three-card-Monte.
An even better idea than the incredibly boneheaded and unworkable one proposed in the article is to reverse the mistake certain companies made by going public. All the banks and brokerages should be private. It was a huge mistake for them to go public.
You don't take as many stupid risks when you are risking the partners' money. Not if you don't want to be thrown in the river.
And when it is the partners' money, the bonuses will stop rewarding risk-taking, as well.
And the partners would not tolerate bogus mark-to-market accounting and SPV black holes the way the rubes do. Not when it is their money mysteriously missing.