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Peter Thiel (Big Think, part 2)

I am supposed to do a post on each week’s speaker, but don’t really have much to say on these two interviews:

Peter Thiel

http://bigthink.com/series/what-went-wrong?selected=the-misplaced-regulatory-focus-on-hedge-funds#player

http://bigthink.com/series/what-went-wrong?selected=the-misplaced-regulatory-focus-on-hedge-funds#player

http://bigthink.com/series/what-went-wrong?selected=baby-boomers-were-americas-dumbest-generation#player

http://bigthink.com/series/what-went-wrong?selected=why-keynesian-economics-will-be-dead#player

http://bigthink.com/series/what-went-wrong?selected=there-will-not-be-another-bailout#player

Marc Lasry

http://bigthink.com/series/what-went-wrong?selected=why-were-all-to-blame-for-the-economy#player

http://bigthink.com/series/what-went-wrong?selected=when-large-firms-fail#player

http://bigthink.com/series/what-went-wrong?selected=hedge-funds-need-no-oversight#player
Den ganzen Beitrag lesen…

December 12th, 2009 | Misc. | Tags: Peter Thiel | 42 Comment

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