Sep 22
2009

Finance and the Public Interest

Break the Buck!

Robert McDonald

Here’s a wonderful idea for a financial product: raise trillions of dollars from investors, invest in a variety of risky assets, and then lie to investors about what the shares of the fund are worth. Just to make this easy, claim that each share is worth $1, even if it’s really worth less.

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