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Comment by CWuestefeld

> the stock market as a system for promoting value creation is an imperfect approximation of an ideal value creator

yet

> See for example the state of hospitals and schools, and the rising rate of individuals with crippling medical and college debt.

Ummmm. State hospitals and schools are not traded on our stock exchanges. If there's a failure here, it's not with equities markets.

There's an obvious common denominator between the examples you give, and that these are the most highly-regulated industries in America. My first guess as to where to lay blame would be on those regulations - although we'd really need to dig into whatever the specific failures you're thinking of, if we want to be sure.

parent CWuestefeld 2 years ago

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