Showing posts with label John Meriwether. Show all posts
Showing posts with label John Meriwether. Show all posts

Saturday, October 24, 2009

Matthew Yglesias on John Meriwether's new Hedge Fund

Yglesias notes the Financial Times article about John Meriwether, of Long-Term Capital Management infamy, setting up his third hedge fund and writes,

I’m not a huge believer in human rationality, so I totally understand how this scam worked once. That he was able to get a second fund off the ground is pretty amazing. If he finds investors for a third spin around the wheel I’m going to propose confiscating all the rich peoples’ money and giving it to capuchin monkeys.