Yellen says government will help SVB depositors but rules out bailout

Re:Yellen says government will help SVB depositors but rules... by hackerlight on Sunday March 12, 2023 @07:38PM (#35128223)

I dislike these populist, low resolution takes that use rhetorical devices ("gambled" instead of "invested") to try to persuade but are otherwise void of well-reasoned analysis and are more about criticising one's own confusion.

If you want something to be justifiably upset about, it's the carried interest loophole.

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Re:Yellen says government will help SVB depositors but rules... by iancmceachern on Monday March 13, 2023 @08:59AM (#35135106)

A VC investment is more like a gamble and less like an investment. I'm not the only one that sees it that way.

After 15 years of working in startups in the Bay Area, I've learned they are gambles, not investments.

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Re:Yellen says government will help SVB depositors but rules... by hackerlight on Monday March 13, 2023 @06:51PM (#35144259)

You've learned wrong, VC is by definition a category of investments and you attempting to relabel it as gambling is an attempt to persuade via rhetorical device rather than via sound argument.

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