Edward Conard

former managing director of Bain Capital, author of "Unintended Consequences"

Edward Conard appears in the following:

The Argument Against Increasing Taxes

Thursday, December 27, 2012

As 2012 comes to a close, there’s still some unfinished business looming over Washington.  President Obama and Congress have yet to come to an agreement on how to avoid triggering t...

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Can the Government Create Jobs?

Thursday, October 18, 2012

In Tuesday night’s presidential debate there was much discussion about job creation, but it was the comments of one of our independent voters in Ohio, Dan Starr, that really set a lot...

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Former Bain Capital Executive Says Romney "Legally" Remained with Bain Beyond 1999

Monday, July 16, 2012

President Obama’s campaign continues its pressure on Romney to release his full tax records. If Bain’s SEC filings listed him as its chief executive from 1999 to 2003, they say, why d...

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A Defense of Private Equity, and of Romney's Years at Bain

Thursday, May 24, 2012

As the race for the presidency heats up, President Obama's reelection team continues to attack Mitt Romney's career at Bain Capital, while questioning private equity's role in the Ame...

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Edward Conard Argues for Income Inequality in 'Unintended Consequences'

Thursday, May 10, 2012

In 1987, Wall Street came to be personified by the Oliver Stone film of the same name, by Michael Douglas’s Gordon Gekko. "The point is, ladies and gentlemen, that greed, for lack of ...

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