Thursday, April 12, 2012

Paul McCartney: PEU Poet?


Businessweek reported on NYC happenings last night.  Paul McCartney

Financial bubble, dollars, material bubble, to learn to relax” he said. “Suburbs, John Cage, what’s what,” he added. “Dress up, pretend, pretend, pretend.”

It's not clear who his remarks were intended for.  Could it be Paul Hewson (Bono) or Bob Geldorf, both private equity underwriters (PEU's)?  Across town Carlyle Group co-founder and PEU David Rubenstein was at the Lincoln Center.  Rubenstein and his ilk helped bring about the financial bubble.  He also likes to dress up.