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Kevin Hasset
Kevin Hassett is the director of economic policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute.
Private Equity Is a Force for Good
What it really is, whom it really helps, and why it really matters to capitalism
Kevin Hasset
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Steven J. Davis
Jan 16, 2012