I don't see how you can separate that from the wider political and economic debates, though. Is, say, finance-based capitalism sustainable in the medium term? If not, how might it be adjusted? Etc. Should people start submitting Paul Krugman pieces here? I just don't think particularly useful discussion is likely to result, apart from the usual two sides squaring off.
"Is, say, finance-based capitalism sustainable in the medium term?"
In a forum nominally dedicated to the subject of angel and VC financed startups, I'd say that's germane as well.
Certainly advocates (at least somewhat) against that thesis are aiming directly at the heart and sinews of angel financing (Dodd's bill with the impossible regulatory regime as well as net worth increases).
Earlier in this decade they finished the run of VC based IPO financing that started in the late 1950s (expensing of stock options and SarBox)....
