A thing which I unironically and enthusiastically believe which is unpopular among smart people of my acquaintance: financial engineering has in the recent past and present contributed substantially to human welfare. We should hope to see more of it.
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E.g. the introduction of power purchase agreements (thanks
@JigarShahDC) that revolutionized and accelerated solar installations. Business model engineering at it’s finest.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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and a dash of storytelling
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Say more about this. Standard financial engineering like debt and equity, or innovations in the field? I think the latter draws more skepticism.
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Can you give a few concrete examples?
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rational distrust of hype technology but irrational trust of excel
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Financial engineering is unpopular for the same reason software engineering is unpopular. It’s too abstract to appreciate without expertise, and most people don’t have sufficient expertise. “Google and Facebook don’t make anything!” “Goldman and jpm don’t make anything!”
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