Do Hedge Funds Represent An Asset To The Larger Economy, Or A Menace? Do They Really Help To Make Markets More Efficient?
In the pilot episode of the Showtime drama Billions, a television host grills Bobby Axelrod (Damien Lewis), founder of the hedge fund Axe Capital, at a public forum. “How do you respond to the criticism that hedge funds are the scavengers of the financial sector, and that a select few have undue influence on the…