Those discussions later led to the formation of the Natural Capital Project.
Obviously a system this progressive would curtail the formation and movement of capital by the wealthiest of Americans, as well as remove the incentive for entrepreneurs to make more than highest bracket amount.
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Residential investment is about 25% of total FAI, while gross capital formation is about half of GDP.
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This lack of capital formation and productivity does not bode well for maintaining jobs today or creating ones tomorrow.
We encourage the U.S. Senate to approve all of the pending legislation in order to advance the cause of capital formation for private companies.
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Whether or not Milken had broken the rules of securities trading was far less important than how he had broken the patterns of capital formation.
This is what is at the heart of capital formation.
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Until the formation of the Private Equity Growth Capital Association in 2007, the US private equity industry had not engaged in coordinated lobbying efforts in Washington DC.
Mark Bloomfield is president and CEO of the American Council for Capital Formation, a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to public policies supportive of saving and investment to promote long-term economic growth, job creation and competitiveness.
Because they are all inter-related, and innovation and job creation are only possible with capital formation, which in turn is a function of fair and efficient capital markets.
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India has created vibrant and flourishing stock exchanges, vital to the formation of the private equity and venture capital that fund startups.
Cynicism aside, anyone who cares about innovation and job creation should care very deeply about capital formation and the integrity of the equity markets.
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But it was countered brilliantly by Richard Rahn, executive director of the American Council for Capital Formation.
Mark Bloomfield is president and CEO of the American Council for Capital Formation.
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Sadly, politicians find it easy to embrace the short-term positives of stimulus projects and ignore the deleterious secondary and tertiary effects of their implementation on wealth and capital formation.
The House voted to pass four pieces of legislation designed to facilitate small business capital formation and job creation.
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Peru has started to restructure their economy under a 2006 free trade deal with the U.S. and key is a focus on property rights and titling of property, which is essential for capital formation.
The four pieces of legislation passed by the House of Representatives this week would provide powerful incentives to capital formation, if they are enacted into law.
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For example, the Securities Exchange Act (1934) and the Investment Company Act (1940) require that regulators consider the likely impact of a proposed regulation on efficiency, competition and capital formation.
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Despite the attention, though, the really important story behind the rise of these markets and the important role they are playing in facilitating private capital formation, economic growth and job creation has been largely ignored.
Messrs Feldstein and Samwick assume that the creation of individual retirement accounts will result in higher national saving, which in turn will raise capital formation and thus corporate-tax revenue.
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High marginal tax rates, especially on capital, uncertainty about pension and health care costs, and the lack of rules in the formation of monetary and fiscal policy have disrupted the normal course of commerce.
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