The authors excoriate the U.S. Fed under Alan Greenspan and Ben Bernanke for conducting a recklessly (and, we know, disastrously) expansionary monetary policy from 1995-2006, with money supply growth of 5.3 percent about inflation (p. 256 of the book).
Inergy L.P. (NRGY), an owner and operator of retail and wholesale propane supply, marketing and distribution businesses, is another example of MLP pain.