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recursiveyesterday at 4:07 PM1 replyview on HN

From my naive point of view, it's not clear from first principles why they must.


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philipovyesterday at 4:14 PM

It's a version of the principal-agent problem, with the added wrinkle that principals have low barriers to exit. Both the management and investors share the incentive structure of a con artist.