Still, the Treasury may not have trouble recruiting replacements, given the job losses that have plagued the finance industry.
Mr. Lafortune, Mr. Rothstein and Ms. Schanzenbach also solved a difficult methodological problem that had plagued school finance researchers for decades.
But if they are the chief causes of bubbles which have repeatedly plagued Western finance since its origins in the Italian Renaissance you have to suppose that civilisation is beset by naivety and manic depression.In fact, observes Abhijit Banerjee, an economist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, a little irrationality goes a long way.
Most of these will now be delayed, including the biggest and most controversial, known as Nam Theun 2, which is anyway plagued by financing difficulties and environmental criticism.
Representatives from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and other federal officials, who faced the criticism during testimony before the committee today, conceded that the investigation had been plagued by financing problems and confusion over authority almost from the start.
Fortress's plight reflects the ills plaguing much of high finance.
The attainment of these goals require the development of a positive and inclusive vision, which can truly address the many shortcomings that plagues the world of finance -- from bad regulation, to un-transparent contracts, to plain old greed.
Vox Capital was launched later that year in Brazil, and became the country's first investment vehicle with a specific mission to alleviate the problems that plagued the country's education, finance, and health sectors, while at the same time generating financial results.
Attorneys representing homeowners filed lawsuits Thursday against Los Angeles County, alleging a county program that funds solar panels and other energy-efficient home improvements is a "plague" that's ruined the finances of many borrowers by saddling them with loans they cannot afford.
Political and financing constraints continue to plague the euro rescue plans.
