Food For Thought, Part 1

In researching and updating our treatise, Exempt and Hybrid Securities Laws, we regularly review recent literature regarding capital markets developments.  The principal underlying thesis of the treatise has been that exempt and hybrid offerings were becoming significantly more important as capital-raising tools.  While that was true although not necessarily obvious when we first published the treatise, it seems to be a trend that has become even more pronounced in recent years, even affecting the number of IPOs.  Each week, we'll be posting our "favorite" articles on these topics.  Herewith, the first installment:

Unicorns, Guardians, and the Concentration of the U.S. Equity Markets, Amy Deen Westbrook and David A. Westbrook.  This article discusses the more concentrated ownership of both private and public companies in recent years, including the closely held nature of most unicorns.  Given the concentration of ownership in successful privately held companies and