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I would like have the character section list recurring characters only. Meaning Sebastian, Ciel, the servants, and anyone else I'm not aware of.(Lau? If there is a character by that name....) However, the servants may be removed in time. Any other characters should appear on the character list (that will hopefully appear in the future). However, I haven't read much, only the first six chapters. (But I do know enough to know that Grell isn't recurring) If you happen to stumble upon this and know more than I do, please tell me, here or at my talk. Itzjustdrama? 03:52, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
- Grell may not be recurring, but he is an important character, as is Madam Red. And Elizabeth obviously will reappear, even if you haven't read that far- she's Ciel's fiancee, for crying out loud.Yin (talk) 08:18, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
- Because there really isn't a set villian in the series, as far as I know, every antagonist is important in their "episode", shall we call it. If we were to put every one of them into this section it would become bloated. I was iffy on Elizabeth, but if you say she should stay it'll be. What's your opinion on the servants staying? ~Itzjustdrama C ? 20:05, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
- The servants are background characters, but they're still important, so they ought to stay as well.Yin (talk) 04:51, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
- Alright, then I guess they stay. As a general note,It was fine how it was to reformat the section (I.E. move the voice actors underneath the name; create sentence fragments). It was fine how it was. I'm going to change it in a couple of days if there is no dissent or comment. P.S. I'm refering to this edit. ~Itzjustdrama C ? 04:32, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
- The servants are background characters, but they're still important, so they ought to stay as well.Yin (talk) 04:51, 14 November 2008 (UTC)
- Because there really isn't a set villian in the series, as far as I know, every antagonist is important in their "episode", shall we call it. If we were to put every one of them into this section it would become bloated. I was iffy on Elizabeth, but if you say she should stay it'll be. What's your opinion on the servants staying? ~Itzjustdrama C ? 20:05, 13 November 2008 (UTC)
Now the character section is a bit long. Maybe we should consider a clean-up in the (near) future? I'm not saying to remove Madam Red, Grell, etc, but to remove unnecessary detail. ~Itzjustdrama C ? 21:39, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
Random-ish question. Is Grell a shinigami or a Grim Reaper? ~Itzjustdrama C ? 22:58, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
- I think the most accurate term for Grell would be shinigami, since he doesn't seem to be a very high-ranking Death God. Sakibou (talk) 18:09, 16 December 2008 (UTC)
The character section is now very ridiculously long. The info is really appreciated. But four sections and 13.6 kb? I want to get the character list written up, but I need real world info. Does anyone know of any recfeption or production info from a reliable source I can use? ~Itzjustdrama C ? 22:33, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
BTW, thanks. I'll put him down as a shinigami then. ~Itzjustdrama C ? 22:34, 17 December 2008 (UTC)
Is Prince Soma really around 12-years-old?
And to clarify, a character section is to explain the information necessary to understanding the plot by understanding its characters. WP:NOT#PLOT and WP:PLOT. We do not explain all bits of the plot in the character section. Only those part relevant to understanding the character. At the same time, we do not list all the characters. If it does not contribute to the overall understanding of the work and its characters it is not necessary. ~Itzjustdrama C ? 22:25, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
Another question, if Grell is a shinigami, then what kind of death god is Wiliam? Is he also a shinigami? Or a Grim Reaper? ~Itzjustdrama C ? 22:40, 18 December 2008 (UTC)
- For all intents and purposes, shinigami and Death Gods are the same thing. Shinigami is Japanese for Death God. Basically, when translated into English characters that are shinigami are sometimes called Death God as that is the literal interpretation. However, in other cases, such as when Death Note was translated, they still call them shinigami, but are considered Death Gods. They're the same thing, it just depends on what you want to call them.Voltair3 (talk) 17:39, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
- Alright, I guess I'll put down something like Shinigami, or death gods, or something. Thanks though! :) ~Itzjustdrama C ? 21:33, 20 January 2009 (UTC)
Out of Hand?[edit]
I seriously believe this is getting out of hand. There is too much fancruft, in the character section. I was letting it slide for way too long. I really draw the line at the anime-only section. They are anime-only and are therefor not important. The only reason anime-only character can be included in the article is if the character has an extremely huge impact on the plot of the anime adaption. For example, Dante from Fullmetal Alchemist. So say this demon dog or other character exclusive to the anime causes the death of Ciel or Sebastian or becomes the main antagonist of the entire anime, then they have a right to be included. Of course that also goes for manga characters too. Even if they are included in both adaptions, they only have to be included if they have changed the course of the events in the plot. Any questions? ~Itzjustdrama C ? 17:57, 30 December 2008 (UTC)
- That would mean there are very few characters here then. Thinking like that, Madame Red, though she was also a very major character until her death would not be listed. Maybe the requirements should be changed to something like, the character made important facts be revealed about Ciel/Sebastian and we know a fair bit about them, and at least some of there back story? Madame Red for example brought up many many facts about Ciel's past, relatives, etc. Does anyone else agree with this idea? 184.108.40.206 (talk) 04:10, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
- Well, characters that fit that are listed on the character list linked in the section. The main article should list the protagonists of the series, Sebastian and Ciel. ~Itzjustdrama C ? 13:38, 2 March 2009 (UTC)
- Can someone please do something about the 'super hot sadist' line starting Alois's character entry? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 22.214.171.124 (talk) 23:34, 7 March 2012 (UTC)
Yay. A reception section can now be added with these. Too tired right now; storing link here. ~ Itzjustdrama? 10:00, 11 October 2008 (UTC)
I guess this counts as reception. ~Itzjustdrama C ? 22:03, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
More reception. I should really get to this. [1] ~Itzjustdrama C ? 21:45, 6 January 2009 (UTC)
About Ciel's family in the part where Ciel is kidnapped and it shows a bloody flashback, isn't it sort of hinted that Ciel killed his family? They obviously were murdered, either by him or not. Moon wolff (talk) 04:18, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
- If it's implied or hinted, then that conclusion Ciel killed his family is speculation and therefore cannot be included. However, it seems that we are completely or mostly sure they were killed. That can be included. ~Itzjustdrama C ? 21:24, 17 November 2008 (UTC)
- I think it's pretty obvious Ciel did not kill his parents. The contract between him and Sebastian is that Sebastian will destroy everyone that 'betrayed or defiled the name of Phantomhive.' If Ciel had done it himself, the contract would be null/void. It's impossible. (anonymous) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 18.104.22.168 (talk) 00:04, 2 June 2010 (UTC)
Might as well start the process. The issues I want to address in the clean-up aren't as many as the other clean-ups I've planned, so far anyway. First of all, is the character section. There is too much detail and we need to cut it out. The reception section needs expanding. I have the info, but I haven't actually had the time to read it yet. that's it for now, but something else might strike me later. If anyone would like to help, please do so. ~Itzjustdrama C ? 22:36, 19 November 2008 (UTC)
- I'll add the plot section to the clean-up list. ~Itzjustdrama C ? 18:42, 22 November 2008 (UTC)
Finished rewriting character section, in case one didn't notice. Although I'm still not too happy with it. ~Itzjustdrama C ? 21:14, 26 November 2008 (UTC)
Removed some information regrading setting rather than plot. About that. We could always create a setting section. However, there needs to be enough legit information to do so. In my opinion, exact date doesn't really count and I believe historical inaccuracies and references are to be expected from a manga set in historical context. ~Itzjustdrama C ? 22:23, 26 November 2008 (UTC
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When I go on the article, sometimes it says "Shonen-ai" on the list on genres. Black Butler is NOT Shonen-ai. Unless you prove to me that it is, I will delete anything saying "Shonen-ai" or "Yaoi" on the list of genres. --MarinaNekoNyan (talk) 03:04, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
- Looks like it's just some IPs that keep changing it. I'll keep an eye out for them. WhiteArcticWolf (talk) 12:50, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
- I agree with you, Tintor2. And thanks for your help, WhiteArcticWolf. --*MarinaNekoNyan* (talk) 22:19, 16 June 2011 (UTC)
I just came here asking how it was considered shounen & not BL. Especially season 2 which kicks up the homoerotic fanservice sixfold. I won't edit the page, but I will offer my argument for shounenai. I would also argue that it was more Jousei than Shounen. I might not be right, but it's my personal belief that whether something be concidered shounen or shoujo or jousei or seinen should depend on the fanbase.
- This series has no male fans & makes heterosexual men who watch it uncomfortable & rarely make it through the whole series.
- The romantic tension between male characters is constant & in-your-face. It's mostly platonic, with demons falling in love with souls they would normally eat, but there is a LOT of physical groping.
- Sebastian seems to have fallen in love with his meal & is seems quite reluctant to end his contract & does things to prolong it, like giving misleading information & failing to kill his targets.
- Almost every guy in this series physically molests either Sebastian or Ciel or comments on their attractiveness.
- Grell is openly gay & hits on every good-looking guy he meets, but 90% of his screen time is him perving over Sebastian.
- Claude claims to only be interested in Ciel's soul, but spends a lot of time thinking about his body. He also molests Sebastian once.
- Alois is shown several times to have been naked in bed with an older mad who obviously raped him.
- At first Alois is infatuated with Ciel wants to own him, but when his soul posesses Ciel's body, he seems to only want Claude's love.
- Claude almost confesses that he does love Alois, then retorts & says he was using him to get to Ciel.
- When Claude takes Sebastian's place as Ciel's butler, whom is fawning over his legs & skin, Sebastian is clearly jealous.
- Between the last episode of season 1 & many episodes of season 2, Sebastian almost kisses Ciel several times.
- Every time two guys fight & get in eachother's faces, they're always almost touching lips.
- Claude seems to have an orgasm after tasting Ciel's blood.
- Sebastian makes it a point to carry Ciel in his arms as often as possible.
- Sebastian & Claude fight constantly over possession of Ciel, the latter admitting being too attracted to his soul
to want to consume it.
- The two demons decide that their master souls are worth fighting to the death over, even though Hanna now owned both boys. In the end, & Claude himself doesn't seem to know whether he preferred Ciel or Alois, though Sebastian insists that Claude had been using Ciel to deny his feelings for Alois.
- When Hanna consumes a soul, that person becomes part of her personality. Never having shown any interest in Claude before, after consuming Alois's soul, she lies down next to Claude's corpse, calls him "my love," & plans for the 4 of them (Hanna, Claude, & the souls of Alois & his little brother) to die together.
- The last episode ends with Ciel & Sebastian abandoning everyone, running off together. Sebastion carries Ciel in his arms as they talk about how they are eternally bound to eachother. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.108.40.206 (talk) 08:42, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
- As strong as your argument is, it seems to pertain more to the anime than the manga series, which is the primary media. And I'm under the impression that shounen-ai is a subset of shojo. Because Black Butler is published by a shonen magazine, I don't think the shonen-ai label can be attributed to the manga series. Correct me if I'm wrong about the latter point. But I do not doubt that the anime seems to be pretty shonen-ai. I've never watched it (only read!). But I don't think shonen-ai should go into genres for the reasons I've just mentioned. (Such stuffy wording on my part!) ~TenTonParasol 22:07, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
- Yes, it does pertain almost entirely to season 2. Perhaps keep the main series as nongender specific but mention that season 2 is an anime-only BL sequel, though the manga is still going & the mangaka might have told the animators that this was how she intended to end the series when the time came. Wikipedia inititally refused Kyou Kara Maou the BL genre until KKM R came out, & they still list Gensoumaden Saiyuki as Shounen when it's jousei & published by Zero Sum, which is for women. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 220.127.116.11 (talk) 03:52, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
- Do you have a reliable source stating just that? If not, this is all original research based on personal observations and is and would not meet Wikipedia's verifiability requirements. And if it cannot be verified by a reliable source, it doesn't belong in the article. —Farix (t | c) 11:29, 24 October 2011 (UTC)
- Yes, it does pertain almost entirely to season 2. Perhaps keep the main series as nongender specific but mention that season 2 is an anime-only BL sequel, though the manga is still going & the mangaka might have told the animators that this was how she intended to end the series when the time came. Wikipedia inititally refused Kyou Kara Maou the BL genre until KKM R came out, & they still list Gensoumaden Saiyuki as Shounen when it's jousei & published by Zero Sum, which is for women. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 18.104.22.168 (talk) 03:52, 23 October 2011 (UTC)
- As strong as your argument is, it seems to pertain more to the anime than the manga series, which is the primary media. And I'm under the impression that shounen-ai is a subset of shojo. Because Black Butler is published by a shonen magazine, I don't think the shonen-ai label can be attributed to the manga series. Correct me if I'm wrong about the latter point. But I do not doubt that the anime seems to be pretty shonen-ai. I've never watched it (only read!). But I don't think shonen-ai should go into genres for the reasons I've just mentioned. (Such stuffy wording on my part!) ~TenTonParasol 22:07, 22 October 2011 (UTC)
It's part of the "Shoujo Jump" phenomenon (Matt Thorn's term), where female-oriented fanservice is put into a shonen title to gain a broader audience. Melinda Beasi discusses it here. --Malkinann (talk) 00:47, 25 October 2011 (UTC)
The anime is currently being broadcast on TVS in Australia. I'm not sure when it began as I seem to be located in a black spot for that station. On Saturday [when it airs] I'll stream it online via their website and see what episode they're up to and work backwards to find the premiere date. 22.214.171.124 (talk) 11:14, 17 July 2011 (UTC)
About shonen ai...[edit]
I've already tried, in "Black Butler"'s spanish article, to write about the visible reasons that justify why so many users are saying that this manga is clasified as a "shonen-ai". Look, guys, there is a big truth that everyone here is avoiding: manga comics, as any other art expression, has its own freedom to be analyzed and understood of many different ways. And is pretty obviously that it wouldn't exist a debate about if "Black Butler" it is, or is not, a shonen-ai, if Yana Toboso and the anime's directors wouldn't show a lot of ambiguous scenes between Ciel and Sebastian, the main characters. Personal opinion? I compared this series with other conventional shonen, and this "Ciel-Sebastian" relationship is one of the darkest I ever seen. Also, all the male public who watched the anime and saw the manga have the same complaints: "Why Ciel doesn't like Lizzy, or any other girl?" "Why Sebastian were about to kiss Ciel in the last chapter of the first season?". I propose, at least, that it must appear a section in the main artice, titled like this: "Black Butler's confusing plot". Luna Lillencraft (talk) 18:32, 11 June 2012 (UTC)
Neither Shounenai nor Shounen.[edit]
According to a translation of the Japanese Wikipedia entry for Monthly G Fantasy, Monthly G Fantasy is not Shounen. "Audience: Junior and senior high school students men and women." "Summery: Magazine As the name suggests, works a lot of the fantasy comic is, work for women, Youth for the center in particular."
Now going to the Japanese wiki entry for Kuroshitsuji, it lists the genres; "Dark fantasy, suspense, action, & situation comedy"but has no demographic listed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by LikaLaruku (talk • contribs) 08:43, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- I have reverted your edits as the bases for them is the Japanese-language Wikipedia, which is not a reliable source. You will have to provide a reliable source that Monthly G Fantasy is not a shōnen magazine. Especially since we do have a reliable source—Mechademia issue 6, pg 81[2]—that identifies Monthly G Fantasy as a shōnen magazine. 184.108.40.206 (talk) 10:27, 15 May 2014 (UTC)
- Would the English Wikipedia be considered a reliable source in this matter? Because it also says that Monthly GFantasy targets both males and females. Sometimes the end is only the beginning... (talk) 18:12, 23 November 2016 (UTC)
An OAV being released in theaters? I think not.[edit]
"A two-part theatrical OVA titled Kuroshitsuji: Book of Murder screened in Japanese theaters on October 25, and November 15, 2014."
OAV definition: "Original Animation Video & Original Video Animation (OAV / OVA) are interchangeable terms used in Japan to refer to animation that is released directly to the video market without first going through a theatrical release or television broadcast." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 126.96.36.199 (talk) 12:38, 26 April 2015 (UTC)
- Good point, but that's the wording that the reference uses. What alternate wording do you suggest? Something like "theatrical episode"? I've haven't seen Book of Murder, so I can't tell you if that's an accurate description. —Msmarmalade (talk) 01:06, 27 April 2015 (UTC)
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Steve Martin, coauthor of Yes!: 50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive, explains how businesses can motivate customers to modify their actions.
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It's on PSN for me.
Can't wait!
$15 seems a bit steep.
Only one ad played for me.
Two? That's annoying.
Don't care. Still want it.
So adorable.
Well, I guess that's another week for me to finish part three.
This game is on my short list.
I still like playing the original on my NES.
Outside of just liking it, what makes it so special? It looks generic.
How the heck is FNAF material for a children's book?
I believe Bethesda's was better, but it certainly was Ubisoft's best conference in the past few years.
I like the art style, but I agree that actual gameplay is a big turn off.
Love the Samus and the Hawkgirl cosplays.
Breaking news: More Jell-O breasts.
Bros. It's made for bros.
This looks like a game I can really get into.


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(Archived document, may contain errors) WHY ASSET SALES ARE GOOD PUBLIC POLICY by Stuart M. Butler Of the many forms of privatization utilized around the world, the sale of state-owned assets has been the most popular among governments, but the most controversial among scholars and politicians. Supporters of asset sales argue not only that such sales bring some quick relief for overstretched national budgets, but also that changing the ownership of the assets leads to economic benefits to society. And in many instances, they claim, as in Britain's sale of more than one million public housing units to tenants, it leads to desirable social benefits as well. Critics reply that sales are little more t han a one-shot bookkeeping ploy to hide part of a government deficit and yield no net economic benefit or long-term improvement in the public finance picture. In the United States, this has sometimes been characterized as the "smoke and mirrors" objection to privatization. Some opponents of asset sales also argue that they constitute an abrogation of government responsibility, and that the potential social benefits are either nonexistent or exaggerated. Unfortunately this debate has not been helped by Cong ress. Under pressure from those who obtain generous benefits from public ownership, courtesy of the taxpayer, Congress has taken steps on many occasions to prevent privatization from even being considered as a way of meeting deficit reduction targets whil e improving the quality of services to the public. For instance, Congress has added riders to legislation to prevent agencies from just studying the potential benefits of selling such assets as Amtrak or federal power marketing administrations. By taking t h ese actions, lawmakers are systematically preventing the American public from learning of a better policy than public ownership. This "know-nothing!' strategy is scandalous. Congress is acting like a trial judge who systematically prevents the defense fro m offering evidence and then claims that the trial is fair. Restoring Balance. Fortunately the President's Privatization Commission is able to study privatization options, and thus its report will be critical in restoring some balance to the debate. The re port will provide Americans with at least some of the findings that their representatives in Congress wish to withhold from them. Confusion persists in the case of asset sales, in large part because of the efforts of some lawmakers to ignore three key characteristics of this form of privatization:
Stuart M. Butler is Director of Domestic Policy Studies at The Heritage Foundation. He testified before the President's Commission on Privatization on January 22, 1988. ISSN 0272-1155. 01988 by The Heritage Foundation.1) Well-structured asset sales do lead to economic benerits to the nation and to a real improvement in the condition of federal finances. Thus asset sales would be good policy even if the federal government were enjoying a healthy budget surplus. 2) Certain creatively designed asset sales can help the public interest by enabling government to reach public policy goals more effectively than is possible by retaining full control of the asset. Thus asset sales actually could be the best way to help those whom society wants to assist. 3) Asse t sales can be a highly successful vehicle for widening the base of free enterprise in the United States and abroad, and privatization therefore should be a central feature of U.S. policy for encouraging economic development and political stability in les s developed countries. Thus the strategy of asset sales could further U.S. economic development policy abroad and help the quest for democracy.
The buying and selling of assets is a basic feature of American capitalis m, from Wall Street to Main Street. These sales take place - in the vast majority of cases - not to accomplish a mere bookkeeping purpose, but because there are economic advantages to both the buyer and seller. For the seller, the cash raised and the flex ibility it gives him are more advantageous than actually holding the asset. For the buyer, the value he places on the purchased asset is greater than the value he gives to the cash.
How Sales Improve Efficiency
In the case of strictly income-producing ass ets, such as businesses, transactions occur because the buyer estimates that under his management the business will yield greater income than under current management, while the seller is offered a price that is greater than the present value of future re t urns he expects under his own management. This potential for improvement in income under different management is why it often makes sense for the owner of a profitable business to sell, and it is why even a chronically money-losing business can sell for a good price.
Moreover, in the aggregate, such sales in the private sector lead to a net general economic gain. The reason for this is that the change in management leads to an improvement in the use of the assets; that is, an improvement in productivity. T his is good for the general health of the economy. Only in those cases where the buyer misjudges the potential of the asset under his control might there be a net general economic loss, because the asset passes into the hands of a less competent manager. But buyers who make such mistakes do not last long in the market, while shrewd buyers prosper. Good managers d.rive out bad, to the benefit of the whole economy.2
This process is exactly the same in the case of government-held assets, although many crit ics of such sales seem to misunderstand that. When a government asset, such as Conrail or part of the federal loan portfolio, is put up for sale, potential bidders estimate the potential returns that could be derived Erom. the asset under their control. W i th rival buyers in competition, the market price for the asset will reach the point at which the bidder (or group of investors in the case of a public offering) with the greatest degree of confidence offers a price reflecting the best likely future return .
Why should the government accept such a bid in the public interest? Because unless the federal government is a more efficient manager than all the rival bidders, the bid price for the asset will be greater than the current value of the future income unde r federal control. In other words, the cash that the government can raise, and use to reduce debt or pay for federal outlays, is greater than the discounted value of future earnings from continuing to hold the asset.
Why Public Ownership Is Less Efficient
In the case of chronic money-losing assets, this benefit to government is obvious. Selling uncollectible loans for even a few cents on the dollar means the government receives something. But it holds true even when the asset is earning money, assuming th e government is not the most efficient possible manager.
There are good reasons to suppose that government will not be the most efficient manager - indeed there are reasons to believe that it will be one of the least efficient. For one thing, federal owne rship usually means some degree of monopoly status or at least some protection from competition. This is true in the case of the Postal Service, for instance. Whether in the private or the public sector, freedom from competition means freedom from the nee d to be efficient. For another thing, even the best federal managers have to labor under constraints that do not occur so strongly in the private sector. Federal managers generally face more bureaucratic red tape than managers of similar operations in the p rivate sector. And they have to factor in the political reality of powerful congressional chairman who often demand that local constituency benefits be provided, even when this reduces efficiency. A manager of Amtrak who ignores politics when considering t he closure of an unprofitable line or station will soon find himself out of a job. These constraints in the public sector force good managers to make bad decisions knowingly, leading to inefficiency. Not surprisingly, when many frustrated public sector ma nagers move to the private sector, they are far more effective.
Thus the sale of a federal asset is not merely a convenient bookkeeping exchange to make the deficit look better. It is instead an important economic transaction, benefiting both buyer and sel ler and thus improving net national economic efficiency. The value of that net improvement efficiency is reflected in the difference between the bid price and the (lower) discounted value of future earnings in government hands. It is shared between the bu yer and seller according to political and market conditions and to the comparative bargaining skills of government and private negotiators.3
Does a Sale Help the Long-run Deficit Picture?
Clearly any asset sale helps the immediate deficit picture throu gh an infusion of cash, just as selling a subsidiary may raise cash for an ailing company. This can be beneficial in itself. If it gives the federal government breathing space to carry out more orderly restructuring and reductions in costly programs, as a n alternative to the savage and inefficient across-the-board cuts that might otherwise be required, it will help the long-term picture by permitting a better process of reorganization. In the same way, selling that subsidiary can give a company time to res t ructure itself and weather the storm. But clearly, if government simply uses asset sales to delay necessary action, it has squandered the opportunity presented by asset sales - although, it should be recognized, the economic benefits of the asset sale, as discussed above, will still occur even if the opportunity to improve public finances is lost.
The potential advantages of the sale are not confined to breathing room, however. When an asset is sold, it reduces either the existing debt of the government or its future borrowing requirement. By reducing this debt or borrowing requirement, the government simultaneously cuts the interest payments it needs to make in the future. Thus the effect of the sale lasts well beyond the immediate infusion of cash.
This effect is very similar to selling a private house. When the homeowner sells, his indebtedness declines and he raises cash. But in addition to that, he no longer has to make monthly mortgage payments. So not only does he obtain the immediate "one-shot" ben efit of the sale, but his annual outlays are cut. Exactly the same thing happens when the government sells an asset.
This long-term benefit is obvious in selling a loss-making asset, where the government reduces its interest costs and also cuts future outl ays to subsidize annual losses. But even selling an income-generating asset (like Conrail in 1987) makes good public finance sense. The market valuation of the asset embodied in the purchase price is higher than the discounted value of the asset in govern m ent hands, reflecting the greater flexibility and efficiency of private sector managers. Thus the interest payments the government can avoid with the cash it raises will be greater than the interest charges it can defray with the income it will generate b y holding on to the asset. Avoiding interest charges altogether by selling Conrail, for example, meant more savings for the taxpayer than simply holding on to the railroad and using its income to offset future interest charges.WHAT ABOUT THE PUBLIC INTEREST? Critics of asset sales point out, correctly, that government does not own assets merely because it wants to be in business. It does so for the most part because it believes that owning the asset provides the government its best way of reaching a publ ic interest goal. Thus the government owns financial assets because it wants to make it possible for certain students to enter college; it continues to own Amtrak because Congress believes that providing rail transportation to those who travel on Amtrak s erves some public purpose; it
4owns forests and wilde mess areas because it wants to protect the environnient; it operates public housing with the aim of providing shelter to the poor. These critics maintain, again correctly, that if such assets were simply handed over to the private s ector, in all likelihood many aspects of these services would be discontinued as unprofitable. Thus, it is said, government ownership is needed, even if it is'much less efficient, to guarantee continued provision of these services. Alternatives to Direct Government Ownership Leaving aside the issue of whether or not such services should be provided, the fact is that ownership of an asset is rarely the most efficient or effective way to secure any service. Careful use of privatization can serve the benefici aries far more efficiently, and in certain instances the creative use of asset sales can lead to public policy benefits well beyond those already being provided under government ownership. Covenants. For instance, adding covenants (requirements that the p urchaser perform a service even if it is uneconomic) to an asset sale agreement can ensure that the purchaser continues serving specific groups, while also introducing private sector efficiency into the provision of the service. Thus the public objective c an be realized while efficiency is improved and the cost to the taxpayer reduced. Covenants attached to the 1987 Conrail sale agreement, for instance, required the new owners to continue certain operations for an agreed period. Covenants attached to the s ale of British Telecom by the Thatcher government in 1984 included such provisions as the requirement to serve even unprofitable customers and to maintain a series of emergency payphones across Britain. It should be remembered that, by requiring such coven ants, the attractiveness of the asset to a private buyer is reduced and the bid price thus will be lower. In addition, as in the case of the Conrail sale, powerful politicians often will use covenants to provide special-interest protections and benefits b y forcing the buyer to maintain services that reward constituents rather than pursuing the public interest. But although these reduce the gains from the sale, all they do is make explicit the social costs currently carried under public ownership. Efficienc y gains are still obtained, and public finances are still improved - just not as much as they would be without the special-interest covenants. Regulation. An asset sold to the private sector also can be regulated, bearing in mind the long debate about the effectiveness of regulation versus competition as a form of consumer protection. The British are currently wrestling with this issue. Several large government commercial assets, including British Telecom, were sold as regulated monopolies rather than firs t being broken up to promote competition. The government is now reviewing this strategy with an eye to future privatizations and considering steps to encourage greater competition in existing cases. Vouchers. Some mixture of asset sales and other forms of privatization also may be more effective than public ownership. Take the case of housing. By shifting from government ownership or subsidized construction of housing to a policy of housing vouchers, the government can gain the benefits of a more efficient market mechanism for supplying housing, while ensuring that the families that the government intends to assist have the
5means to obtain housing in the market in spite of their low income, which otherwise would keep them out of the housing market. An d incidentally, such a voucher system means that only those families are assisted, and not the developers, construction firms, and public housing managers who prosper so much under government ownership. Wider Public Policy Goals Asset sales combined with such other devices as covenants or vouchers can do far more than just reach existing goals more efficiently. In some cases the change of ownership, of itself, can fundamentally change the social and economic dynamics of a situation, such that unexpected positive effects occur. Housing. Again, take the case of housing. In their program to sell public housing to tenants, the British have discovered not only that the approach improves the finances of government-assisted housing programs, but also that the ownership change itself h a s led to a transformation of the projects involved. Homeownership leads residents to assume a very different attitude toward their neighborhood and their housing. A walk through such a project shows the effects of this change very clearly. New homeowners have been improving their homes and gardens, and they have been taking action to protect the value of their investment by cleaning up common areas and tackling such social problems as vandalism. The experience in the United States suggests that there will be similar results when the privatization provisions of the recent housing legislation take effect. The new law allows successful tenant-managed public housing projects to move to homeownership. Just with management control, tenants in such projects alrea d y have achieved quite dramatic social as well as economic improvements, as this Commission learned during its hearings on the subject. Tenants and other advocates of full privatization agree that the homeowner incentive will spur greater improvements. At last, privatization may enable these projects to become ladders out of welfare and decay, as they were intended to be, rather than sinkholes for the hopeless, as public housing has become under public sector control. Public Lands. Similar arguments have be en advanced in the case of public lands. Environmentalists of the New Resource Economics school point out that public ownership of forests, rangeland, and wilderness areas is actually ownership by nobody, and that the lands therefore are operated accordin g to bureaifcratic and political incentives, not primarily in the interests of the environment. They note that many environmental organizations, such as the Audubon Society and the Nature Conservancy, own some wilderness tracts privately and that these are managed far better than those operated by the government. As direct owners, these groups have the incentive to consider the long run and not just this year's federal budget allocation. They are interested in preservation, not creating Forest Service or Na t ional Parks Service jobs. And they are prepared to allow carefully screened energy and mineral exploration to raise revenues for the purchase and protection of additional land. As do good museum trustees, these private owners use carefully screened commer cial activities to raise money for additional land purchases, and trade lands to improve their "collection" and thus pursue their overall goals. The New Resource Economists argue that control of wilderness lands should be transferred to a
6Wilderness Board, consisting of respected environmental organizations, so that the objectives of public ownership can be pursued more effectively than is possible by keeping these lands under the bureaucratic control of the federal government.
The third key aspect of asset sales concerns the way they can be used to further the objective of wider capital ownership. While this is an important policy goal in the United States, it is even more important for U.S. policy abroad.
In Britain, France, and Japan, and in some less developed countries such as Jamaica, asset sales have been combined with a strategy of wider share ownership and more extensive employee ownership. By aiming large privatization public offerings at the small i n vestor, for instance, Britain has increased the number of households owning shares of any kind by a factor of three and the number of blue-collar stockholders by a factor of five. Commentators generally agree that this wider ownership has helped to reduce the deep class divisions between "them" (owners) and "us" (workers) which for decades have held back British industry.
Britain has also experimented with outright employee ownership. The National Freight Corporation, Britain's largest trucking firm, a los s-making, government-owned operation, was sold to its employees in 1982. At its last annual stockholders' meeting, worker-directors announced that a unit of stock purchased in 1982 is now worth forty times its original value, thanks to the dramatic improv e ments in productivity and profitability achieved by the new owners. The worker-stockholders made it clear to the media that there was nothing magical about the transformation; when you own the company you work for, they said, you work harder and you elimi nate restrictive work practices rather than expanding them.
The United States has had long experience with employee-owned enterprises, and worker takeovers have managed to save a number of firms seemingly destined for bankruptcy, such as the Weirton Steel Company of West Virginia. Employee-ownership models should be considered aggressively within the context of privatization in the United States and in the less developed countries.
AmtraL Amtrak's northeast corridor and parts of the Postal Service would se em to be candidates for serious consideration. If Britain's National Freight Corporation experience is any guide to the potential, transferring the Washington-Boston corridor to Amtrak workers at an attractive price could have dramatic effects on producti v ity and the financial bottom line. Instead of privatization posing a threat to Amtrak workers, it would then become an opportunity for workers as owners to gain directly from improvements in productivity. And instead of Amtrak being a money-losing albatro ss that cannot be sold because of worker and rider opposition, it could become an efficient alternative service without draining the Treasury.7
The Postal Service. Similarly, transferring, say, the Postal Service's bulk mail system to its employees at a suitable price would allow the worker-owners to compete head-to-head with private competitors without having one hand tied behind their backs wit h federal red tape. The result would be better service for customers and a better deal for workers.
Promoting Economic Democracy Abroad
Employee ownership also should be a central feature of U.S. development policy abroad. Treasury Secretary James Baker, together with the Agency for International Development, has already made the transfer of commercial assets to the private sector a condition for certain assistance. This is a welcome step - but only a first step. If such privatization took the form simply of transferring control from government bureaucrats to their cronies in the private sector, or even to large international private firms, it very likely still would be opposed by some moderate and most leftist governments, and it would maintain the popula r image of capitalism as control by a powerful oligarchy. If, instead, privatization took the form of spreading ownership through wide stock ownership (where that were feasible) or though worker ownership, the resulting "democratization" of capitalism coul d be a powerful force for free enterprise. By associating capitalism with worker control, this form of privatization would be more palatable to unions and to socialist leaders. And by introducing incentives for productivity improvements, it would help spur the economy - an attractive benefit for employees and for political leaders of all persuasions.
Thus worker-ownership as a form of privatization should be an important dimension of U.S. development policy overseas. In Central America, in particular, there is a tradition of employee ownership through such organizations as the Solidarista labor movement. As Ambassador William Middendorf argued in his report on economic development in the region, the High Road to Economic Justice, presented to President Reag an last year, U.S. policy should build on this tradition by linking privatization to employee ownership. This, said the Ambassador, would mean a policy of fostering economic democracy alongside the current strategy of encouraging political democracy.
Good Public Policy. Asset sales are an important form of privatization. Unfortunately, though perhaps understandably, the discussion of such sales has focused almost exclusively on their impact on the deficit, and even that discussion has been marred by a misu n derstanding of the true effect of sales on public finances. The fact is that asset sales are good public policy whether or not the government is in deficit, because they can achieve more important objectives than simply making the deficit books look bette r . Asset sales can lead to genuine improvements in the economy, because of the efficiency gained through ownership changes. They can be used to achieve public policy objectives more effectively. They can help ordinary Americans obtain better services. And they can give employees an opportunity to obtain rewards for enhanced productivity8


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Gold Rebounds From Three-Week Low as Europe May Add Stimulusby
Central bank waiting to see clearer picture of Brexit impact
'Continued easy money' seen pushing up gold: Optionsellers.com
Gold rebounded from a three-week low after the European Central Bank said it will consider adding stimulus as needed once it has a clearer picture of the Brexit vote's economic impact.
"If warranted to achieve its objective, the Governing Council will act by using all instruments available within its mandate," ECB President Mario Draghi told reporters in Frankfurt on Thursday.
U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen cited Brexit "consequences" as among the factors that went into the decision to keep interest rates unchanged at a policy meeting in June. This is the first public acknowledgment from Draghi that Brexit is a bearish factor, said James Cordier, the founder of Optionsellers.com in Tampa, Florida.
"We have continued easy money, no signs of any interest rate rises," Cordier said in a telephone interview. "Today's ECB announcement confirms that the United States will be in the same dovish camp."
Gold futures for August delivery rose 0.9 percent to settle at $1,331 an ounce at 1:39 p.m. on the Comex in New York. Prices earlier touched $1,310.70, the lowest for a most-active contract since June 28.
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It happens, even to the best investors
You can easily feel isolated when you're handed huge losses, but even the best investors falter.
Charlie Munger, now vice chairman of Berkshire Hathaway
Wheeler, Munger & Co. persevered. It returned 73.2% in 1975, and Munger went on to become a billionaire with Berkshire Hathaway. I'm skipping the interim details, but the moral of the story is: Just because you're sitting on a big loss doesn't make you a horrible investor.
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An article in the latest issue of Barron's noted that private-equity firm Warburg Pincus remains committed to its capital infusion of $500 million into besieged bond insurer MBIA
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Time will tell whether Warburg's patience will be rewarded. It's worth noting that successful firms and investors draw a sharp distinction between temporary and permanent losses of capital.
Bill Ackman, a prominent bear on the other side of MBIA trade, feels the same way about differentiating between temporary and permanent losses. His large stake in Target
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