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The Disclosure Sliding Scale
Joris's policy fix for getting companies public earlier.
How it works
- 1Lower disclosure burdens for small companies so that being public is actually feasible.
- 2Raise disclosure burdens for the giant private companies that expose the most people to risk.
- 3Result: recreate the conditions for companies to go public sooner and let regular people back into the upside.
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