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Harold Meyerson of the American Prospect has written an article so compelling, I will need more than one blog entry to do it justice. The name of the article, "The Man the Banks Fear Most," was written on April 23, 2012 and explores the crusade of New York State's attorney general, Eric Schneiderman, against the banking industry. 

Mr. Meyerson is not alone in his perception of Mr. Schneiderman. Several months earlier, Linette Lopez had written an article for Business Insider entitled, "Meet NY Attorney Eric Schneiderman, The Man Who Could Be Wall Street's New Worst Nightmare."

So who is Eric Schneiderman and what does he stand for? I see him as a political crusader, working to preserve the rights of the underdog, fighting against Big Business and the banking industry. 

There she is again: Diane Sawyer, the primary ABC evening news anchor, with another installment in their interminable series of reports on imports and employment in America. I could just strangle her.

One week their (alleged) reporters go to people’s houses and look at everything the occupants own to see where it was made. Surprise, dismay; much of it was made in other countries. The family cringes in horror at the thought of how many Americans they put out of work by not checking the labels on those shirts, Jeans and televisions they bought at Walmart!

The next week their team of trade terrorists visits a happy family who, having already repented of their importing sins, has begun assiduously buying American. In every episode ABC’s message is the same: the solution to much of the unemployment problem in America is to simply stop buying imports. Spend Z-billion less on stuff from foreigners and we will have X-million more jobs.

This complete ignorance about the nature of international trade, on the part of a major news network, is astonishing.

Many of us, given the chance to do college all over again, would have done at least one thing differently. Unfortunately we cannot have a do-over, but what we can do is pass our wisdom down to future generations in the hopes that they don't have to learn everything the hard way.

Given the chance:

• Would you have chosen a different college?
• Would you have chosen a different major?
• Would you have studied harder?
• Would you have partied harder, or done more extracurriculars?
• Would you have gotten more involved?
• Would you have prepped more for your interviews?
• Would you have explored more post-grad options?

Josh Rosenbaum, co-author of one of the most widely read and respected books on Valuation -- Investment Banking: Valuation, Leveraged Buyouts, and Mergers and Acquisitions will be attending the WSO Conference as a speaker and sitting on several panels. See below for his full bio.

More BIG announcements on additional speakers coming in the next couple weeks, but get in now while there are still some discounted tickets left.