Subterranean capitalist blues

摘要

In 1996 Richard Kinder was the president of Enron and the heir-apparent to Ken Lay, the energy firm's boss. It was not to be. He was passed over for the top job, apparently judged too conservative to take the helm of America's most innovative company. His next move, with a partner, was to buy some pipelines and a coal terminal from his former employer. Buying things that rust? It was all very old economy.