Here's The Real Reason People Bash Bernanke And Keynes When They're On Stage At Conferences

The financial conference circuit has been a noisy place lately. Just over a week ago there was historian Niall Ferguson claiming that because John Maynard Keynes was childless and gay, it was only logical that his thinking was short-term. And then last week, there were two separate hedge fund events: The Ira Sohn Conference in New York City (where hedge funders reveal their favorite investment ideas) and The SALT Conference in Las Vegas (which is more of an industry confab. At both of those hedg...