Romney Says Small Government Will Boost Productivity: Interview

On his way to a fundraiser in Chicago on Aug. 7, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney talked for Bloomberg Businessweek’s Aug. 13 edition about his father, what he learned at the private-equity firm Bain Capital LLC, and why he sees the controversy over his tax returns as a nonissue.

Question: Much of the case you make to voters is that you’re a successful entrepreneur and a successful executive, and thus you’ll make a successful president. Why were you so successful as a businessman?