Broligarchs Demand Silicon Valley Bank 2.0: What Could Go Wrong?
It seems no idea is too stupid not to get a following. This one is to recreate Silicon Valley Bank, a standout failure.
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CalPERS Retiree Group Launches GoFundMe for Investigation on Private Equity Fees
CalPERS retirees are raising funds to have a big go at private equity fee secrecy. Please chip in if you are a California taxpayer!
Read more...Tariff Turmoil and the Money Markets: Yet Another Rescue Coming
In Treasury markets, there are no libertarians, only grateful recipients of single-payer insurance for ailing financiers.
Read more...Public Health and Private Equity: What the Walgreens Buyout Could Mean for the Future of Pharmacy Care
Private equity makes more inroads into the health care industry, now with the buyout of the top pharmacy chain Walgreens.
Read more...New SEC Chief on Board with Letting Retail Chumps Invest in Private Equity Even as Pros Like Kuwait Sovereign Wealth Fund Sound Red Alert
The SEC, in its munificence, is planning to allow more retail investors to be fleeced by private equity.
Read more...Billionaire Blasts Private Equity’s Continued Grifting as Performance Falls Further
The once-above-criticism private equity industry is on the receiving end of long-overdue takedowns, some of them pointed.
Read more...Satyajit Das: The Unravelling – Part 2: Contagion & Containment
Mapping the contagion fever chart of how a Trump financial meltdown might unfold.
Read more...Satyajit Das: The Unravelling – Part 1: Economic & Financial Furies
Why the Trump-induced economic and financial train wrecks will be more severe than most pundits seem to anticipate.
Read more...How the American Economy Is Rigged to Serve the Rich, and Why Tariffs Won’t Change That
The money to support well-paid American jobs exists—it’s just being hoarded by the rich.
Read more...Company Accused of Organizing National Rental Housing Cartel Goes on Offense as Trump DOJ Mothballs Price-Fixing Case
In a lawsuit against Berkeley, RealPage contends that using pricing algorithms to coordinate residential rents among mega landlords is “free speech.”
Read more...Private Equity Shares Tank Based on Trump Tariffs; Private Equity and Credit Crises Coming?
How the Trump tariffs will whack private equity, and even more so, investors like CalPERS and other public pension funds.
Read more...The Price of Monopoly and Oligopoly Power: Why Rising Markups Hurt Innovation and Widen Inequality
More evidence of the cost of monopoly and oligopoly power.
Read more...As US Markets Look a Bit Wobbly, the Press Looks for the Next Crisis in the Rear View Mirror
The Wall Street Journal worried about the giddy mood at the annual structured industry conference. But is where to look for the next crisis?
Read more...Checking In on the Democrats’ Search for the “Good Billionaires”
What role is elite reconciliation under Trump playing in the Democrats’ silence on the looting of country? And in the meantime, where shall the rest of us turn?
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