2023 - Page 10 of 126 | naked capitalism

Over the past three years, FTC and Department of Justice officials have signaled they would apply more scrutiny to private equity acquisitions in health care, including roll-up deals in which larger provider groups buy smaller groups in a local market.

Links 12/2/2023

The Pentagon Fails Its Audit Again—and Again and Again and Again and Again and Again

he Pentagon is still at it! Keeps using bad books helps cover for getting more than it is entitled to.

Yanis Varoufakis: “As Bombs Are Raining Down on Gaza Again, It Is No Longer About Hamas or Netanyahu. It Is About OUR Humanity Being Tested”

A call to stand against the slaughter in Gaza.

2:00PM Water Cooler 12/1/2023

~ Today’s Water Cooler ~

Solving the Climate Crisis Means Ending Our Addiction to Economic Growth

COP28 may toy with wide-ranging reforms needed to arrest a climate disaster. But arguablly necessary governance structures seem unattainable.

Links 12/1/2023

The Drums of War Are Growing Louder in South America

As tensions rise in the Essequibo territorial dispute, Brazil sends reinforcements to its northern border, Venezuela holds a referendum on whether to annex the region and Guyana mulls hosting US military bases.