Private Equity Investors’ Pockets Picked Even More With Increases in Carry Fees
More evidence that private equity is an exercise in separating fools from their money.
Read more...Author Archives: Yves Smith
Soaring Healthcare Costs Jeopardize Retirement In America
Ever-rising healthcare expenses are keeping many old people in the workforce.
Read more...Promotions and the Peter Principle
The Peter Principle lives!
Read more...Big Round of Applause for Moving Gift from NC Donor!
A donor has come to our aid with a very genrous gift! Please thank him for his help.
Read more...NYC vs Another Fracked Gas Pipeline: Notes From Activists On The Ground
A grass roots report on the fight against fracked gas.
Read more...Department of Justice Indicts Two Drug Company Executives Over Opioid Sales; More to Come?
On Tuesday, the Southern District of New York and the Drug Enforcement Administration announced a series of indictments against one of the ten largest drug distributors in the US, Rochester Drug Co-Operative, and two former executives, the CEO and the chief compliance officer, and the latter has pled guilty and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors. […]
Read more...The Antitrust Case Against Facebook You Need to Know About
“Facebook is undermining our country, our democracy.”
Read more...Bostonians: Be Sure to Stop by Our Meetup This Thursday, April 25; Meetups Coming in Milwaukee on Wed May 1 and Minneapolis on Thurs May 2
Please come to our meetup in Boston! You’ll have fun!
Read more...The Great Deformation: Why Income Inequality Has Become Intractable
Recent work on iinequality by Lance Taylor says this will be a particularly hard problem to solve.
Read more...Links 4/23/19
We’ve Endured Years of Bragging From Trump—What Would an American Trade ‘Victory’ Look Like?
Will Trump declare a win if his trade representative fails to negotiate a viable long-term solution with Beijing?
Read more...A Way-Too-Early Look at Bernie Sanders’ VP Choices
A review of Sanders’ options…..
Read more...Trump’s Iran Oil Market Gamble
Will Trump’s renewed sanctions against Iran backfire?
Read more...Boeing’s 737 Max Debacle: The Result of a Dangerously Pro-Automation Design Philosophy?
A deep dive on the 737 Max fiasco.
Read more...John Helmer: The Julian Assange Case Now Puts the US on Trial in a British Court – Is There a Get-Out-of-Jail Card for Assange?
A disucssion of legal issues in the Assange extradition case.
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