CalPERS still can’t justify its new private equity business model, and has even retreated to calling it just a concept, yet it wants the board to sign a blank check at next week’s meeting.
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Read more...US counties with convict labor often have lower wage and employment growth
Read more...Evidence increasingly shows that charter schools damage public schools, fueling campaigns to stop charter school growth.
Read more...Warren Bufett’s own experience calls “Warren Buffet funds” into question.
Read more...Debunking some arguments against MMT by explaining why the US Treasury can’t run out of money.
Read more...Why inherent problems with cryptocurrency liquidity are already leading to consideration of other methods for validating blockchain updates. They are likely to prove unsatisfactory and therefore call for verification by a trusted institution….defeating the rationale for cryptocurrencies.
Read more...Larry Summers as a negative indicator.
Read more...China wins big in trade in 2018.
Read more...Why an MBA is not what it is cracked up to be.
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