Author Archives: Yves Smith

Brexit: Chaos Visible

As businesses finally start telling the press they are worried about Brexit, the press is still not coming to grips with key issues.

Some Public Pension Funds Give KKR a Wet Noodle Lashing Over Toys ‘R’ Us Collapse

Not surprisingly, action in the wake of private equity investors Bain, KKR and Vornado stiffing Toys ‘R’ Us workers of their severance have generated more press than restitution. But some of the ideas bruited about would have real teeth.

Italy Threatens to Throw Spanner in European Alternative to Russian Gas

Italy threatens to make trouble on another European front.

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Will Investors Like CalPERS Fall for Private Equity’s Long-Lived Fund Con?

Beware of the private equity “innovation,” the long-lived or “permanent capital” fund. It is virtually guaranteed to short change investors on returns needed to compensate for the longer holding period.

Links 6/23/18

Why Italy’s Crisis Is the Left’s Crisis

Why framing the political struggle in Italy as mainstream versus populist shifts focus away from the most important issue, Eurozone reform, where the battle is mercantilists versus Keynesians.

Wilkerson: Don’t Trust Trump, Bolton to Deliver US-North Korea Peace

Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson and Real News Network host Aaron Mate mix it up a bit more than usual on the topic of North Korea.

Why Did Trump Win? Robots Are to Blame

Why robots, and not “bots,” may have been responsible for Trump’s win.

Links 6/22/18

Richard Murphy: New Funding Structure for the Bank of England Suggests That the Treasury Thinks the Proverbial Is Going To Hit the Fan

The Bank of England is being readied to print, as in deficit spend, in the face of a hard or crash out Brexit.