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How to Fight the Global Wall Street Landlords

Local activists are having some success in fighting Big Finance landlords who have become big, ruthless players in rental housing.

What the Paradise Papers Tell Us About Global Business and Political Elites

Some observations about the Paradise Papers and the big business of tax avoidance.

New Potential Credit Risk Bombs: Exotic, ‘Nonlinear’ and Private Transactions

Beware of old CDO risk re-imaged as “nonlinear finance”.

Nomi Prins: Steven Mnuchin, Foreclosure King of America

A summary of the many reasons to view Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin with contempt.

Damsel in Distress re Atlanta Meetup on Wed November 15! Need Help With Venue

Need reader input re Atlanta meetup venue ASAP!

The Real Economic Consequences of Martin Luther

How an article by Cantoni, Dittmar, and Noam Yuchtman force fits the Reformation’s economic changes into a neoclassical frame.

Extreme Poverty Cut in Half? Only in the Minds of the Capitalists

The much-touted fall in extreme poverty is more the result of bad or cherry-picked metrics than real progress.

CalPERS’ Three Card Monte: Makes Unheard of Benchmark Change to Hide Expected Poor Private Equity Performance to Help Staff at Expense of Beneficiaries, California Taxpayers

Yet again, CalPERS is trying to use optics and dodgy reporting to cover up for real problems.

Fragmented Health System Paves Way for CVS-Aetna Merger

UserFriendly recommended this Real News Network report, in which Bill Black gives a high-level view of how structural issues contribute to America’s inflated health care costs. AARON MATÉ: It’s The Real News. I’m Aaron Maté. In what is being called the biggest merger in the history of the health insurance industry, CVS is reportedly making […]