Articles by Yves Smith - Page 668 of 1552

Despite his considerable flaws as a candidate, Trump is making a serious case against US policy in the Middle East.

New Study Blasts Private Equity Fee Abuses, SEC and IRS Enforcement Failures, Limited Partner Capture

A new report recaps a wide range of private equity misconduct, plus regulatory and limited partner inaction. A related letter presses the IRS to address a known and costly tax abuse.

Tax-Dodging Corporate Inversions Accelerating

New rules by the US Treasury to curb corporate inversions haven’t done enough to slow the rising tide.

Links 5/12/16

Clinton Policies Have Hurt Women

Clinton preaches trickle-down feminism, which just like trickle-down economics, serves only the interests of those at the top of the food chain.

Satyajit Das: “Stay in the Name of Reform” – The Fed and ISDA’s Derivative Bankruptcy Initiative

Why a proposal to “stay” derivatives termination in the event of bank bankruptcy is inconsequential and avoids bigger questions about the use of derivatives and failure to rein in risks in this market.

Michael Hudson: Warning to Europe – How the TTIP Threatens Public Health Care and Pensions

Why the TTIP poses a wide-ranging threat to European health and pension policies.

Links 5/11/16

As Clinton Looks Vulnerable, Event Risk Favors Trump (and Sanders)

When Donald Trump became the presumptive Republican nominee, you could almost hear the glee from Camp Clinton. Lambert called the tweets from her supporters “giddy”. The pundits saw Advantage Clinton in her presumed lock on women, blacks, Hispanics, as well as the divide of red versus blue states working in her favor. Yet the body […]