Hooray! Met Our Fourth Goal, On to Our Fifth: More Original Reporting
Announcing our fifth goal: more original reporting!
Read more...Author Archives: Yves Smith
David Sirota: Naked Capitalism – Shining A Crucial Spotlight On the Shadowy World of High Finance
Why supporting Naked Capitalism’s journalism will help make sure that that Big Finance receives the scrutiny that it deserves — and that our society requires.
Read more...Announcing the Harry Shearer Challenge!
Harry Shearer issues a fundraising challenge to Naked Capitalism readers!
Read more...Links 10/21/15
Reformers Stymie Obama a Second Time on Wall Street Cronies: Progressive Pick Lisa Fairfax Nominated for SEC
The Wall Street wing of the Democratic party has taken a visible defeat with the nomination of Lisa Fairfax to the SEC.
Read more...Private Equity Firms with Traded Stock Disclose Info that Calls into Question CalSTRS’ Foot Dragging on Disclosure
Public information on Apollo, Blackstone, Carlyle and KKR’s private equity funds shows CalSTRS has no good excuses for defending secrecy on fees and costs.
Read more...How Much Longer Can The Oil Age Last?
Even with the cost efficiency of renewables being much higher than many realize, major energy buyers don’t act as if the oil age is ending soon.
Read more...We’re Winning, Even If We Have to Put Up With Ben Bernanke Naming His Book “Courage to Act”
The 99% is winning, even if the press is working hard to minimize the evidence of success.
Read more...Links 10/20/15
5 of the Biggest Acts of Corporate Hypocrisy in America
Socialism for the rich is inherently hypocritical….but which forms of corporate truth-distortion are the most brazen?
Read more...Dutch Safety Board’s Tjibbe Joustra on MH17: Absence of Evidence is Not Absence of Evidence
What the DSB head Tjibbe Joustra says about MH17 often doesn’t jibe with the physical evidence available.
Read more...Eric Zuesse: Europe Secretly Starts Imposing TTIP “Trade” Deal Despite the Public’s Overwhelming Opposition
The European Union is already secretly imposing provisions from the secret Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) treaty, even before anyone has signed it, and even before it has been formally approved in any nation.
Read more...Adam Levitin: Fighting for the Middle Class
How the deck is stacked against the middle class, and what it takes to change that.
Read more...NY Times’ Gretchen Morgenson Exposes More Layers of Private Equity Fee Chicanery
Investors in private equity like public pension funds have no idea how much they are paying in costs and fees. That allows for excessive costs and chicanery to continue.
Read more...How Monsanto Solicited Academics to Bolster Their Pro-GMO Propaganda — Using Taxpayer Dollars
Contrary to what most consumers believe, the pro-GMO research that was presented as independent was paid for by Monsanto.
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