J.D. Alt: Paying for Hurricanes
A reminder that the budgetary “paying for things” framing is a way to deny resources to citizens.
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CalPERS’ PR Strategy on CEO Marcie Frost’s Resume Lies Backfiring
How CalPERS CEO Marcie Frost’s media mavens are only digging a deeper hole in the scandal over her misrepresentations before and after her hiring.
Read more...Brexit: Circling the Drain?
Has anything changed on the Brexit front?
Read more...Gaius Publius: Democrats Should Release All “Committee Confidential” Kavanaugh Documents Now
Urging the Democrats to act out of character and do the right thing on the Kavanaugh nomination.
Read more...Former CalPERS Board Designee Calls for Board to Terminate CEO Marcie Frost for Resume Fabrications and Ongoing Lies
A prominent former CalPERS insider demands that the Board fire CEO Marcie Frost over her lies about her education.
Read more...Revolving Doors and Regulatory Capture
Looking at the costs of and some possible responses to regulatory capture.
Read more...Marcie Frost’s Poor Job as CalPERS CEO – Gutting the Audit Function
CalPERS is undermining the performance of its audit unit, a critical control function. The fact that CEO Marcie Frost either doesn’t care, or is not even on top of things enough to know, is yet another sign of her incompetence.
Read more...Marcie Frost‘s Poor Job as CalPERS CEO – Incompetence in Human Resources, One of Her Supposed Areas of Expertise
Marcie Frost’s track record as CEO of CalPeRS is not a pretty one.
Read more...State AGs to Step Up Enforcement Against Tech Companies?
The WSJ reported Monday that state AGs, who include many Republicans, are poised to step up enforcement against big tech. Interesting times may lie ahead.
Read more...If You Read This Book, It’ll Make You a Radical: A Conversation with Thomas Frank
Thomas Frank on what’s the matter with America.
Read more...Gaius Publius: Big Oil Seeks Billions from U.S. Government to Protect It From…Climate Change
Big oil seeks yet another handout.
Read more...Former Official Criticizes CalPERS Board Member Richard Costigan’s Defense of CEO Marcie Frost’s Lies
A salvo against CalPERS board member Richard Costigan for his dubious defense of CEO Marcie Frost’s resume misrepresentations.
Read more...Holding the Line on Torture
An update on the struggle to get US mental health professionals out of the business of advising on torture techniques.
Read more...Why Is CalPERS Aggressively Promoting Internet Voting Despite Experts Like the National Institute of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Saying “Hell No”?
More proof that CalPERS has no shame.
Read more...Financial Times’ FundFire Unambiguously Confirms Our Reporting of Misrepresentations by CalPERS CEO Marcie Frost
Financial Times’ FundFire reporter Fola Akinnibi has written three stories this week that referred to misrepresentations made by CalPERS CEO Marcie Frost during and after her hiring by the giant pension fund. His latest report, CalPERS CEO Misstated Educational Background During Hiring Process (no online version) not only flatly calls out Frost’s falsehoods, but also […]
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