After Supporting Treasurer Chiang’s Private Equity Transparency Bill in Public, CalPERS Gutted It Behind the Scenes
Yet more evidence of CalPERS’ chicanery on behalf of the private equity industry.
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Gaius Publius: Two Ways of Looking at a Plagiarism
Trust me, this post on Melania Trump’s plagiarism does not go where you expect it to go.
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New Zealand’s scam companies: a map of their global footprint
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How Covered California, the best Obamacare implementation in the US, still falls well short of its promise.
Read more...Sanders Delegation Plotting in Public and Secretly to Shake Up Democratic Convention
Many Sanders delegates are planning rearguard actions at the Democratic convention.
Read more...How California Targets Poor People of Color for Profit
California cities take a page from the Ferguson playbook: targeting poor minority group members people for fines, in this case traffic fines.
Read more...Will Italian Banks Tear Down Europe?
Will Italian banks be the detonator of a political and economic crisis?
Read more...Louis Proyect: Misusing German History to Scare Up Votes for Hillary Clinton
Distorting German history so as not just to equate Trump to Hitler but also to equate the left with Weimar socialists.
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Yes, Virginia, inequality is dangerous but that does not stop many of the really rich from wanting more. us.
Read more...Warren, Sanders, Brown, Merkley, Reed, 4 Other Senators, Ask the SEC to Get Out of Bed on Private Equity
As strange as it may seem, eight Senators ganging up on the SEC over yet another private equity lapse is a sign of a change in the zeitgeist.
Read more...Did the New York Times Really Need to Let Jamie Dimon Crow About the Measly Raise He Is Granting Employees?
Jamie Dimon throws JP Morgan workers some crumbs.
Read more...How Treasurer Chiang’s Designee Grant Boyken Duped CalPERS’ Board to the Detriment of Taxpayers and Beneficiaries
How California Treasurer John Chiang’s deputy, Grant Bokyen, snookered CalPERS’ board to facilitate gutting a private equity reform bill.
Read more...Private Equity Industry Offers Intelligence-Insulting Defenses for Long-Standing Grifting Due to Refusal to Register as Broker-Dealers
Private equity firms insist that they continue to violate broker-dealer requirements. Why? So they can carry on looting.
Read more...How Private Credit Rating Agencies Reinforce Global Economic Instability—and What We Can Do About It
A look at a fundamental point of failure in our financial system, rating agencies, and potential remedies.
Read more...Financial Times Picks Up on Irish Growth Blarney Story…. That We Reported Months Ago
Irish growth is even phonier than the media would have you believe.
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