The New Education Reform Lie: Why Denver Is a Warning Sign, Not a Model, for Urban School Districts
The charter school movement ‘s claims of better results are marketing hype, as Denver demonstrates.
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Mathew D. Rose: Brexit – The End of the Universe
Germany is determined to teach the UK a costly lesson if it dares to defy its hegemony via a Brexit.
Read more...Wolf Richter: These Debt Slaves are the Government’s Largest Asset Class, and It Will Haunt the Economy for Years
Student debt isn’t just a millstone around young people’s necks; it’s weighing down the economy.
Read more...Elizabeth Warren Slams SEC’s Mary Jo White for Putting “Information Overload” Project Ahead of Dodd Frank Rulemaking
Elizabeth Warren and Mary Jo White cross swords again…but how effective can Warren be after she hitches her star to Clinton?
Read more...Now Luxembourg, Switzerland Are Working to Bolster Tax Haven USA
How tax havens cooperate with each other to preserve their perks.
Read more...Mortgage Document Fabrication is Alive and Well…
Sadly, mortgage servicers are still very much in the document fabrication and forgery business.
Read more...The Clinton Campaign Continues to Help Trump Ensure That Policy Won’t Matter in This Election
Is the Clinton campaign playing straight into Trump’s lead?
Read more...Want to Kill Your Economy? Have MBA Programs Churn Out Takers Not Makers.
How MBAs have become negative value added to everyone but themselves.
Read more...TSA as Example of Privatization Playbook: Make an Agency Perform Badly By Underfunding It….
A case study of how privatization vultures weaken public agencies so as to turn them into their prey.
Read more...Vancouver Mayor Mulls Empty Homes Tax
Vancouver ponders a long-overdue measure to target residential real estate warehousing.
Read more...Hensarling’s “Market Regulation” Replacement to Dodd Frank Proves He Does Not Understand Banking
Yves here. Steve Waldman wrote a definitive post in 2009, Capital can’t be measured, on a core issue that Black discusses here. A key section: So, for large complex financials, capital cannot be measured precisely enough to distinguish conservatively solvent from insolvent banks, and capital positions are always optimistically padded. Given these facts, and I […]
Read more...Transparency International Reports on Massive Corruption in the Pharmaceutical Sector – Media Hardly Notices
Health care corruption is pervasive, yet remains a taboo topic.
Read more...The Supposedly Liberal NY Review of Books Published a Very Strange Review of Chomsky’s Latest
Wading into a dispute over Chomsky’s latest book, Who Rules the World?
Read more...Gaius Publius: Puerto Rico Democratic Party Reduced Primary Votes to 8% of What Was Expected
“Looks like the Clinton-led Democratic Party isn’t even trying to hide this stuff any more. Looks like they don’t think they need to. “
Read more...Can Philosophy Stop Bankers From Stealing?
How can bankers be persuaded or coerced into behaving better?
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