Wolf Richter: Markets, Regulators Ignore Ticking Time Bomb of Shadow Margin Loans
Shadow margin loans are a sign of speculative excess and complacency about risk.
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Healthcare Hypocrisy: How Politicians Hide Behind the 1986 EMTALA Law to Avoid Healthcare Reform
Is the emergency room mandate, EMTALA, responsible for lawmakers failing to devise reasonable legislation to fund health care?
Read more...John Helmer: Jared Kushner’s Testimonial to Stupidity and Unfitness – American and Russian
Why Jared Kunsher’s statements in Senate testimony demonstrate that he is unfit to play an official role.
Read more...People Voted Communist Because…
Italy had the largest communist party in Western Europe. Why did ordinary people vote communist? What did they believe in?
Read more...The Mega Rich Are Getting Mega Richer: A Former CEO Exposes the Corruption Behind Their Obscene Paychecks
Discusses broader economic effects of gross income inequality– driven by obscene CEO pay rises.
Read more...Monetary Sovereigns, Monetary Subjects: Modern Money & The Criminal Legal System
On the connection between money, and in particular monetary sovereignity, and the criminal justice system.
Read more...Bill Black: The CFPB Arbitration Rule is Pro (Honest) Businesses
The CFPB takes a modest but important step to rein in fraud against consumers, which has banks hoppin’ mad.
Read more...Lee Camp: Enjoy the Trump Show While Wall Street Pillages the Country
Trump’s Wall Street allies are pleased that the press isn’t paying much attention to market froth and rising debt as he pushes deregulation.
Read more...Aiding and Abetting Trump as Tweeter-in-Chief
The media fixation with Trump’s tweets is leading them to shirk real reporting on what Trump is up to.
Read more...18 States Sue Betsy DeVos to Reinstate Rules Protecting Students from Predatory Private Colleges
More pushback against Betty DeVos’ support for educational profiteering.
Read more...Quelle Surprise! Study Confirms that ACA Narrow Networks Exclude Top Cancer Doctors
A new study confirms NC’s longstanding observations of the dangers that narrow networks pose to participants in ACA plans.
Read more...CalPERS CIO Sings Out of Tune, But Board Applauds His Poor Performance
A former chief investment officer critiques a remarkable, and not in a good way, performance by CalPERS’ CIO Ted Eliopoulos.
Read more...Stadiums or Schools: An Analysis of Public Expenditures
A look at yet another sop to the rich, in this case sport franchise owners: government-supported stadiums.
Read more...Gaius Publius: An Investigation in Search of a Crime
How one element of the investigation into Trump is a nothingburger even if it pans out.
Read more...CalPERS’ Massive Copyright Infringement Strongly Resembles Case That Awarded $19.2. Million in Damages
An key precedent confirms that CalPERS’ massive copyright infringement could generate over $10 million in damages to both the NYT ad and WSJ.
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