Tax-Dodging Corporate Inversions Accelerating
New rules by the US Treasury to curb corporate inversions haven’t done enough to slow the rising tide.
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Gaius Publius: A Corporate Convention: “Comcast Presents … The Democratic Party. Welcome to Philadelphia.”
The Democratic party convention will put its big-money soul on tawdry display.
Read more...Weak Wall Street Pay Reform Proposals May Have Some Unintended Positive Effects
A long-overdue plan to reform Wall Street pay is seriously flawed but could have a positive effect in spite of itself.
Read more...The Ogre & the Cog: A Tale of Modern Misallocation
The tale of the ogre and the cog endeavors to explain why modern capitalist machinery isn’t working the way it is supposed to. The open question is whether this is inevitable.
Read more...Anyone Want to Buy Deutsche Bank?
Some more reasons why Deutsche Bank looks like one to avoid
Read more...US Oil Futures Plunge by Nearly 7%, to $26.55 a Barrel; Stocks Swoon
Oil has ratcheted down again and stocks are getting hammered.
Read more...Why Letting the Koch Brothers Create a “Center for Free Enterprise” at Public University WCU is a Bad Idea
The hidden strings in a Koch Brothers gift to Western Carolina University, and why its faculty is opposed.
Read more...Gaius Publius: Wall Street Reviews What Sanders Plans for Wall Street
An overview of the Sanders Big Finance reform proposal, and some of the ways it has been caricatured or flat-out misrepresented
Read more...Capitalism – Not China – Is to Blame for the Current Global Economic Decline
Capitalism’s “recovery” now proceeds like another speeding train headed toward contradiction and catastrophe.
Read more...Former California Official Blasts CalPERS CEO Anne Stausboll for “Betrayal of Trust”
A former state official shreds the process CalPERS used to hire scandal-ridden Florida attorney Robert Klausner as fiduciary counsel.
Read more...Even Bank Supporters Arguing for Restoration of Glass Steagall
John Dizard, who perhaps by virtue of being one of the Financial Times’ most original and insightful columnists, is relegated to its weekend “Wealth” section, has written a particularly important pair of articles. Note that Dizard’s ambit is not policy wonkery but apt and often cynical observations about behavior and trading patterns in less visible […]
Read more...Global Tax Dodging Just One Part of Pfizer’s Corrupt Business Model
Pfizer whines about needing higher drug prices, when rather than investing, it has spent over 100% of its profits on stock buybacks and dividends.
Read more...CalPERS Hired a Fiduciary Counsel Accused of Serious Misconduct Over More Than a Decade, Including Kickbacks, Failure to Disclose Conflicts of Interest
CalPERS’ board has hired a fiduciary counsel, Robert Klausner, who has been associated with scandals for over a decade, the latest in Jacksonville, Florida.
Read more...10 Economic Facts that Power the Sanders Insurgency
Why are so many drawn to the Sanders message? It’s because so many of us want to stop our entire society from crumbling beneath the destructive power of runaway inequality.
Read more...Harvard Business Review Ranks Amazon’s Jeff Bezos as Most Predatory CEO
A new Harvard Business Review ranking shows Amazon’s Jeff Bezos as being the top predator among CEOs.
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