DOJ says it’s going to crack down as lawsuits pile up against real estate Goliaths and US officially becomes a “rent-burdened nation.”
Read more...CARE courts to force treatment on those deemed mentally ill and could result in state conservatorship.
Read more...Tech companeis laying off tens of thousands of employees, underscoring their fixation on short-term performance metrics.
Read more...New lawsuits allege mega landlords are colluding to keep rents high and units vacant while also embracing surveillance tech to evict tenants.
Read more...Major wind turbine makers are reporting massive losses and laying off swaths of employees due to supply chain snarls and other missteps.
Read more...A wide-ranging discussion of why defenses of crypto don’t stand up to scrutiny.
Read more...Why energy price spikes are threatening the financial system. And any derivatives bailout will take prescedence over businesses and housholds.
Read more...More on Europe’s economic suicide.
Read more...How companies are paying dividends rather than investing in their business or paying employees better……and often borrow to do so.
Read more...Michael Hudson rings the changes on a favorite theme: the differences between the financial capitalism and industrial capitalism systems
Read more...Finally! Evidence-based answers to the main (policy) questions concerning the return of high inflation.
Read more...Why it’s more fun and profitable to be in the bubble economy than the real one.
Read more...“You’re just like, well, I’m in the Ponzi business and it’s pretty good.”
Read more...Yet more signs of commodity shortfalls: scarce walkers and other assistative devices, due to a shortage of aluminum
Read more...Is the search for better valuations of climate risks to help businesses reducing global emissions an exercise in self-delusion?
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