The Bigger Significance of CalPERS’ Private Equity Carry Fee Release: Another Nail in the Carried Interest Tax Loophole Coffin
Why the CalPERS carry fee disclosure could affect the debate over ending the carried interest loophole.
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Gaius Publius: Blowback, Money and the Washington War Party
The false premises justifying the operation of the war party.
Read more...Is Obama Walking Into COP21 With An Empty Hand?
The EPA’s “Clean Power Plan” and the run-up to the COP21 climate change in Paris.
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...Board Member Reveals That CalPERS Engages in Systematic Violation of California Open Meeting Statutes
CalPERS’ CEO and its staff are engaged in systematic, flagrant, and apparently long-standing violations of California’s open meeting law, the Bagley-Keene Act.
Read more...Rebooting the Eurozone: Step 1 – Agreeing a Crisis Narrative
The Eurozone needs fixing, but it is impossible to agree upon the steps to be taken without agreement on what went wrong. This column introduces a new CEPR Policy Insight that presents a consensus-narrative of the causes of the EZ Crisis. It was authored by a dozen leading economists from across the spectrum. The consensus narrative is supported by a long and growing list of economists.
Read more...The Disaster of Greek Austerity – What Next?
More on the ground readings on the impact of austerity in Greece.
Read more...The REALLY ANNOYING Don’t-Wanna-Subsidize-Wealthy-Kids’-College-Tuition Canard
Yves here. Readers know I have a weakness for righteous rants…
Read more...John Helmer: The Barbarians at the Gate of Civilization, but Which Empire is Falling?
Empire-booster-in-chief Niall Ferguson gets yet another well-deserved shellacking, this time on how he falsifies the record in drawing lessons from Edward Gibbon’s The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.
Read more...Join Occupy the SEC in Urging the Congress to Oppose H.R. 4002 (“Criminal Code Improvement Act of 2015”)!
Support Occupy the SEC in opposing a bill that would give white collar criminals a new, improved “get out of jail free” card.
Read more...Gaius Publius: Is Clinton Still a Carbon Candidate? The Data to Date
Clinton looks like a carbon candidate who is making predictable rhetorical gestures otherwise to fool the rubes.
Read more...Clinton, Finally Forced to Confront a Single Payer Advocate in Debate, Can’t Win on Policy, Falls Back on Demagoguery and Distortion
Clinton can’t beat single payer on policy, resorts to demagoguery. Film at 11 (with notes on the rhetoric used).
Read more...The TPP is a Multi-Dimensional Simultaneous Equation
How Japanese Prime Minister Abe’s remarks to the DIet about the TPP reveal a lot about the aims of this deal and its vulnerabilities.
Read more...Marshall Auerback and Branko Milanovic Discuss Income Inequality: The Global Haves And Have-Nots In The 21st Century
A conversation between Marshall Auerback and Branko Milanovic on income inequality and the potential countervailing forces to its rise.
Read more...Hillary Clinton Appeal to 9/11 to Defend Wall Street Donations Was Bad, But This Was Worse
Hillary Clinton, is taking some heat for oddly deciding to relate her campaign donations from Wall Street to aiding Lower Manhattan after 9/11. This seems to be what the Gang of 500 has decided on as a gaffe, and it definitely has that odor. But I actually think Clinton said something even more egregious and revealing Saturday night. The problem is that the commentariat has deemed it some brilliant insight.
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