Category Archives: Private equity

Crash Landing? Part 2 – The Usual Suspects

What parts of the financial system are most vulnerable to a crash?

Michael Hudson Talks to Ben Norton About SVB and Bank Failures

Michael Hudson gives a wide-ranging talk on SVB and other recent bank collapses, focusing on the considerable role of misguided Fed policies

Satyajit Das: SVB Collapse and Bank Turmoil – Latest Chapter in the Unwinding

Peeling back more layers of the SVB implosion and its broader implications.

US Officials Make Non-Bailout Bailout of Silicon Valley and Signature Bank and Continue Class Warfare

An over-zealous Fed pushed a few banks, including the big and super connected Silicon Valley Bank, over the edge. A bailout was a given.

Silicon Valley Bank Fails, With Deposits of Many Venture-Backed Companies Frozen. How Bad Will the Fallout Be?

How severe might the contagion from the Silicon Valley Bank failure be? And who will suffer most: tech land or other banks?

Breached Dam, Incineration of Soil Flood East Palestine With Fresh Fears of Toxins

“I’ve had fear and now this just put the anxiety over the top,” said one local resident.

How Private Equity Bribes Public Pension Fund Officials: Subsidized/Fund-Paid Lavish Travel and Entertainment

Yet more private equity corruption! And see how little it costs to buy the assent of public pension fund employees.

Public Pension Funding Average Now Below 50%, Yet Beneficiaries and Press Stay Mum

That light at the end of the public pension fund tunnel is the headlight of the underfunding train bearing down on them.

How Precision Scheduled Railroading at Norfolk Southern Caused a Toxic Vinyl Chloride Mushroom Cloud Over East Palestine, Ohio

I certainly hope Norfolk Southern’s owners are happy!

Meatpacking. Healthcare. Housing Rentals. Industries Across the Board Using Tech to Fix Wages and Prices

DOJ says it’s going to crack down as lawsuits pile up against real estate Goliaths and US officially becomes a “rent-burdened nation.”

A Big Reckoning Starting for Private Equity and Its Public Pension Fund Enthusiasts

Private equity returns are finally going pear-shaped, but for the most part, investors are re-upping their bets.

Healthcare Systems Increasingly Turn to Gig Nurses to Remedy Their Self-Created Nurse “Shortages”

Private equity uses the pandemic to pursue the “Uberfication” of nursing.

Monopsony in Professional Labor Markets: Hospital System Concentration and Nurse Wage Growth

elle surprise! “Growing consolidation in localized hospital markets appears to restrict nurse wage growth.”

More Orthopedic Physicians Sell Out to Private Equity Firms, Raising Alarms About Costs and Quality

It means higher prices for patients, more unnecessary surgery, and less access to care for patients on Medicaid or those who are uninsured or underinsured.

BlackRock Says We’re All Doomed. It’s Being Optimistic

The world’s largest asset manager has forecast systemic economic chaos. The reality is even worse.