Pension-corruption-fighter/state Treasurer Curt Loftis is under attack. Urge everyone you know in South Carolina to come to his defense.
Read more...The oh-so-clever Trump plan to use tax credits to fund infrastructure spending means it will be too small and slow to provide any real boost.
Read more...More on Uber’s questionable prospects and the dubious defenses offered by boosters, in this case, “Freakonomics” professor Stephen Levitt.
Read more...Hubert Horan answers questions about his series on Uber.
Read more...Why Uber is the taxi industry’s high cost producer and cannot grow into profitability.
Read more...Uber’s financials statements and economics shows a complete lack of progress towards profit and no reason to expect significant improvement.
Read more...The outlines of how Trump will govern are emerging from the fog, as revealed by his Cabinet picks. As expected, there is a lot not to like.
Read more...This while Mississippi ranks 49th in state corruption.
Read more...CalPERS is considering a bold move, that of bringing private equity in house to reduce egregious fees and improve net returns.
Read more...Clawbacks, a provision meant to protect investors, seldom work as advertised. Investors might get better terms as the defects become obvious.
Read more...Yet another example of how private equity operates by its own set of self-serving rules.
Read more...Funny how it’s OK for defenders of the 0.1% like Hamilton Lane to blame class warfare on their soon-to-be-fallen standing, but not the 99%.
Read more...Hillary Clinton has apparently never met a well-heeled banker she didn’t like….
Read more...How your support has helped us get CalPERS to pay attention and shape up even when most assuredly didn’t want to.
Read more...Hillary’s mandatory retirement savings accounts are a twofer: a way to replace Social Security over time and enrich private equity and hedgies.
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