Income Share Agreements for Higher Education Get a Rebrand
Agreements in which students owe a percentage of post-graduate income are likely to lead to more peonage as Wall Street is eager to get in on the action.
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Private Equity on Campus: Why College Students Are Sleeping in Cars
College students are still unable to find housing despite enrollment dropping since the start of the pandemic, and a major price-fixing lawsuit against corporate landlords sheds light on why.
Read more...“Venture Capital Funds Are Mostly Just Wasting Their Time and Your Money”
Yet more evidence that venture capital is good for the fund managers, not so much for anyone else.
Read more...Quelle Surprise! High Fee “Alternative Investments” Produce Serious “Negative Alpha” as in Underperformance as Managers Get Rich
In his latest paper, investment expert Richard Ennis continues showing how alternative investments destroy value.
Read more...Hubert Horan: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Thirty-Three: Uber Isn’t Really Profitable Yet But is Getting Closer; The Antitrust Case Against Uber
Hubert Horan takes another hard look at Uber financials and finds much not to like.
Read more...Former Apollo Chief Leon Black Has More Jeffrey Epstein ‘Splaining To Do with Tax Evasion, Alleged Rape of Autistic 16 Year Old
Shed a crocodile tear. Former private equity kingpin Leon Black is back in hot water thanks to his dealings with child rapist Jeffrey Epstein
Read more...The United States’ Financial Quandary: ZIRP’s Only Exit Path Is a Crash
Michael Hudson takes a long, hard look at the origins and costs of the Fed’s ZIRP policy.
Read more...America Has Just Destroyed a Great Empire
America is making a mess in trying to preserve its hegemony.
Read more...ER Doctor: “Private Equity in Medicine is Dangerous to Patients”
Dr. Ming Lin, fired by a private equity company for objecting to poor Covid practices, argues that doctors need to be in charge of patient care
Read more...CalPERS Chief Investment Officer Musicco and Son in NBA Playoffs Courtside Seats Next to Billionaire Warriors Owner and Kleiner Perking Partner Joe Lacob. What Gives?
Another case of a CalPERS executive, here Chief Investment Officer Nicole Musicco, making clear they think they are above California law
Read more...AI May Be on Its Way to Your Doctor’s Office, But It’s Not Ready to See Patients
The technology misses life-threatening conditions, lacks privacy protections, and tends to “hallucinate,” but adopting the it could make the healthcare industry billions.
Read more...Workers Who Have Occupied an Italian Factory for Two Years Are Getting Close to Owning It Themselves
Workers are attempting to start Italy’s first community and non-profit factory that could become an inspiration for workers elsewhere. Could it happen in the US?
Read more...Plunder: Private Equity’s Plan to Pillage America
Brendan Ballou talks to Rob about his forthcoming book, Plunder, about the growing harmful role of private equity in the US.
Read more...Crash Landing? Part 2 – The Usual Suspects
What parts of the financial system are most vulnerable to a crash?
Read more...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
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