Category Archives: Regulations and regulators

Senators Alarmed By Use of Rent-Setting Algorithm, Say It’s Helping Drive Inflation

How much is “information sharing” between mega property management companies driving the rise in housing costs?

The Financial Crisis of 2023: Protecting Big Finance, Coming and Going

The financial system needs to provide a safe place for businesses to place their reserves and working capital.

Crypto Mining at Gas Wells Sparks Regulatory Headaches, Outcry in Northwestern Pennsylvania

Before obtaining the required permits, Diversified Energy began installing cryptocurrency mining infrastructure on one of its thousands of well pads.

Austerity for the Plebes, Bank Rescues for the Rich

The bank panic is proving to be an exercise in class warfare that may well wind up further strengthening the right.

Fossil Fuel Industry Phase-Out: Three Critical Worker Guarantees for a Just Transition

PERI research shows just transition policies are easily affordable in all high-income countries and critical to limiting climate change

Fed-Inflicted Bank Wobbles Persist as Investors Fret About Deutsche

Bank fundamentals do not look likely to get better any time soon, yet the Fed seems determined to make matters worse.

Crash Landing? Part 2 – The Usual Suspects

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

What’s Actually Behind the Banking Crisis? Why You Pay When They Play.

Law and economics expert Walker Todd explains how a financialized system creates havoc and why it’s time to rethink banking

Crash Landing? Part 1 – Bonfire of the Banks

Satyajit Das looks at how banks got themselves into so much trouble and what the recent bailouts portend.

The Fed Accused of ‘Playing With Fire’ After Latest Rate Hike

The Fed confirms that its priority is crushing workers, and it believes it’s protected banks enough to allow it to continue.

How the Current Refusal to Deal Harshly with Failing Banks and Their Executives Will Create an Even Bigger Crisis

Why the expected official response to this bank panic wil make matters much worse, just not right away.

Medicare Advantage Uses Algorithms to Block Care for Seniors

How AI is institutionalizing Medicare Adantage fraud, to the degree that appeals of denials often outrun the patient’s life.

Lack of Grownups in the Room Exacerbates Bank Freakout

The bank firefighting squad seems to be out on a bender.

Fed, Central Banks Created the Current Crisis and Are on Course to Making Matters Worse

The Fed has a lot of ‘splaining to do, yet seems determined to keep doing the wrong thing.