Abolish the OCC
The idea of getting rid of a hopelessly captured and largely redundant bank regulator, the OCC, is gaining support.
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California Judiciary Committee Gives Blistering Assessment of CalPERS’ Fiduciary Duty Failings in Analysis of Fraud-Friendly Private Debt Secrecy Bill
The Judiciary Committee’s analysis of a CalPERS-sponsored bill shows that Sacramento is noticing the fund’s chicanery and incompetence.
Read more...The Voice of Monetary Policy
A positive voice tone can lead to higher share prices and decreases in volatility, highlighting the importance of voice control for central bank communication.
Read more...CalPERS Employee Accused of Embezzling $685,000 from Beneficiary Bank and CalPERS Accounts Hasn’t Been Arrested, Much the Less Prosecuted. Why the Cover Up?
CalPERS has allowed an employee accused of massive embezzlement to go free for months rather than seek her arrest and prosecution. What is it hiding?
Read more...Another False Start in Africa Sold with Gates Foundation Green Revolution Myths
The Gates-Foundation-promoted Green Revolution has proven harmful and also crowded out safer and effective ecological agriculture projects
Read more...Latest Filings in Devastating Lawsuit Against Bank of America, Credit Suisse, and Bayer Board Members and Executives Over Disastrous Monsanto Acquisition
More artful lawyering in the derivative case against Bayer management, its board and financial advisers over the disastrous Monsanto purchase
Read more...The Case for WikiSearch, a Wikipedia Search Engine
The Wikipedia search project has been deceitful, duplicitous, and downright dumb. But Google needs a competitor. Maybe it’s not a bad option.
Read more...What is the Bullshit Economy?
Establishing some first principles of the bullshit economy.
Read more...Expose at Pennsylvania’s Biggest Public Pension Fund Reveals Lavish Private Equity Travel, But Misses How It Serves as a Bribe
Pennsylvania pension fund PSERS is under the hot lights for pricey travel. And its explanations only confirm its capture by private equity.
Read more...Trump Remains at the Heart of the Republican Party
Don’t be deceived by the absence of tweets – Trump remains at the heart of Republican politics and fundraising efforts.
Read more...Wikipedia’s Deep Ties to Big Tech
Contrary to its image as a cash-strapped, open public service, Wikipedia tries to hide that it is a wealthy NGO with close ties to big tech.
Read more...LACERS Board Member Lambastes Lousy Private Equity Returns as More Studies Confirm Poor Performance for Decades
Yet another nail in the private equity performance coffin.
Read more...We Have to Consign the Era of Financial Engineering to History
Financial legerdemain is still very much with us, despite the Big One in 2008 and continuing distortions confirming its high cost.
Read more...Ponzis Go Boom!!!
The SPAC market is in the process of detonating and it will take the Ponzi Sector with it.
Read more...Why Won’t Doctors Take Cash?
Are my weird run-ins with doctors over “self pay” just anomalies or are they symptoms of other changes in business practices?
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