Stumped by the Stock Market Slump? Start by Picturing a Used Car Dealership
Trading stocks can be a lot like buying a used car.
Read more...Category Archives: Ridiculously obvious scams
Christmas Hucksterism: The Last Mile of the Supply Chain is Safer Than You Think
A romp through surveys on “package thieves,” as publicized by a recent viral piece of Youtubery.
Read more...CalPERS’ Bill Slaton (Again) Embarrasses Himself and the CalPERS Board
CalPERS board member Bill Slaton demonstrates why he needs to go sooner rather than later.
Read more...Fracking in 2018: Another Year of Pretending to Make Money
The latest in Justin Mikulka’s excellent series on the fracking beat. The industry lacks even the excuse of profit to justify the environmental costs it inflicts – yet this is a story too little told in the rest of the media, which instead promotes further investments in this sector.
Read more...The UK’s Reform of Limited Partnership Law: Dead on Arrival (II)
Commentary on the inadequacy of the UK’s proposed Limited Partnership Reforms
Read more...Why Is CalPERS Out to Give Roundly Defeated Ex-Board Member Priya Mathur a Glamorous Boondoggle, and Poke a Stick in the Eye of Beneficiaries and Board Members in the Process?
CalPERS again insists on doing the wrong thing.
Read more...Bill Black: Countering Chinese Accounting Control Fraud and Predation Against U.S. Investors
Bipartisan failure of securities regulators allows the China Hustle of accounting control fraud to fleece US investors in Chinese companies.
Read more...The UK’s Reform of Limited Partnership Law: Dead on Arrival (I)
Scottish Limited Partnerships and International Crime: NO evidence??
Read more...War on Cash: State and City Governments Push Back
State and local governments are pushing back against cashless businesses, which exclude those who prefer to use or must pay with cash.
Read more...Our New York Magazine Article: “‘Alpha Wolves in the Henhouse’: California’s Multibillion-Dollar Private-Equity Boondoggle”
Putting CalPERS under the hot lights for its questionable private equity plans.
Read more...Senators Press for Expanded Probe of FEMA Hurricane Maria Puerto Rico Relief Efforts
Senators Warren, Sanders, Blumenthal, and Durbin, has asked the DHS IG to expand an investigation into misallocation of funds budgeted for repair of hurricane-damaged homes and profit-skimming in Puerto Rico
Read more...Our New York Magazine Article: “Uber Is Headed for a Crash”
A clinical look at Uber’s economics and prospects.
Read more...Amazon Wins!!!
Tallying how much Amazon extracted from taxpayers with its second headquarters bake off.
Read more...CalPERS PR Messaging on Private Equity Backfiring as Lack of Justification, Flailing About, Become Obvious
CalPERS looks not just reckless but also foolish as it keeps rejiggering a dubious private equity scheme that it presented as ready to go months ago.
Read more...Corporate PACs Plot Counterstrategy to Thwart Campaign Finance Reform
The National Association of Business Political Action Committees (NABPAC), which lobbies on behalf of PACs, believes the problem with America’s system of campaign finance is there’s not enough money in politics.
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