Voice profiling….a brave new world of business shysterdom?
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Private Equity and Hedge Fund Barons Having a Hissy Over Carried Interest Grift Because Biden Isn’t Staying Bought
The end of the carried interest loophole has been long in coming. Will the sell-by date finally arrive?
Major Parties’ Climate Programs Are Miles Apart
As high as the stakes are, the struggle between the Dems and the GOP over climate change feels too much like intramural sport.
Why Workers Memorial Day Is a National Call to Action
On the odd decision by American labor unions to have their own solidarity day, the Workers Memorial Day, rather than participate in May Day.
How Biden’s Request for More Education Funding Would Shift More Power to the Federal Government
Biden’s plan to increase Title I funding is at least in part intended to increase Federal influence over education. New York is resisting.
Even Credentialed Young People Pessimistic About Their Futures
The fact that even well-placed young people are insecure and pessimistic is further proof of the impact of inequality and rentierism.
Abolish the OCC
The idea of getting rid of a hopelessly captured and largely redundant bank regulator, the OCC, is gaining support.
We Really Do Need to Rethink the Economics of Saving, Most of Which Is Nonsense
Savings plays an important role in household management (or does when the household isn’t desperate), yet economists don’t get it.
Closing Hours of 2021 Mini-Fundraiser for Water Cooler!
2021 Mini-Fundraiser for Water Cooler
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/27/2021
~ Today’s Water Cooler (and annual Mini-Fundraiser) ~
The Corporate Food Takeover
Corporate ownership in many sectors of food production has risen and is set to increase further. Another rentier program well underway.
Mexico’s AMLO Locks Horns With Business Elite As Make-or-Break Elections Loom
Long-simmering tensions between government and business interests escalate in the run-up to the country’s biggest ever midterm elections.
