Local activists are having some success in fighting Big Finance landlords who have become big, ruthless players in rental housing.
Wednesday, July 16, 2025
What the Paradise Papers Tell Us About Global Business and Political Elites
Some observations about the Paradise Papers and the big business of tax avoidance.
New Potential Credit Risk Bombs: Exotic, ‘Nonlinear’ and Private Transactions
Beware of old CDO risk re-imaged as “nonlinear finance”.
Nomi Prins: Steven Mnuchin, Foreclosure King of America
A summary of the many reasons to view Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin with contempt.
Damsel in Distress re Atlanta Meetup on Wed November 15! Need Help With Venue
Need reader input re Atlanta meetup venue ASAP!
2:00PM Water Cooler 11/7/2017
Today’s Water Cooler: NAFTA, Trump Counties, Section 371, Northam v. Gillespie, liberalism economic confidence, Waymo, Intel chips, Amazonia
The Real Economic Consequences of Martin Luther
How an article by Cantoni, Dittmar, and Noam Yuchtman force fits the Reformation’s economic changes into a neoclassical frame.
Extreme Poverty Cut in Half? Only in the Minds of the Capitalists
The much-touted fall in extreme poverty is more the result of bad or cherry-picked metrics than real progress.
CalPERS’ Three Card Monte: Makes Unheard of Benchmark Change to Hide Expected Poor Private Equity Performance to Help Staff at Expense of Beneficiaries, California Taxpayers
Yet again, CalPERS is trying to use optics and dodgy reporting to cover up for real problems.
Fragmented Health System Paves Way for CVS-Aetna Merger
UserFriendly recommended this Real News Network report, in which Bill Black gives a high-level view of how structural issues contribute to America’s inflated health care costs. AARON MATÉ: It’s The Real News. I’m Aaron Maté. In what is being called the biggest merger in the history of the health insurance industry, CVS is reportedly making […]
2:00PM Water Cooler 11/6/2017
Today’s Water Cooler: Open thread, plus Brazile “rigged primary” controversy, Gillespie vs. Northam down to the wire, honey for the bears, Silver Switcharoo, Facebook
Donna Brazile, the “Rigged” Democratic Primary, and Relitigating 2016
Examining the documentary evidence for Brazile’s bombshell on “rigging” the 2016 primary.
Remember, Remember the Eighth of November: India’s War on Cash Assessed One Year Later
One year after India launched its demonetization debacle, the economy remains cash based, and Modi has yet to pay politically.
