Bill Black: Thomas Friedman’s Big Idea for Hillary – Embrace Wall Street and Deregulation
Help us, Tom Friedman is at it again…
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Instant Payment Services – Payer Beware
How the New York Times does its readers a huge disservice by not telling them that so-called “instant payment services” are anything but that.
Read more...CalPERS Admits to Guilt in Misleading Beneficiaries and Taxpayers About Its Returns by Changing Report After Being Called Out
CalPERS tries to pull a fast one in its claims about its long-term return, and only digs its hole deeper when caught out.
Read more...A New Low: The New York Times’ Children’s Bedtime Story of Private Equity
The New York Times wraps up a feeble yet costly series on private equity with a cringe-maknig slide show.
Read more...NSA Whistleblower: Not So Fast On Claims Russia Behind DNC Email Hack
Why you should be skeptical of the party line that the DNC was victimized by Russians.
Read more...California Treasurer John Chiang’s Peculiar Letter to the New York Times on His Sham Private Equity Transparency Bill
Treasurer John Chiang tries to defend his bill, AB 2833, against an article by Gretchen Morgenson, but only digs his hole deeper.
Read more...TaxCast on Panama Papers and Brexit
The latest Tax Justice network podcast covers some hot topics, including key journalist accounts on the Panama Papers.
Read more...Did the New York Times Really Need to Let Jamie Dimon Crow About the Measly Raise He Is Granting Employees?
Jamie Dimon throws JP Morgan workers some crumbs.
Read more...Private Equity Industry Offers Intelligence-Insulting Defenses for Long-Standing Grifting Due to Refusal to Register as Broker-Dealers
Private equity firms insist that they continue to violate broker-dealer requirements. Why? So they can carry on looting.
Read more...Financial Times Picks Up on Irish Growth Blarney Story…. That We Reported Months Ago
Irish growth is even phonier than the media would have you believe.
Read more...New York Times Series on Private Equity Misses the Mark
A New York Times series lets private equity investors off the hook.
Read more...Bill Black: When Is Crime Not a Crime? When It Is White-Collar Crime
Yet another demonstration of how the media airbrushes out the very concept of white-collar crime.
Read more...The Clinton Campaign Continues to Help Trump Ensure That Policy Won’t Matter in This Election
Is the Clinton campaign playing straight into Trump’s lead?
Read more...Clinton Loyalist Authoritarianism: Brad DeLong Threatens a Journalist and Economists. Who is Next?
Brad DeLong’s self-assigned role as Team Clinton enforcer reflects poorly on him and the Clinton campaign.
Read more...Gaius Publius: “Networks are Colluding” to Declare Clinton the Overall Winner Before California Polls Close
The smell of corruption, Clinton-style.
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