College students are still unable to find housing despite enrollment dropping since the start of the pandemic, and a major price-fixing lawsuit against corporate landlords sheds light on why.
Read more...Yet more evidence that venture capital is good for the fund managers, not so much for anyone else.
Read more...In his latest paper, investment expert Richard Ennis continues showing how alternative investments destroy value.
Read more...Hubert Horan takes another hard look at Uber financials and finds much not to like.
Read more...Shed a crocodile tear. Former private equity kingpin Leon Black is back in hot water thanks to his dealings with child rapist Jeffrey Epstein
Read more...Michael Hudson takes a long, hard look at the origins and costs of the Fed’s ZIRP policy.
Read more...America is making a mess in trying to preserve its hegemony.
Read more...Dr. Ming Lin, fired by a private equity company for objecting to poor Covid practices, argues that doctors need to be in charge of patient care
Read more...Another case of a CalPERS executive, here Chief Investment Officer Nicole Musicco, making clear they think they are above California law
Read more...The technology misses life-threatening conditions, lacks privacy protections, and tends to “hallucinate,” but adopting the it could make the healthcare industry billions.
Read more...Workers are attempting to start Italy’s first community and non-profit factory that could become an inspiration for workers elsewhere. Could it happen in the US?
Read more...Brendan Ballou talks to Rob about his forthcoming book, Plunder, about the growing harmful role of private equity in the US.
Read more...What parts of the financial system are most vulnerable to a crash?
Read more...Michael Hudson gives a wide-ranging talk on SVB and other recent bank collapses, focusing on the considerable role of misguided Fed policies
Read more...Peeling back more layers of the SVB implosion and its broader implications.
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