Why CalPERS’ Scheme for an “Independent” Private Equity Entity Is the Wrong Solution to the Problem of Weak Skills
Further discussion of why CalPERS’ latest Big Idea for private equity needs a Big Rethink.
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One-Month Anniversary of the Grenfell Tower Fire: Status Update
The current state of play at Grenfell Tower, with a question yet to be answered.
Read more...BIS Warns on Household Debt
Credit booms tend to go hand in hand with a misallocation of resources – most notably towards the construction sector – and a slowdown in productivity growth, with long-lasting adverse effects on the real economy.
Read more...New York City Mortgage Delinquencies “Elevated”: What’s the Likely Real Cause?
Why high levels of mortgage delinquencies in the New York City area are a symptom of still-unresolved mortgage abuses.
Read more...Photographs from Grenfell Tower
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. I said I had some things to do before I left London; one of them was to go see if I could take some photographs of Grenfell Tower. We don’t normally do photo essays at Naked Capitalism, but since I was on the spot, I thought it made sense. The […]
Read more...Wolf Richter: Dear Fed, It’s Not “Really Hard to Spot Bubbles”
Here are some visual aids to help the Fed spot the housing bubble.
Read more...Canadian Bank Run Contagion Begins?
A Canadian subprime mortgage lender is on the ropes. Is the end of the real estate bubble nigh? If so, how much damage will banks take?
Read more...5 Times Charter School Founders Used Shady Real Estate Deals to Shamelessly Enrich Themselves
A trio of academics compare charter school tactics to Wall Street’s raiders.
Read more...Wolf Richter: Private Equity in the Thick of Bricks and Mortar Retail Implosion
The distress at traditional retailers has been made much worse by private equity asset stripping rendering them fragile.
Read more...Too Little, Too Late Lawsuit Against Predatory Servicer Ocwen Demonstrates Failure to Address Servicing Abuses
Recidivist mortgage servicer Ocwen gets whacked by the officialdom yet again, showing how inadequate mortgage “reforms” under Obama were.
Read more...Wolf Richter: Wild Housing Speculation Drives Entire Canadian Economy
Canadian housing continues on its relentless rise because too many people can’t afford to have it stop.
Read more...Ilargi: Our Economies Run On Housing Bubbles
A look at the long-term role of home price bubbles in multiple countries.
Read more...MIchael Hudson: The Democracy Collaborative
Michael Hudson gives new riffs on his regular themes: classical economics and its perversion by Hayek, rentier capitalism, debt jubilees.
Read more...Commercial & Residential Real Estate Bubble Again a Risk to Financial Stability; Fed’s Rosengren Worried
Real estate is again looking like a ticking time bomb. At super low interest rates, pray tell what does the Fed do if it blows up again?
Read more...Will New Required Reporting of $3 Trillion of Debt Crimp Big Cos, Private Equity?
A geeky accounting change in liability reporting may have real world consequences.
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