Meet the Economist Behind the One Percent’s Stealth Takeover of America
Nobel laureate James Buchanan is the intellectual lynchpin of the Koch-funded attack on democratic institutions, argues Duke historian Nancy MacLean.
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Brexit Becoming More Unpopular as Yet More Warts, Like VAT Administration, Come Into Focus
The latest Brexit updates aren’t very cheery.
Read more...Do Fewer Settlements by Pharmaceutical Companies Mean Even Less Accountability for Their Execs?
Drug company settlements with the Feds, which never were very tough to begin with, are also becoming less frequent.
Read more...Planet or Plastic
Planet or Plastic: more than individual solutions will be necessary to solve the problem. This is not a left/right issue.
Read more...Payday Lending Rule Survives…For Now
Congress has failed to use Congressional Review Act procedures to scupper the payday lending rule. Pending CFPB and court challenges may still doom the measure.
Read more...Bill Black: Trump Admin Halts Investigation of For-Profit Colleges
Bill Black discusses Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s decision to stop investigating for-profit colleges and educational institutions for fraudulent practices.
Read more...California Hospital Giant Sutter Health Target of Anti-Trust Suit, Legislation for High Prices. Will It Set a National Precedent?
Will California officials succeed in curbing aggressive pricing by hospital network Sutter Health? Could these efforts set a precedent for other markets?
Read more...Yet More Brexit Idiocy: Cabinet Thinks Begging to Stay in Customs Union Will Solve Irish Border Problem
The UK is now trying to marry up two unworkable Brexit ideas and call it a solution.
Read more...Bill Black: Fair Seas and Following Wind John McCain
A missive from Bill Black to Senator McCain.
Read more...Update: CalPERS Chief Financial Officer Charles Asubonten Now Not Presenting at Board Meeting Today
A bit of evidence suggests that Charles Asubonten may be on his way out of CalPERS.
Read more...Trump Vows (Again) To Lower Drug Prices But Skeptics Doubt Much Will Change
Why Trump’s drug price plan is unlikely to accomplish much.
Read more...Election-Rigging, CalPERS-Style: How Voting by Phone Was Designed to Favor Incumbent, Suppress Support for Challenger
CalPERS not only looks to have tried to throw the phone voting in a runoff election last year in favor of the incumbent, but it is acting awfully guilty by refusing to cough up records and data.
Read more...Airbnb Turns to Brussels for Help as Anti-Tourist Backlash Intensifies in Europe
Airbnb is on the run in Europe and desperate to find allies.
Read more...SEC Gives Private Equity Firm Welsh Carson a Wet Noodle Lashing Over Purchasing Kickback Abuse
More SEC enforcement theater on the private equity front.
Read more...Warren Buffett’s Mortgage Companies Engage in Alleged Discrimination Against Minority Borrowers, Violating Fair Housing Act
An investigative report suggests that Berkshire Hathaway’s mortgage lending operation discriminates against minority borrowers.
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