Yet another authoritative source slams private equity returns.
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Wednesday, July 2, 2025
Authoritative Consultant Slams Private Equity in Journal Article: Cheap Index Funds and In House Buys Beat PE Funds
Topics: CalPERS, Dubious statistics, Investment management, Private equity
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:57 am | 8 Comments »
Pain: The Next Public Health Challenge
Pain – the top joint problem in the US – differs by education.
Topics: Health care, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Lambert Strether at 5:35 am | 29 Comments »
Macroeconomics, Money (MMT Style) and Post-Brexit Recovery, All in One Twitter thread
Money, lending, government spending, QE….all explained in one tidy post!
Topics: Banking industry, Brexit, Economic fundamentals, Federal Reserve, Guest Post, Macroeconomic policy, Politics, The dismal science, UK
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:49 am | 60 Comments »
Clouds, Cloud Formation, Climate, and the Precautionary Principle
We still cannot incorporate observational studies of cloud formation into our climate models. Does this matter?
Topics: Global warming, Guest Post
Posted by Lambert Strether at 5:55 pm | 48 Comments »
Links 12/13/2020
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 290 Comments »
It’s the Index, Stupid! Our New Not-So-Neutral Financial Market Arbiters
An overview of the recent changes in financial markets that have come from the rise of ‘passive’ investing.
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Regulations and regulators, Risk and risk management
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:45 am | 26 Comments »
Links 12/12/2020
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 264 Comments »
Robert McChesney: The Decline of American Journalism
Why is US journalism in the crapper?
Topics: Banana republic, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Media watch, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:22 am | 36 Comments »
The Failure of the Public Health Establishment
Questioning whether the public health response to Covid is really about protecting the public.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Guest Post, Health care, Pandemic, Politics, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:46 am | 124 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/11/2020
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 163 Comments »
Why Paying People To Get the Coronavirus Vaccine Won’t Work
More discussion of how to get the dogs to eat the vaccine dogfood.
Topics: Banana republic, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Health care, Income disparity, Pandemic
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 31 Comments »
Links 12/11/2020
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 225 Comments »
On the Demise of Universities
More on how neoliberalism has been digging a grave for universities.
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Social values, Student loans
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:33 am | 93 Comments »
Medical System Cracking: New Rochelle Nurses Strike Over Unsafe Staffing Levels; Washington State Warns of Potential for “Catastrophic Loss of Medical Care”
Medical systems are already under strain due to Covid and some nurses have had enough.
Topics: Banana republic, Free markets and their discontents, Health care, Pandemic
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:00 am | 21 Comments »
It’s Time to Break Up Britain
The Tories’ shambolic, self-serving rule has stoked interest in Britain breakaways by Scotland and even Wales and the North. But are they viable?
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Global warming, Globalization, Guest Post, Politics, UK
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:59 am | 43 Comments »