The Private Equity Deception
Private equity firms are a risky place to invest and their reported returns can be misleading.
(1) ASSA/AEA Protests: I apologize for the delay posting--I was in Chicago for the annual meetings of the Allied
(1) Timoney and Bahrain: (Note today's possibly irrelevant image--can't remember where I downloaded it, but it
(This post's "possibly irrelevant image" is from a heartbreaking group of photos by Yves Marchand and
(1) The Lt. John Pike (UC Davis pepper-spraying cop) meme: See more pictures of UC Davis Lt. John Pike casually
(1) Police Brutality at UC Davis Watch the video for yourself. Watch to the end--there's a happy ending!
(1) Day of Action Tomorrow: If you are in or near New York City, try to make it to tomorrow&
In case you haven't been following what's been going on at UC Berkeley, where students have
Troika to PIIGS: Shut Up and Take Your Medicine Economists to Shepherd Greece and Italy Mike Epitropoulos | November 11, 2011
(1) The Weather and #OWS: The image above is from a German Socialist Students Union poster from 1968 (it was
I've got a backlog of stuff to post--it will be mostly links, and in no particular order. Here
A quick report from DC: On Thursday around lunch time I visited the other #OccupyDC encampment, at Freedom Plaza. It
(1) Quick Visit to #OccupyDC: I stopped by one of the two #OccupyDC encampments last night. The Mcpherson Square encampment