The Private Equity Deception
Private equity firms are a risky place to invest and their reported returns can be misleading.
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Break Up With Your Big Bank (Bankster)
Here, from Bankster, is another example of anti-big-bank activism, albeit of the PC consumerist sort, that *might* be able to
Obama's Junk Economics (Michael Hudson)
From Counterpunch: Obama's Junk Economics Democrats Say "Bye" to Populist Option In a dress rehearsal for
The New Deal in Reverse (Steve Fraser)
From TomDispatch, a piece by Steve Fraser criticizin' Obama's populist droppin' of g's and
Elizabeth Warren Calls Out Wall Street
From James Kwak at Baseline Scenario; hat-tip to LF. Although the Consumer Financial Protection Agency made it through the House
Why Aren't There More Radicals at Work?
From the (new?) website, radicalsatwork.org: Works sucks and it's been getting worse in the U.S. for
Deficit Hawk, Progressive Style, Part II
As I wrote in Part I (Feb 3), the deficit hawks legitimately claim that huge deficits will hinder investment and
Mixed Jobs Report for January (BLS)
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has released its employment numbers for January. It is a mixed report: the official unemployment
Deficit Hawk, Progressive Style, Part I
As the national debt balloons, the deficit hawks have swooped in again, crying for "fiscal responsibility." According to
The Obama Budget and the Deficit Chorus
Get ready for "the deficit chorus," as James K. Galbraith put it to us today. I was happy
The Ignoble Prize for Economics
The Real-World Economics Review (formerly the Post-Autistic Economics Review), has opened voting for what they are calling the Ignoble Prize
Move Your Money? (Doug Henwood)
Hat-tip to reader Michael E. for pointing us to the lead story in the January issue of Left Business Observer
Move Your Money
This is from the Feb. 1st issue of The Nation; here's the link to the Move Your Money