The Private Equity Deception
Private equity firms are a risky place to invest and their reported returns can be misleading.
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The New Democrats’ Addiction to Austerity Will Not Die
Cross-posted at New Economic Perspectives. By William K. Black I know the Republicans are complete hypocrites about federal deficits and
What Trump Can and Can't Do to Immigrants
People make their own history, but they do not make it as they please; they do not make it under
Trump and National Neoliberalism
Trump's ascendance means the end of globalism--but not of neoliberalism.
The Public Editor Reveals the NYT's Contempt for Workers
A few weeks ago, the New York Times ran a front-page article about president-elect Donald Trump's public browbeating
The Federal Reserve Raising Interest Rates Is Unwelcome and Unnecessary
By Thomas Palley Cross-posted from the AFL-CIO economy blog. Wednesday’s decision by the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates
The Democratic Party’s “Centrist” Leaders Remain Clueless
By William K. Black Cross-posted at New Economic Perspectives. On December 10, 2016, a New York Times article entitled “Democrats
Jobs, Jobs, Jobs -- Not Austerity
By William K. Black Cross-posted at New Economic Perspectives. Bob Rubin and Alan Greenspan convinced the New Democrats, over a
Krugman’s Failure to Speak Truth to Power about Austerity
By William K. Black Cross-posted at New Economic Perspectives. In the first column in this series I explained how Hillary
Hillary’s Threat to Wage Continuous War on the Working Class via Austerity Proved Fatal
By William K. Black Cross-posted at New Economic Perspectives. I’ve come back recently from Kilkenny, Ireland where I participated
The Economic Consequences of Donald Trump
By Pavlina R. Tcherneva Cross-posted at New Economic Perspectives. Economic consequences A lot has been said already. For me, this
The Liberals Didn’t Listen: The Immense Cost of Ignoring Tom Frank’s Warnings
By William K. Black Cross-posted with New Economic Perspectives. November 8, 2016 Kansas City, MO I am writing this article