The Private Equity Deception
Private equity firms are a risky place to invest and their reported returns can be misleading.
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Corbyn Victory; Other election links
Scott Fullwiler, New Economic Perspectives, Corbynomics 101. A good piece responding to three critiques of Corbyn's idea of
Labor Day? Let’s Tell The Truth And Call It “Assets Day”
By Douglas K. Smith, author of On Value and Values: Thinking Differently About We In An Age Of Me. Crossposted
The People in the Tents Say "Yes"
Fernando Mendez has been a leader of the encampment from the beginning. When Ruben Beas says he's been
What's Next for Greece?
Credit: Fee Plumley, Creative Commons Attribution license 2.0. Most readers already probably know the sequence of events between Greece
Dear Dr. Dollar: A Case for Public Ownership
Dear Dr. Dollar: Would the U.S. economy work better if some industries were nationalized? Banks? Other industries? Which ones and why? —Richard Hobbs, San Jose, Calif.
The Agony of Mexican Labor Today
For the last year and a half, tens of thousands of Mexican teachers have been involved in demonstrations, weeks-long strikes,
On Its 80th Birthday, Securing Social Security
Today is the 80th anniversary of Social Security; here's our book reviewer Steve Pressman's review of
Links: SEC and CEOs, Greece, Mexico, Trump, Salaita
(1) Greece: In addition to the great video by Alicé Anil embedded above (well worth watching; includes clips with Krugman,
Links on Cops, Wage Stagnation, Phil Gramm, etc.
(1) Cops: I just posted Kristian Williams' article in our current issue, Poverty Crime, Privileged Crime: Policing and Economic
Report from Greece, plus more links on Greece
(1) When Greece Bailed Out Germany: Via Portside, the image above was the "poster of the week" recently