Private Equity’s Profit Charade
Private equity's seemingly high returns have been attributed to "freedom" from regulation. But, however explained, there is the question of how real the private equity profits have actually been.
Brad DeLong posted these very interesting excerpts from Ron Suskind's new book Confidence Men on his blog: Maybe
Gene Sharp Biopic: This Sunday at the Boston Film Festival is the Boston premier of a biopic about Gene Sharp,
(1) Rank-and-File Economics: I have just posted the cover story from our Sept/Oct 2011 Annual Labor Issue, Rank-and-File Economics:
(1) Annual Labor Issue! Our September/October 2011 issue has been printed and is shipping out now. E-subscribers have already
(1) Shameless Plug: We are almost done with our summer online fundraiser--thanks to everyone who's contributed so far!
This is going to be a quick series of links--it's a beautiful day out and I want to
(1) BLS July Jobs Report: The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its Employment Situation Summary today, and it is pretty
(1) Debt Deal as a "Satan Sandwich": As Vishay Prashad reports in a good article on the debt