Plus, will corporations sue governments over the pandemic, and private equity seems troubled. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for May 20, 2020.
David Dayen
David Dayen is the executive editor of The American Prospect. He is the author of Monopolized: Life in the Age of Corporate Power and Chain of Title: How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street’s Great Foreclosure Fraud. He co-hosts the podcast Organized Money with Matt Stoller.
He can be reached on Signal at ddayen.90.
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Unsanitized: Look at That, Fraud in Mortgage Markets!
Plus, the post-corona world and media innumeracy. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for May 19, 2020.
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The Post-Corona World
Prospect editors look beyond the horizon at what the aftermath of the crisis will yield.
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After the Crisis, Big Business Could Get Even Bigger
The pandemic and its response thus far are perfectly designed to concentrate corporate power. But we don’t have to accept that.
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Unsanitized: Poor People Endure Multidimensional Hazards to Access Crisis Relief
Plus, the first corporate bailout report. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for May 18, 2020.
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Unsanitized: JCPenney Follows the Private Equity Model, Sinks Into Bankruptcy
Plus, Facebook makes a move and the Heroes Act passes. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for May 16, 2020.
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Unsanitized: Does Amazon Rip Off the Postal Service?
Plus, the Heroes Act becomes ridiculous. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for May 15, 2020.
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Unsanitized: Confusion Abounds as Heroes Act Moves Toward a Vote
Plus, BlackRock hosts a fundraiser for a bailout oversight commissioner, and the call for a merger halt. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for May 14, 2020.
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Unsanitized: Progressives Split on Heroes Act Response
Plus, Biden and the pandemic, and merger mania. This is The COVID-19 Daily Report for May 13, 2020.
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Dr. Jekyll, or Mr. Biden?
The presidential hopeful has a choice to make: restoring the corporate centrism of the past, or attacking the stunning inequities highlighted by the coronavirus crisis.
