Eddie Lampert not only ran the company; he was also its largest creditor and the guy who sold major Sears assets to … Eddie Lampert.
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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Posted inEconomic Policy
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Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
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Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Trump Eliminates the Middleman
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Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Bank Deregulation 2.0 Is Here
A new bill supported by both Democrats and Republicans is yet another deregulatory action that gives Wall Street room to run in dangerous directions.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
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In their haste to find revenue to offset the cost of their tax cut, Republican tax writers have made life a little trickier for the private equity industry.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Gutting the AMT
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Posted inAmerica and the World
The EU Leads the Way to Internet Privacy Over Profit
We should be rooting for the success of the General Data Protection Regulation.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
To Bring Drug Prices Down, Trump Proposes — Nothing, Really
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