Medical Properties Trust spent billions buying community hospitals in bewildering deals that made private equity rich and working-class towns reel.
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Posted inTrade
Corporations Dominate Trade Advisory Panels
Trade advisers get special access to agreements and can comment on them before they are made public. More than 4 out of 5 advisers represent corporations.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Reanimating the Taxman
The impossible task ahead for the newly flush Internal Revenue Service
Posted inEconomic Policy
A Pitched Battle on Corporate Power
Biden’s expansive executive order seeks to restore competition in the economy. It’s been a long, slow road to get the whole government on board—but there are some formidable gains.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Reclaiming U.S. Industry
Biden’s industrial policies represent a stunning ideological reversal. The harder part will be making them work.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Wall Street’s Big Bet on Rewiring America
Ithaca has put its Green New Deal in the hands of a green private equity fund, a private foundation, and a Goldman Sachs–backed software company.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Ticketmaster’s Dark History
A 40-year saga of kickbacks, threats, political maneuvering, and the humiliation of Pearl Jam
Posted inWorking in America
Workers on Solar’s Front Lines
Unions are fighting to ensure solar workers are skilled tradesmen, not just exploited temps.
Posted inAmerica and the World
European Disunion
Fragmentation over energy and defense policy weakens the EU and fails to solve urgent problems.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Building Steam in Lithium Valley
Imperial County, one of the most depressed areas in America, has a clean-energy fortune stored deep in an underground reservoir. Can it be extracted, and will downtrodden residents see the benefits?
