When the PUC rendered its final decision on Friday, the Prospect was there to witness it.
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Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Private Equity Power Play in Minnesota
BlackRock-owned Global Infrastructure Partners and a Canadian pension giant want to buy a Minnesota-based utility. Gov. Tim Walz’s agencies have been in on pushing the deal.
Posted inBooks
The Real Problem With Asset Managers
Rich people collect the vast majority of capital income. There’s a better way.
Posted inEconomic Policy
What the New Sheriffs of Wall Street Can Do
Biden has empowered a crop of aggressive financial regulators. They’ll need to look beyond the banking industry and into finance’s darker corners.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
At U.N. Climate Talks, What Mattered Most Went Unsaid
A Wall Street–led energy transition; punitive credit conditions for developing countries; sustained oil and gas drilling
Posted inEconomic Policy
What ESG Investing and Ozy Media Have in Common
How much longer can we afford to believe the promise of sustainable investing?
Posted inHousing
The Problem With the ‘BlackRock Buying Houses’ Meme
Here’s the reality of institutional buyers and the single-family rental market.
Posted inEconomic Policy
BlackRock’s Investment in Blacklisted Chinese Surveillance Companies
Wall Street’s divided loyalty is one more complication as Team Biden resets the U.S.-China Relationship.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Janet Yellen’s Blind Spot on Regulation
The Treasury secretary has made a number of concerning statements and failed to take action on a number of regulatory challenges.
Posted inCabinet Watch
Another BlackRock Veteran Will Join the Biden Administration
Michael Pyle is set to become Kamala Harris’s chief economist. Pyle is not an economist.