The Sunshine State is putting public pension money into risky bonds that transfer risk away from insurance companies.
consumer protection
Posted inEconomic Policy
FTC Opens Surveillance Pricing Inquiry
After a Prospect investigation into companies charging different prices to customers for the same products, the agency wants to learn more.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Judges Block Huge Loophole in Lending Discrimination
The Seventh Circuit reversed a lower-court ruling that effectively would have made it legal to put up ‘Whites Only’ signs in businesses or on websites.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Treasury Foresaw the Synapse Collapse Two Years Ago
An agency report detailed how fintech ‘neobanks’ could fall into the regulatory cracks. Nobody managed to patch them up, and now depositors can’t retrieve their own money.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Lina Khan: Extraction Exterminator
The Federal Trade Commission chair plays a key role in preventing exploitative pricing schemes from taking root.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The One-Click Economy
Digital subscriptions are here to stay. What should we do about that?
Posted inTAP
A Window on Corporate Deceptions
Today on TAP: The amazing creativity of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Urge to Surge
Businesses are hiking prices to take advantage of consumers. They learned it from Uber.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Loaded Up With Junk
Extra profits are the only explanation for many fees businesses charge.