Some fintech and energy startups haven’t announced that Summers is leaving; they just took him off their websites.
corporate governance
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Top AIG Exec Has Major Fossil Fuel Ties
A Center for Media and Democracy investigation shows that John G. Rice, AIG’s lead independent director, holds the same position at Baker Hughes, a global fossil fuel technology company that has received major contracts from companies AIG insures.
Posted inWorking in America
As Kaiser Workers Strike, ‘Not-for-Profit’ Is Sitting on $67 Billion
Forty-five thousand workers at Kaiser Permanente—ranging from nurses to therapists to pharmacists—are on strike in the country’s largest labor action of 2025.
Posted inAmerica and the World
This Greenland Is Red
The small island nation has one of the largest and most successful portfolios of state-owned companies in the world. What?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Down and Out on the Crypto Frontier
In Wyoming, the Delaware of cryptocurrency, industry players celebrated their fortunes and said everyone will benefit. But workers haven’t seen it.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Judge the Actually Existing Trump Economy, Not the Theory
Equity stakes, loophole closures, and protecting domestic industries might make sense in someone else’s hands. Not from a president with no strategy or plan.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
UnitedHealth Has 2,694 Subsidiaries and Affiliates. Is It Too Big to Manage?
This behemoth conglomerate might just be too monstrous for its own good.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
AFL-CIO Report: Is DOGE’s Antonio Gracias Mishandling Retiree Investments?
Elon Musk’s replacement is busy with mass deportation, while simultaneously running an investment firm managing public union pension funds.
Posted inTransportation
FAA Warns Boeing 787 Radio Can Cut Off Air Traffic Radio Without Notice
Engineering problems have plagued the airplane manufacturer in recent years.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Move Fast and Break the Mortgage Market
The chief regulator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is now also the board chair of both companies. What’s the long game here?