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Posted inBooks
Big Consulting’s New Con
ESG and sustainability are the latest manifestations of a tried-and-true strategy for the consulting industry.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Now, Amazon Wants to Be Your Doctor
A proposed merger with One Medical would further Amazon’s efforts to sit in the middle of health care transactions.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Shareholders Steer McDonald’s Into Pointless Equity Audit
The burger giant is following the lead of other companies, but the track record of ‘civil rights audits’ is poor.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Labor Slams Pensions for Burnishing Image of Private Equity
As KKR shops around a new ESG fund, top investors are helping promote its image as a socially responsible investor.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Private Equity Firms Want to Give Workers Ownership Stakes
Through a new nonprofit, buyout funds will grant shares to employees of their portfolio companies. Backers say it will boost investor profits, and give workers an ‘ownership mindset.’
Posted inVideos
⏩ Shadow Banking, Dark Money, and Bad Business
Watch our writers discuss the new frontiers of deregulation and financialization as well as some strange new financial alliances.
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 inEconomic Policy
Plumbing the Depths at the SEC
It’s not enough to just get a new progressive chair. All of the key staff positions are also worthy of attention.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
John Kerry Must Choose: Wall Street or the Planet
Biden’s global climate change envoy shouldn’t count on the banks to end their investments in fossil fuels.
