Health insurers and providers are using industrial loan companies and other tactics to make money from financial engineering rather than patient care.
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Posted inEconomic Policy
The Next Financial Collapse
In the coming crisis, the Fed is not likely to be in good hands.
Posted inSports
Circling Sharks
A look inside the athlete-finance industry, which resembles predatory lending—and worse
Posted inSports
The Roots of the Youth Sports Gold Rush
Steve Griffin got in on the ground floor with the John D. Rockefeller of youth sports. The climb out of the basement taught him that finance and kids’ sports are a toxic mix.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Private Equity Saks Another Retail Outlet
It’s the old story: Load up companies with debt, pull out all the value, and leave them as a dead shell.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Wall Street Strikes Back
The crypto industry found out that they can buy a lot, but they can’t buy all the power away from the big banks.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Trump’s Music Man Populism
The president’s recent spate of announcements on affordability contradict either GOP leaders or his own policy choices.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Monetizing Regime Change
It is trivially easy for administration officials to use prediction markets to bet on the policies they authorize. We may have just seen it in Venezuela.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Another Biden Financial Regulator Spins Through the Revolving Door
Michael Hsu, former OCC head, has joined a VC firm backing crypto and fintech companies.
Posted inTAP
Will the Court Rule for Trump or for Wall Street?
As the Supreme Court now considers whether Trump can take over the Federal Reserve, we lose either way.