Today on TAP: The Supreme Court stripping away bodily autonomy has created a run on Plan B.
Private Equity
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 inBooks
The Pain Profiteers
Two new books reveal the distortion of the U.S. health care system by financial operators.
Posted inTAP
A Formula for Public Ownership
Today on TAP: What the Similac debacle teaches about the consequences of arrogant corporate concentration
Posted inEconomic Policy
Commerce Department Could Pay Manufacturers to Reshore Critical Production
The bipartisan competition bill could pour billions in loans, grants, and equity investments into supply chain security.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Heads I Win, Tails You Lose for Global Elites
Investors at the prestigious Milken Conference are confident that, recession or no, they’ll keep on making money.
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 inEnergy and the Environment
Private Drilling Flares Up in Texas’s Permian Basin
The businesses competing with the big oil drillers are also the dirtiest operators around.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
A Community Hospital in Deep-Red Wyoming
After significant cutbacks and tragedies at their private equity–owned hospital, the community of Riverton, Wyoming, tried something different.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Envision Healthcare Hits the Skids
Backed into a corner financially, the private equity–owned physician staffing company could put doctors and patients at risk.