Let’s not give more taxpayer money to corrupt nursing home operators until we replace them with caregivers who place care over profits.
Private Equity
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Chicago Trib: Another Billionaire to the Rescue?
Today on TAP: Media’s dependence on philanthropy
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Ex–Treasury Secretary Leads Massive Private Security Deal
Tim Geithner leads the private equity firm backing the acquisition of private security firm G4S by Allied Universal, creating one of the largest private employers in the world.
Posted inTAP
Will Public-Minded Plutocrats Save the Press?
Today on TAP: Civic-minded billionaires are better than private equity thugs
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Private Equity Swallows Up Yet Another Newspaper Group
Today on TAP: Tribune Publishing is bought by Alden Global Capital
Posted inWorking in America
Hollywood Ending: A Rare Win Over Private Equity Giants
Film and television writers fired their agents two years ago. By sticking together, they won practically everything they were demanding.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Wall Street Gambling Is Coming From Inside the House
This era of speculation cannot be blamed on GameStop buyers on Reddit. Look, for example, at SPACs.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
A Surprise Ending for Surprise Billing?
Compromise legislation to end the practice has private equity firms nervous.
Posted inEconomic Policy
The End of Retail
What Amazon, private equity, and real estate conglomerates are doing to the retail industry today is a rerun of what discounters like Walmart did in the 1970s.
