But this time around, the Justice Department isn’t interested in challenging antitrust violations.
Private Equity
Posted inLaw and Justice
Trump Loses Opening Round in His Efforts to Defy Congressional Oversight
A federal judge finds that the precedents are heavily on Congress’s side. Will the Supreme Court agree?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Hedge-Fund Billionaires Were Democrats’ Main Bankrollers in 2018
A new report shows that three-quarters of the money that individuals donated to pro-Democrat outside spending groups in 2018 came from finance founders and executives.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
Unions Take On the Worst of the Hedge Funds Pillaging the News Biz
Labor is working to educate shareholders about the true costs of bad investments.
Posted inBooks, Arts and Culture
How Private Equity Ate Hollywood—and Why Writers Are Fighting Back
Now largely owned by private equity firms, the big talent agencies have turned to producing films and shows—both representing and employing writers. That, say the writers, doesn’t work.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Congress’s New Progressives Take On the Banks
The House Financial Services Committee—long a landing place for pro-bank Democrats—now includes AOC and a flock of leftists. And Maxine Waters is its new chair.
Posted inEducation in America
The College Admissions Scandal: Graft By Any Other Name
Outright bribery may be the exception, but favoring the rich is the rule.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Needed: A U.S. Policy on Saudi Arabia
The next administration would do well to revise the long-standing U.S. partnership with Saudi Arabia, and America has substantial leverage to produce change in the kingdom’s behavior.
Posted inCivil Rights in America
Beto Versus The Barrio
The rock-star Democrat Beto O’Rourke, a candidate for president, once supported the bulldozing of a low-income neighborhood in his hometown of El Paso—a project spearheaded by his father-in-law.
Posted inEconomic Policy
How Stock Buybacks Undermine Sustainable Prosperity
The debate over buybacks is a debate over how to create more broadly shared prosperity. Here’s why their defenders’ arguments are flat-out wrong.