The private equity company that won the bidding war for the bankrupt Herald is the most predatory of a rapacious lot.
Private Equity
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Saving the Free Press From Private Equity
Navigating the digital transition is a huge challenge for newspapers. Absentee ownership by private equity predators makes it all but impossible.
Posted inWorking in America
Private Equity: The New Neighborhood Loan Sharks
Veterans of the Contract Buyers League hit the doors again.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Incoming Privatization Assault
Get ready for everything from private infrastructure and private prisons to voucherized schools and Medicaid.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
President Trump and the Triumph of Private Capital
It’s beginning to smell a lot like oligarchy.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
What Good Are Hedge Funds?
Hedge funds make big returns by manipulating markets in ways that are illegal for small investors. Remind us: Why are they permitted?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
What We Don’t Need to Know About Bain Capital
We’re asking the wrong questions about private equity.
Posted inArticle
The Public Doesn’t Get Private Equity
Many South Carolina voters don’t have an opinion on Romney’s Bain career, making it clear the attacks may have not been the reason for his fall in the polls.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Out of The Quiet Rooms
In defending his tenure at Bain, Mitt Romney makes one gaffe after another.