A variety of legislative and regulatory actions would make it hard for private equity to stay in business. That should be the goal.
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Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Sam Bankman-Fried’s Multimillion-Dollar Game
He is spending prodigious amounts on lobbying and elections to ensure that crypto is lightly regulated in the future.
Posted inTAP
Another Sweeping Far-Right Court Ruling
Today on TAP: Following the practice of ignoring precedent, an appellate ruling seeks to destroy consumer and investor protection.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Biden Must Block Crypto’s Access to the Revolving Door
Government officials should not be able to cash out working for firms directly affected by their own actions in office.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Eight Congressmen Subverting the SEC’s Crypto Investigation
Call them the ‘Blockchain Eight.’
Posted inEconomic Policy
The SEC Must Avoid Legitimizing Carbon Offsets
These are nothing more than financial trickery that lets polluters shirk responsibility.
Posted inEconomic Policy
Crypto: Containing the Hydra-Headed Beast
While the Fed and the Treasury dither, this behemoth is getting too complex to contain.
Posted inEnergy and the Environment
Those Electrifying Speculators
Electric-vehicle companies, often raising capital through dubious mergers, have a problem with the truth, and it’s a problem for all of us on this planet.
Posted inEconomic Policy
What the New Sheriffs of Wall Street Can Do
Biden has empowered a crop of aggressive financial regulators. They’ll need to look beyond the banking industry and into finance’s darker corners.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Gensler Punts in Fight Over Auditing Watchdog
The SEC chair installs a corporate defense lawyer to run the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.
