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Half of US Farmland Being Eyed by Private Equity
An estimated 400 million acres of farmland in the United States will likely change hands over the coming two decades as older farmers retire, even as new evidence indicates …
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Colorado Pot Stores Will Soon Get a Little Help From Their Friends at “High Times“
Executives from the magazine “High Times” have established the HT Growth Fund, a new private-equity fund that will invest in the growth of established mid-size cannabis-related businesses.
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Why the Housing Recovery is Nearly Homeowner-Less
Low-interest rates by the Fed are causing investors to purchase foreclosed homes in blocks of hundreds.
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Save Social Security: Paul Krugman for Treasury Secretary
A push is on to get the Nobel Prize winner in economics the position in the new Obama administration.
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A Pre-Nup to Discourage Private Equity Companies From Asset Stripping
The aftermath of Mervyn's 2008 bankruptcy is an instructive example of what is wrong when PE companies can profit while employees and communities pay the price.
The Case Against the Looters of the American Economy, and a Mission for Occupy Wall Street
The new court case against Bain Capital may lift the veil of secrecy that allows private equity firms to loot the public trust.
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The 1% and the 47%
If the rich want to know why they bear such a large share of the nation's income tax burden to pay for so-called big government these days, they should …
Private Equity and the 47 Percent
Romney's supporters include the head of the firm that took the most portfolio companies into bankruptcy in 2011, but he still had the gall to disparage workers who …
The Bain Way: Let the States Pick Up the Tab on National Debt?
We do need to get our fiscal house in order, but after reading about The Bain Way and Mr. Romney's love of his business acumen, I disagree, more than …
Romney’s Success at Bain Capital: The Scam as Business Model
Bain Capital is not about producing wealth, but rather about siphoning off wealth that was produced elsewhere in the economy.