…equity, which earn an equity premium because of their riskier nature. China, on the other hand, is “long debt and short equity,” where the debt includes the central bank’s foreign…

Climate Equity: What Is It? While action against climate change languishes, the rhetoric keeps getting more intense. For several years now it hasn’t been enough to demand climate policy; we…

…operations range from private insurers to publicly traded companies to private equity firms. To increase profits, they are limiting the care patients receive, especially when they are very sick. What is Occurring…

…care, care process, administrative efficiency, equity, and health outcomes (each will be defined further). In the aggregate, the nine nations we examined are more alike than they are differ with…

…purchasing companies] were known as “leveraged-buyout operators.” But LBO became a bad name. … Their new label became “private equity,” a name that turns the facts upside-down: A purchase of…

…lead to the substitution of salary-based pay with equity-based incentive pay. This came about mostly because of the wave of corporate takeovers: a company was ripe for a takeover when…

…“junk bond yield” on the equity. Don’t get me wrong; GE is probably still investment grade. Their store credit card business ownership of NBC and affiliates consumer products division defense…

Tim Duy also points to Bill McBride and Josh Lerner adding to the discussion of the narrative of housing in our economy and how that should affect policy. I would…

…a tax loophole that allows hedge-fund and private equity managers to treat their earnings as capital gains – and pay a rate of only 15 percent rather than the 35…

…the “shadow” banking system–add real value to the economy, you might enjoy this article by Harlan Platt about private equity, The Private Equity Myth. Download Platt. The Private Equity Myth….