Article • BUYOUTS: Private Equity Reshaping the Economy
In this month’s private equity newsletter: Graham Platner takes on the Red Sox, new numbers on the carried interest loophole, and much more!
Press Release
The Labor Department’s proposal is not about prudent investment choices for workers, but a thinly disguised bailout for struggling Wall Street firms
Testimony
The Trump proposal to open up workers’ retirement accounts to private equity investments is a thinly disguised bailout for struggling Wall Street firms.
Article • Dean Baker’s Beat the Press
The rules governing bankruptcy and taxes are deliberately structured to protect firms like Bain Capital and KKR, allowing private equity to build enormous fortunes while shifting the costs onto everyone else.
Article • BUYOUTS: Private Equity Reshaping the Economy
The May 2026 Buyouts newsletter examines how policy shifts, market risks, and growing political pressure are exposing vulnerabilities in the private equity industry.
Article • Dean Baker’s Beat the Press
While hospital monopolies raise prices, patent protections on drugs and medical equipment are a deeper driver of high health care costs and inefficiency.
Article • Expose the Heist: Power and Policy in Unprecedented Times
A long-awaited Trump administration rule appears to give the private equity industry a valuable gift.
Article • BUYOUTS: Private Equity Reshaping the Economy
In this month’s newsletter: AI meets PE, a look at the private credit redemption crisis, and more questions about Jared Kushner.
Article
Proposed regulations create legal safe harbors that limit employer liability while allowing greater exposure of workers’ retirement savings to complex and risky investments.
Article • Expose the Heist: Power and Policy in Unprecedented Times
Private equity funds have moved in on life insurance business, and there are growing signs that individual retirement funds could be at risk.
