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INSIGHT: The Simple Fix For Corporate Income Tax—Tax Stock Returns
Instead of taxing corporate profits, we should be taxing stock returns.
Financialization
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CEPR Statement on New Labor Department Guidance Allowing Risky Private Equity Investments in Workers’ 401(k) Accounts
Private Equity (PE) firms have had their eye on workers’ retirement nest eggs – 401(k) and IRA accounts – since late 2013 when rules on advertising to individuals were relaxed.
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How Private Equity Firms Will Profit From COVID-19
Unless Congress and regulators act, private equity will shed its nonperforming assets and feast on new ones. J. Crew is the latest example.
Article • Dean Baker’s Beat the Press
More Thoughts on a Wealth Tax and Alternatives
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Here’s What Wall Street Doesn’t Want You to Know About its Grip on Emergency Rooms
Doctor Ling Min is the first emergency room doctor to be fired for going public with his concerns about poor hospital emergency room safety practices. He won’t be the last.
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Hospital Bailouts Begin—for Those Owned by Private Equity Firms
Hospitals weighed down by debt to their private equity owners set to receive taxpayers’ dollars.
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Private Equity Buyouts in Healthcare: Who Wins, Who Loses?
Private equity firms have become major players in the healthcare industry. How has this happened and what are the results?
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Coronavirus and the Implications of Private Equity Buyouts in Healthcare
As we face a coronavirus-induced health and economic crisis of uncertain duration, policy makers should be particularly concerned about private equity’s heightened use of debt to buy out healthcare providers and take them private, with no oversight.
Article • Dean Baker’s Beat the Press
Quick Reminder That Progressives Have to be Prepared to See the Market Tank
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COVID-19 Patients Should Not Face Surprise Medical Bills
If millions of Americans can self-isolate, then private equity firms and out-of-network doctors who have already made millions on the backs of sick people can do the right thing.
