Elizabeth Warren Wants to Break Wall Street’s Stranglehold on the Rental Housing Market
The senator is targeting Recession-era private-equity practices.
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Pope Francis Takes on Wall Street
In a new essay, the pope calls for intensified regulation of the "sophisticated technologies" of financial markets.
Once Again, China Has Been Cooking the Books
To skeptics of China's economic success, news of local governments' misreported figures come as no shock.
Is One of Our Major Financial Markets Vulnerable to Price Manipulation?
Two researchers allege we've been missing a serious exploit in how share values get determined.
Should the Government Seize Corporate Stock?
Making the government a shareholder in for-profit companies could actually boost those companies' productivity.
Trump’s New Bank Regulator Has Previously Helped Banks Exploit Consumers
As head of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, Keith Noreika now has the power to override state laws protecting consumers.
Steven Mnuchin Is Lucky Donald Trump Didn’t Mean What He Said on the Campaign Trail
Likely Secretary of the Treasury Steven Mnuchin has a long history of coming out ahead, even in questionable…
Donald Trump’s Advisor on Wall Street Regulations Is a Longtime Swamp-Dweller
Trump’s transition advisor for financial regulations works for a firm that is emblematic of the Washington revolving door.…
Homeowners Shouldn’t Be Faulted for the Foreclosure Crisis
But the government should. By Sade Bruce A foreclosure sign is posted in front of a home for…
Who’s Afraid of Bernie Sanders? Wall Street, for One
Sanders is applying the pressure to America's biggest political force.