Stock Buybacks Hurt Workers and the Economy
Workers, innovation, and productivity all suffer when corporations spend their new U.S. tax breaks on stock buybacks. …
SEC Stymies Plans to Offer Bitcoin Funds Anytime
Just last week, the SEC confounded these expectations, by asking sponsors to withdraw proposals to offer ETFs based on bitcoin futures. …
Shareholder Proposals Target Climate Change Risk
Actual voting data seems to confirm the study; many shareholders are coming off the sidelines on environmental and social shareholder proposals. …
Artificial Intelligence and the Stability of Markets
Artificial intelligence (AI) is useful for optimally controlling an existing system, one with clearly understood risks. It excels at pattern matching and control mechanisms. …
More Signs of Private Equity Market Frenzy: Firms Selling Stakes
The article also touted infrastructure as a new growth area. But as we’ve written, infrastructure deals are getting a deserved bad name in the US. …