Why Basic Income Failed in Finland
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2019/12/basic-income-finland-experiment-kela
PE sponsored aggressive healthcare debt lawsuits
https://www.propublica.org/article/this-doctors-group-is-owned-by-a-private-equity-firm-and-repeatedly-sued-the-poor-until-we-called-them
UK social security payments ‘at lowest level since launch of welfare state’
UK social security payments ‘at lowest level since launch of welfare state’ https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2019/nov/18/uk-social-security-payments-at-lowest-level-since-launch-of-welfare-state?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress
Calstrs carried interest payments to private equity managers fall as exits slow – Private Equity News
Slowing exits lead to reduced carried interest payments. Is this indigestion from overpriced deals? Will it lead to markdowns? Yet Calstrs needs to keep feeding the Private Equity beast. https://www.penews.com/articles/calstrs-carried-interest-payments-to-private-equity-managers-fall-as-exits-slow-20191107
IFS: UK’s richest people exploiting loophole to cut tax rate
IFS: UK’s richest people exploiting loophole to cut tax rate Shocking given how starved of funds federal and local governments are https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/nov/05/thousands-of-uks-richest-people-exploiting-loophole-to-cut-tax-rate?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress
Department Of Education Wasted $1 Billion On Failed Charter Schools – The National Memo
https://www.nationalmemo.com/department-of-education-wasted-1-billion-on-failed-charter-schools/
Technical schools lavished with Gove funding criticised by watchdog
Technical schools lavished with Gove funding criticised by watchdog https://www.theguardian.com/education/2019/oct/30/technical-schools-lavished-with-gove-funding-criticised-by-watchdog?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress
How the baby food industry hooks low-income toddlers on sugar, salt and fat – The Washington Post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/10/17/sweet-excess-how-baby-food-industry-hooks-toddlers-sugar-salt-fat/
84% of care home beds in England owned by private firms
84% of care home beds in England owned by private firms https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/sep/19/84-of-care-home-beds-in-england-owned-by-private-firms?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_WordPress
Federal government has dramatically expanded exposure to risky mortgages – The Washington Post
They’re back. Risky mortgages return. I’m surprised 10 years after crisis a better measure than debt to income ratio hasn’t emerged. Residual income should be considered as preferred measure of mortgage risk. https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/federal-government-has-dramatically-expanded-exposure-to-risky-mortgages/2019/10/02/d862ab40-ce79-11e9-87fa-8501a456c003_story.html