This post was guest authored by Raúl Carrillo. The COVID-19 pandemic response has shown that the very foundations of our...
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How to Prevent Another Wall Street Bailout & Ensure Help Gets to Those Who Need It
Our nation is facing an unprecedented crisis with wide ranging consequences. It is imperative that Congress take the lead as...
Not This Time: Watch out for Wall Street in a Pandemic
We have entered uncertain times. The novel coronavirus has upended life around the globe, and none of us knows exactly...
SEC Chair’s New Proposal Seeks to Dump Retail Investors in the Shark Tank
This post was guest authored by Jonathan Bojorquez. The chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, Jay Clayton, has said...
A History Lesson on the Importance of History Lessons
At Take on Wall Street, we agree with the “Father of Black History,” Carter G. Woodson, that “The conditions of...
Private Equity Buys Out 2020 Election
This post was guest authored by Fahim Badal. Private equity firms are little-known Wall Street investment houses that wield a...
Bad Blood Between The Swifties and Private Equity Giant Carlyle
This post was guest authored by Olivia Snow Smith. Although the abuses of private equity have been starting to gain...
Just like the “Money Trust” before it, Wall Street is a threat to democracy
This post was guest authored by Carter Dougherty. We don’t speak of the “Money Trust” in the 21st century. But...
PE Firms are Funding Tools for Genocide
This post was guest authored by Olivia Snow Smith. Surveillance cameras are mounted all around Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China....
Income inequality highest in 50 years
This post was guest authored by Olivia Snow Smith. An expanding economy and rising asset values mean little if the...