Finance

CNBC’s Andrew Ross Sorkin interviews Kenneth C. Griffin, the founder and CEO of Citadel, at the CNBC Institutional Investor Delivering Alpha conference on July 18, 2018, in New York City.

If You Don’t Know Who Ken Griffin Is, You Should If You Don’t Know Who Ken Griffin Is, You Should

How the press keeps us in the dark about the new Gilded Age.

Oct 10, 2024 / Michael Massing

A crowd outside Minneapolis’s Farmers and Mechanics Savings Bank during an economic crisis in May 1893.

The Radical Past and Future of Debt Resistance The Radical Past and Future of Debt Resistance

The deep roots of debt relief activism in the United States.

Sep 25, 2024 / Books & the Arts / Astra Taylor

Bosses Want Us to Work in Our Sleep Now—Literally

Bosses Want Us to Work in Our Sleep Now—Literally Bosses Want Us to Work in Our Sleep Now—Literally

Molly McGhee’s satirical 2023 novel Jonathan Abernathy You Are Kind may be coming true.

Sep 19, 2024 / Sophie Lewis

Private Equity Steps Up to the Plate

Private Equity Steps Up to the Plate Private Equity Steps Up to the Plate

Diamond Baseball Holdings is taking over minor league baseball and reaping the benefits of hundreds of millions in taxpayer subsidies.

Sep 16, 2024 / Amos Barshad

A tryptich of Reid Hoffman, Barry Diller, and VP Kamala Harris

Kamala’s Capitalist Class Kamala’s Capitalist Class

Both parties have little trouble attracting support from the superrich. But a closer look reveals fissures within the ruling class.

Sep 16, 2024 / Doug Henwood

Supreme Court Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr., announcing his retirement from the court.

The Powell Memo Helped Create Project 2025 The Powell Memo Helped Create Project 2025

A new investigative podcast shows the toxic legacy of the founding father of modern American plutocracy.

Sep 6, 2024 / Jeet Heer

Former US president Donald Trump speaks to members of the media after testifying in his civil fraud trial at the New York State Supreme Court in New York City on November 6, 2023.

Trump Sues the Justice Department for $100 Million Trump Sues the Justice Department for $100 Million

Déjà vu all over again.

Aug 27, 2024 / James D. Zirin

Former president Donald Trump speaks at the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville, Tennessee, on Saturday, July 27, 2024.

Bitcoin Goes All In With Trump Bitcoin Goes All In With Trump

With 10 senators and Trump in attendance at the national Bitcoin conference, the crypto currency moves from the fringes to the center of political life.

Aug 1, 2024 / Hadas Thier

Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro celebrates after claiming victory in the presidential election on at Miraflores Palace July 28, 2024, in Caracas. But the opposition leaders—and many observers—dispute his claim.

The Maduro Government Is Probably Stealing the Election in Venezuela The Maduro Government Is Probably Stealing the Election in Venezuela

But maintaining economic warfare by the US—including sanctions—only hurts the Venezuelan people.

Jul 30, 2024 / James North

Enemy of progress: Linkedin founder Reid Hoffman at the Allen & Co. Media and Technology Conference in Sun Valley, Idaho.

Kamala Harris Needs to Put Arrogant Plutocratic Donors in Their Place Kamala Harris Needs to Put Arrogant Plutocratic Donors in Their Place

Wealthy centrists are already pressuring Democrats to give up their progressive achievements.

Jul 29, 2024 / Jeet Heer

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