“We must embrace the antimonopoly spirit that has animated American debates about finance for more than 250 years.” This article lays out how Dodd-Frank failed, and why antimonopoly thinking can animate a response the next time Wall Street crashes the economy. 1/17

“We must embrace the antimonopoly spirit that has animated American debates about finance for more than 250 years.” This article lays out how Dodd-Frank failed, and why antimonopoly thinking can animate a response the next time Wall Street crashes the economy. 1/17

Wait, so The Economist loves technological change and globalization, just not the kind that puts writers out of business?! Say it ain't so!

And Xi thought to himself: "This man is smaller and more insecure than I could have imagined."

Portland Press Herald letter calls for transparency from Susan Collins over corruption revelations. "Mainers deserve to know...whether the use of her clout was for the benefit of Mainers and the American people, or for the benefit of her reelection campaign." #MEpolitics

“Apollo’s garbage dump – Athene loading up on risk endangers retirees in PRT’s and other annuity investors” “…Apollo is moving risk out of a public vehicle and into the insurance company and hiding the losses. - @tobecb ______ December 2025 Apollo Warns US Insurers Fleeing to Caymans Is a Ticking SVB-Style Time Bomb nitter.net/kshaughnessy2/status/1… _________ April 2026 “Apollo’s own BDC — the fund managed by the firm whose co-president dismissed the stress as pebbles — has 46 companies in non-accrual. That’s the most of any fund in the entire universe I analyzed. Not second most. Not tied for most. The most, by a wide margin.” - @ericjackson nitter.net/kshaughnessy2/status/2… _________ April 2026 @NickNemo17 reports on how much of what looks like rock-solid backing for the $10 trillion life insurance and annuity world is actually clever accounting loops. nitter.net/kshaughnessy2/status/2… commonsense401kproject.com/2…