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2020 Election: Why I Voted How I Did

November 2, 2020November 2, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments automotive industry, biden, billionaire class, billionaires, corporate debt, corporate subsidies, corporate welfare, covid, COVID19, covid19 pandemic, democracy, Donald Trump, economy, federal deficit, federal reserve, Gretchen Whitmer, infrastructure, joe biden, millionaires, mobility, obama, obama administration, pandemic, pluralism, policy, politics, taxes, transit, transportation, trump administration, xenophobia

Unsurprisingly, rhetoric usually becomes increasingly political as we approach the 2020 presidential election. To paraphrase a staffer on Aaron Sorkin’s

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How Losers Still Get Paid: Why Bankruptcy Can’t Rein In Executive Compensation

July 20, 2020July 21, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments bankruptcy, coronavirus, corporate debt, corporate finance, corporate subsidies, corporations, covid, debt, equity, executive, executive compensation, finance, Ford, general motors, Hertz, JC Penney, litigation, Neiman Marcus, Pacific Gas & Electric, private equity, reaganomics, retail, retail apocalypse, shareholder value, shareholders, spending a lite fitty, stock market, stock market crash, stocks, stonks, tax, tax policy, Whiting Petroleum

IF YOU’RE ONE OF THE BILLIONS OF ONLOOKERS OBSERVING THE COLLAPSE OF THE GLOBAL ECONOMY, you might be wondering: what’s

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Corporations Hoard Cash– To No Public Benefit. Why Are We Still Giving Them Money?

April 9, 2020April 9, 2020 Nat M. Zorach 0 Comments capital markets, capitalism, cash, consumerism, corporate debt, corporate welfare, corporations, productivity, tax, taxation

There are two notable points about the gargantuan COVID19 rescue bill recently passed by Congress. The first? It’s not enough.

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The Fed’s COVID19 Rate Cuts Can’t Stop What’s Coming

March 15, 2020March 15, 2020 Nat Zorach 0 Comments capital markets, corporate debt, debt, economics, federal reserve, finance, jerome powell, saudi aramco, stock market, stocks

Corporate America had beaucoup problems before COVID19 hit the scene. Now, it’s just a matter of time before the corporate debt bubble bursts– with massive implications for the US economy and worker.

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