Tag: Wall Street

In the private equity casino, Wall Street never risks its own chips. They rake in the pot while you’re left holding the losses.

Banks boosted fossil fuel financing by billions in 2024, CEO pay soared, and climate commitments collapsed while frontline communities faced devastating consequences.

Rep. Rob Bresnahan pledged to end congressional stock trading but has become one of the most active traders in Washington, selling healthcare assets as he voted to slash Medicaid and threaten Pennsylvania’s struggling hospitals.

Critics say president’s abrupt reversal on sweeping tariffs shows lack of coherent strategy and deepens damage to workers, consumers, and U.S. global standing.

This is not just a U.S. problem. Regulators agree to minimum standards for banking rules at an international level because finance is a global business.

A giant tax fight awaits next year—when a number of the 2017 tax cuts for the rich and businesses expire.

Investor purchases hit their peak in 2022, accounting for around 28% of all home sales in America.

"Underwriting is a huge missing piece of net-zero transition plans, allowing big U.S. banks to continue to help fossil fuel companies raise billions of dollars with limited scrutiny," said one campaigner.

Being a well-paid CEO means something very different today than it did fifty years ago.

Since 2008, growth in the average Wall Street bonus has far outstripped wage growth for ordinary U.S. workers.