On AlterNet: hedge funds

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "hedge funds"

America Won't Go Bankrupt, But This Could Be End of the Road for Hedge Funds

Otto Spengler, Asia Times. August 9, 2011.

The bubble that has now been popped signals a death knell for the overstretched and overpromised hedge fund industry.

If the Top 25 Hedge Fund Managers Paid Taxes Like You and Me, We'd Cut 44 Billion of the National Deficit

RJ Eskow, The Smirking Chimp. June 30, 2011.

To see where the Republicans' priorities are, just look at how they treat 25 people--the top 25 hedge fund managers in the country.

7 Ways Hedge Funds Lie, Cheat and Steal

Les Leopold, AlterNet. May 11, 2011.

The billionaire head of the Galleon hedge fund was found guilty of 14 counts of securities fraud and conspiracy, but he's not just an isolated "bad apple."

Big Finance Is a Monster That's Consuming Our Economic Security

Les Leopold, AlterNet. April 15, 2011.

It’s high time that the $2.2 trillion sloshing around in hedge funds supported real job creation and debt repayment instead of enriching a handful of billionaires.

Hedge Fund Gamblers Earn the Same In One Hour As a Middle-Class Household Makes In Over 47 Years

Les Leopold, AlterNet. April 11, 2011.

How do they make so much money? Where does it come from? How can hedge fund firms with fewer than 100 employees make as much profit as firms with thousands of employees?

Top Billionaire Hedge Funder Sees Himself As a Hyena Devouring Wildebeests

Mark Ames, AlterNet. May 21, 2010.

We're ruled over by people who despise us and think of us as prey and themselves as hyenas, busy devouring everything they can.

Now We Know Why Banks Have Taken So Much Interest in Charter Schools

Juan Gonzalez, NY Daily News. May 13, 2010.

Wealthy investors and major banks have been making windfall profits by using a little-known federal tax break to finance new charter-school construction.

10 Ways to Force the Stinking Rich to Share Their Wealth

Zach Carter, AlterNet. April 15, 2010.

How rich people can stop whining about the deficit and start paying their taxes.

The Preposterous Reality: 25 Hedge Fund Managers Are Worth 680,000 Teachers (Who Teach 13 Million Students)

Les Leopold, AlterNet. April 10, 2010.

"It’s going to take a lot of political will — over a long period of time — to reorder our most basic economic values."

Private Equity Fund Would Rather Shut Down a Plant Than Pay Its Workers a Fair Wage

Art Levine, AlterNet. July 10, 2009.

The fund "thought they could refuse to bargain with us ... break the law, tear up our contract ... and break the union."

The Icelandic Volcano Erupts: A New Era of People Power in the Streets?

Rebecca Solnit, TomDispatch.com. February 10, 2009.

Can a hedge-fund island lose its shirt and gain its soul?

The 10 Greediest People of 2008

Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. December 23, 2008.

For obvious reasons, we probably couldn't have picked a better year than 2008 to "honor" our most avaricious.

Bernie Madoff's Shady Schemes Should Have Set off Alarms Long Ago

Arianna Huffington, Huffington Post. December 15, 2008.

One ponzi scheme after another is exposed on Wall Street, and so far all we've heard is: "Who could have known?"

Congress Grills Hedge Fund Titans, Gently

Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. November 17, 2008.

Lawmakers still haven't recognized danger of concentrated wealth to the economy.

The Hedge Fund Meltdown: Another Reason Wealth Needs Spreading

Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. October 26, 2008.

The hedge fund industry's ever-widening crash is likely going to leave average Americans the hardest hit. Here's why.

Why Oil Prices Are So High

Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. June 10, 2008.

Looking for villains around the gas pump? Look at the super-rich making bets with billions while regular people always lose.

Hedge Fund Titans Are Treating Us Like Pawns in Their Economic Chess Games

Scott Thill, AlterNet. May 13, 2008.

Hedge funds exploited the misfortunes of those caught beneath currency, housing and internet bubbles, and got paid by the boatload.

Hedge Fund Managers Turning the Woes of the World into Billion-Dollar Paydays

Sam Pizzigati, Too Much: A Commentary on Excess and Inequality. April 24, 2008.

The sums theyâ€™re raking in would have been impossible to believe even just half a dozen years ago.

How Bad Will the Next Recession Be?

Scott Thill, AlterNet. October 26, 2007.

If our government really is a corporation and Bush is its CEO, we're all likely to be self-employed contractors out of a job.

Despite the Mortgage Crisis, Hedge Funders Are Still Raking It in

Sarah Anderson, AlterNet. August 29, 2007.

The little guys may be hurting, but fear not for the titans of capital.

Subprime Loans = Primetime for Vampire Lenders

Jim Hightower, Hightower Lowdown. August 22, 2007.

How "reputable" financial firms are using an arsenal of tricks to extract high payments from homeowners, drain their equity and steal their homes.

The Crash of 1929: Are We on the Verge of a Repeat?

Scott Thill, AlterNet. July 26, 2007.

Hedge funds have helped create a counterfeit economy that some experts say could lead to another full-blown economic depression.