Who’s who at Cuomo’s Buffalo fundraiser
Andrew Cuomo is in Buffalo today for a $1000-per-head fundraiser that is expected to raise $500,000 for the governor’s war chest, which at $28 million is much, much larger than
Geithner does the Rubin Shuffle
The cooling-off period is over for former Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner, who is joining the private equity firm Warburg Pincus as president and managing director. Geithner had initially joined the
Stink Tanks Exposed
This week the Center for Media and Democracy released a new report exposing the corporate backing and extreme right wing agenda of the State Policy Network, a coalition of state
How to research elite social clubs on LittleSis, from Manhattan to Buffalo and beyond
Elite social clubs do not make headlines all that often, and when they do they are typically discussed in a cultural context. See this 2011 New York Times piece on
Who funds the suicide caucus?
The shutdown prompted some interesting analyses of the ascendant right-wing fringe. Tom Lind, Doug Henwood, and Bill Black have all weighed in with takes on the country’s bizarre political dynamic,
JPMorgan negotiates through the revolving door
Dudley’s daybook goes dark
In the wake of a report from ProPublica that the New York Fed fired a senior bank examiner for challenging inadequacies in Goldman Sachs’ management of conflict of interests, I
Conflicts of interest in the Syria debate
An analysis of the defense industry ties of experts and think tanks who commented on military intervention
Industry Partner or Industry Puppet?
How MIT’s influential study of fracking was authored, funded, and released by oil and gas industry insiders
Fracking and the Revolving Door in Pennsylvania
The oil and gas industry frequently argues that fracking means jobs. This appears to be especially true for former regulators and other public officials in Pennsylvania. (Click here to read