Air Travel and Financialization
Financialization can seem an abstraction too far. The sheer length of the word suggests an academic boondoggle is at hand. But anyone who has taken […]
Milton Friedman
Financialization and going off the rails with Norfolk Southern
Financialization is an awful word. It sounds clumsy in the mouth and refers to a process that has been underway for over 40 years but […]
Elon Musk, $50 billion, and Financialization – from production to extraction
Much is being made of a Delaware court blocking Musk’s $50 billion compensation contract. See the reporting in the NYTimes: Elon Musk’s Tesla Pay Package […]
Private Equity, Housing, and the Extraction Economy
In the last couple of years articles have begun to appear with titles like: When Private Equity Becomes Your Landlord Where Have All the Houses […]