Sunday links: voting for the future
CompaniesThis company is splashing out $400k on two vehicles for its CEO. (linkedin.com)Employees note how the C-suite operates and act accordingly. (flyoverstocks.com)This CEO has lost the plot. (covestreetcapital.com)Private equityHow NAV squeezing works. (wsj.com)Private equity operates differently in mainstream America. (cashandcarried.substack.com)How trustworthy are private equity marks? (drorpoleg.com)AgingCongress just keeps getting older. (nytimes.com)It's easy to forget, but Biden is only three years older than Trump. (oldster.substack.com)How to get older workers back in the workforce. (klementoninvesting.substack.com)The math working against Social Security. (humbledollar.com)CorruptionBen Rhodes, "Corruption is a powerful tool, but it is not popular." (nytimes.com)Corruption is plain sight is still corrupt. (danieldrezner.substack.com)On the abuse of the pardon power. (nytimes.com)GolfTrump's Bedminster club has been cited for multiple health code violations. (forbes.com)The General Services Administration is splashing out millions to rent houses near Trump's golf clubs. (msn.com)Public mediaA look at the plan to cut Voice of America to the bone. (npr.org)Does public media have a future? (newyorker.com)PolicyThe government is rehiring people fired by DOGE. (washingtonpost.com)A 22-year-old with no apparent national security expertise is now a Department of Homeland Security official overseeing the government’s main hub for terrorism. prevention (propublica.org)The U.S. had a chance to lock-in low rates on its debt. It chose not to. (ritholtz.com)Tax audit rates for high-income Americans rose in 2024. (nytimes.com)Economic dataDeteriorating economic data quality is bad for investors. (tker.co)Cutbacks at the Bureau of Labor Statistics are calling into question inflation data quality. (nytimes.com)Honest data collection is a core government function. (gelliottmorris.com)EconomyThe U.S. economy is losing steam. (carsongroup.com)There is still no shortage of economic policy uncertainty. (econbrowser.com)The economic schedule for the coming week. (calculatedriskblog.com)Earlier on Abnormal ReturnsTop clicks this week on the site. (abnormalreturns.com)What you missed in our Saturday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)Don't miss a thing! Sign up for our daily e-mail newsletter. (abnormalreturns.com)Mixed mediaWhy big publishers are signing up with ProRata. (digiday.com)The Washington Post may be out of ideas. (spyglass.org)Truth Social is just Trump's blog. (daringfireball.net)
Companies
- This company is splashing out $400k on two vehicles for its CEO. (linkedin.com)
- Employees note how the C-suite operates and act accordingly. (flyoverstocks.com)
- This CEO has lost the plot. (covestreetcapital.com)
Private equity
- How NAV squeezing works. (wsj.com)
- Private equity operates differently in mainstream America. (cashandcarried.substack.com)
- How trustworthy are private equity marks? (drorpoleg.com)
Aging
- Congress just keeps getting older. (nytimes.com)
- It's easy to forget, but Biden is only three years older than Trump. (oldster.substack.com)
- How to get older workers back in the workforce. (klementoninvesting.substack.com)
- The math working against Social Security. (humbledollar.com)
Corruption
- Ben Rhodes, "Corruption is a powerful tool, but it is not popular." (nytimes.com)
- Corruption is plain sight is still corrupt. (danieldrezner.substack.com)
- On the abuse of the pardon power. (nytimes.com)
Golf
- Trump's Bedminster club has been cited for multiple health code violations. (forbes.com)
- The General Services Administration is splashing out millions to rent houses near Trump's golf clubs. (msn.com)
Public media
- A look at the plan to cut Voice of America to the bone. (npr.org)
- Does public media have a future? (newyorker.com)
Policy
- The government is rehiring people fired by DOGE. (washingtonpost.com)
- A 22-year-old with no apparent national security expertise is now a Department of Homeland Security official overseeing the government’s main hub for terrorism. prevention (propublica.org)
- The U.S. had a chance to lock-in low rates on its debt. It chose not to. (ritholtz.com)
- Tax audit rates for high-income Americans rose in 2024. (nytimes.com)
Economic data
- Deteriorating economic data quality is bad for investors. (tker.co)
- Cutbacks at the Bureau of Labor Statistics are calling into question inflation data quality. (nytimes.com)
- Honest data collection is a core government function. (gelliottmorris.com)
Economy
- The U.S. economy is losing steam. (carsongroup.com)
- There is still no shortage of economic policy uncertainty. (econbrowser.com)
- The economic schedule for the coming week. (calculatedriskblog.com)
Earlier on Abnormal Returns
- Top clicks this week on the site. (abnormalreturns.com)
- What you missed in our Saturday linkfest. (abnormalreturns.com)
- Don't miss a thing! Sign up for our daily e-mail newsletter. (abnormalreturns.com)
