Private wads: a look at the private equity racket, with an emphasis on Blackstone's uncannily well-timed IPO <http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com/PrivateWads.html>
Other recent stuff, accessible from the front page: <http://www.leftbusinessobserver.com>
• Reflections on the current crisis: the housing bubble bursts—now what? • Frothing at the house: a view of the housing bubble from summer 2005 • LBO turns 20: reflections on what it all means
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