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Press Release: Appeal’s Court Ruling Sides With Administration on Destructive Dismantling of Critical Consumer Protection Agency
A panel of the US Court of appeals today overturned an earlier court order halting mass layoffs at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau(CFPB).
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From Public Pensions to Private Fortunes: How Working People’s Retirements Line Billionaire Pockets
Despite the many negative impacts of the private equity business model on working people, it is working people’s own capital in the form of public pension funds that private equity has relied upon for its expansion. Over a trillion dollars in private equity deals close each year, and public pension funds are by far their…
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In the News: Mother with cerebral palsy struggles to hire aides after private equity takeover
The contract New York State awarded to PPL is a recent example of private equity’s increasing involvement in home health care, said Aditi Sen, managing director of research and campaigns at Americans for Financial Reform, a nonprofit nonpartisan organization that advocates for fairness in the U.S. financial system. Last month, Sen published a report detailing…
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The Progressive Magazine: States Take the Lead in Reining in Private Equity’s Investment in Health Care
“It’s not an investment, but an extraction,” says Aditi Sen, managing director of research and campaigns for the Americans for Financial Reform, a coalition of groups advocating for a strong, stable, and ethical financial system. “The profit-seeking that is built into this model is really going to go after cost-cutting as the primary strategy for…
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Nerdwallet: The CFPB Is Still Standing … Barely. But Is It Doing Anything?
“We are at a pivotal moment for all that was, all that has been and what could be…The CFPB has done tremendous work since its inception.” -Amanda Jackson, AFR
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Fact Sheet: CLARITY Act Worse than Last Year’s FIT 21 Crypto Deregulation
From Bad to WorseKey Differences Between Crypto-Backed CLARITY Act and FIT 21 Deregulation Click here for a PDF of this document. This year’s crypto market structure legislation promoted by the industry shares many of the flaws of last year’s crypto legislation, but the deregulatory elements in the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act of 2025 (H.R.
