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What Does the SEC Have To Do With the Oligarchy?
A little over a year since the Trump administration came to power, Congress should hold Chairman Atkins to account for the role the SEC is playing to consolidate the power of the oligarchy through dramatic market-moving changes — all of which the agency has made through quick tweaks that avoid procedures that would have given…
AFR in the News
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Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley: Pressley Unveils Legislation to Mandate Disclosures to Hold Big Banks Accountable, Demands SEC Require Reports in Interest of Investors
The GSIB Act is endorsed by Americans for Financial Reform, Public Citizen, National Community Reinvestment Coalition, Rise Economy, Fair Finance Watch, and Action Center on Race and the Economy.
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Washington Monthly: The Main Beneficiaries of Trump’s Pardons? White-Collar Criminals Like Him
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) dropped several cryptocurrency cases. As noted by Americans for Financial Reform, some of the cases were aborted after suspects invested in the Trump family crypto business.
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The Walrus: Elon Musk Could Soon Be the World’s First Trillionaire
The New York Times nabbed a quote from a director at Americans for Financial Reform that decried the vast discrepancy between Musk’s compensation package and the median compensation at Tesla—roughly $57,000 (US) per year.
