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SpaceX Took Official Step To Go Public, But Being a Public Company Isn’t What It Used To Be
Elon Musk’s SpaceX took the first official step to go public yesterday by confidentially filing paperwork with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
AFR in the News
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Inside Philanthropy: Philanthropy’s Chosen Blind Spot: The Harms of Extreme Wealth
The billionaire-engineered One Big Beautiful Bill last year secured $2 trillion in tax giveaways for the wealthy by cutting healthcare coverage and food assistance from an estimated more than 15 million Americans. Research from Americans for Financial Reform and the Private Equity Stakeholder Project shows that billionaire-backed private equity has significantly contributed to the affordable…
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Stand Earth: Wells Fargo Dodges Accountability on Legal Risks, Energy and Indigenous Rights at Annual Meeting
The votes come amid growing pressure on the bank related to its climate rollbacks, racist lending practices, and union-busting record. A new report published by The Americans for Financial Reform’s Education Fund found evidence of racial discrimination in the bank’s lending practices, with the bank denying mortgage applications from Black, Latino, and Asian applicants at…
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Medium: The Ouroboros Economy: How Corporate America, Wall Street, and AI Companies Are Eating Their Own Customers
Sources and references: World Economic Forum Future of Jobs Report 2025; Bureau of Economic Analysis PCE data (Q4 2025); Federal Reserve Bank of Boston credit card research (Hagler and Patki, 2025); Federal Reserve Bank of New York Household Debt and Credit Report (Q4 2025); Goldman Sachs AI productivity analysis (2026); National Bureau of Economic Research…
Letters to Congress: AFR Opposes H.R. 8286, an Anti-ESG Bill