“Hiding these firms’ enthusiasm for fossil fuels beneath soothing promises of green investments serves only to distract from the urgency of meaningful action and thus makes an already formidable challenge even more difficult.” - @amlowenstein
A warning from BlackRock’s President Rob Kapito: “For the first time, this generation is going to go into a store and not be able to get what they want.”
“Today, it is one of the biggest shareholders in virtually every major company in America — and quite a few internationally as well. It is also one of the biggest lenders to companies and governments around the world. And its technology platform Aladdin provides…”
“‘We are actually remarkably restrained in using coercive economic power with the obvious and large exception of U.S. sanctions,’ Jennifer Harris, who served until recently on Biden’s National Security Council, told Bloomberg.”
“If you want to know who owns the United States of America, follow the money — it is in offshore accounts — and monitor who pays the people rewriting the laws and marketing these policies as normal.” - @sarahkendzior
Deutsche Bank: A major recession is coming and our view is that the only way to minimize the economic, financial and societal damage of prolonged inflation is for the central banks to increase interest rates.
The Editorial Board for @USATODAY: America is facing a take-no-prisoners assault on fair elections that can be defeated by elements of the Freedom to Vote Act pending before Congress.