Corporate Care Homes Will Never Work
This week’s Panorama on the care crisis missed the most important point: that quality care is impossible in a system geared towards cutting corners and squeezing profits.
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Matthew Ponsford
Matthew Ponsford is a freelance journalist with bylines in Wired, the Guardian, and the Financial Times.
How a New Aristocracy Is Profiting from Covid
Worldwide, secretive ‘family offices’ turn individual wealth into dynastic fortunes for everyone from CEOs to ex-prime ministers – and they’ve made big money from the Covid crisis.
The Enduring Legacy of Berlin’s Rent Cap
This month, Berlin’s rent cap was overturned by Germany’s constitutional court, leaving tenants facing millions in back payments – but the idea remains a popular solution to the growing urban housing crisis.
Vulture Funds Plan to Use the Pandemic to Pillage the Global Economy
Before the pandemic, private equity had amassed $2.5 trillion – more than the GDP of Italy – in ‘dry powder,’ waiting for distressed assets to plunder. Covid-19 provided them with the perfect opportunity.