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The decisions and transactions of these gargantuan firms—the metric typically used to measure them is “assets under management” (AUM), which is estimated at above $100 trillion globally—are almost entirely shielded from public scrutiny, cloaked behind limited disclosure requirements, in addition to layers upon layers of holding companies, subsidiaries, special-purpose vehicles, general partners, limited partners, and investment funds.
✏️ More evidence and example of how corporations hide things from the people. How, no matter how much power people have in voting on political matters, they have little to no power on the true puppet masters, the corporations.. the economic side of things. Political power is one thing. Economic is a whole other ballgame. 🔗 View Highlight
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in addition to large swaths of residential property—the critical infrastructures undergirding major metropolises: Energy, water and wastewater, transportation, telecommunications, schools and hospitals, and farmland are the six major investment areas
✏️ How private investment has infiltrated all our basic necessities of life. 🔗 View Highlight