#HedgePapers No. 13 – Hepatitis C and Hedge Fund Profiteers

4 May 2015

HEPATITIS C AND HEDGE FUND PROFITEERS Meet The Hedge Fund Managers Cashing In On Predatory Drug Pricing Schemes from Gilead Sciences For millions of Americans infected with Hepatitis C, the inflated prices of new Hepatitis C drugs from Gilead Sciences translate into limited access and prolonged illness. The pharmaceutical giant is charging as much as $1,125 per pill and $94,500 for a course of its lifesaving treatments, forcing health care systems to limit access, robbing patients of a decent quality of life, and forcing many into serious health problems and complications.... Read More

#HedgePapers No. 10 – The Double Standard of Success Academy

20 Apr 2015

Hedge Fund Hypocrisy: The Double Standard of Success Academy Success Academy – the charter-school chain and political launching pad for anticipated mayoral candidate Eva Moskowitz — is a favored charity for many hedge fund managers. But beneath their rhetoric about fighting poverty and supporting academic achievement is a real double standard.... Read More

#HedgePapers No.3: Hedge Funds and the Destruction of the Upstate Economy

2 Mar 2015

Alternative asset managers and the damage they inflict on New York communities: It’s a real life Hunger Games. The financial elite cloister themselves away in gleaming taxpayer-subsidized towers, sitting on riches they earned by devastating economies in upstate New York and beyond. They earn special treatment from Governor Andrew Cuomo and his buddies in the State Senate by splashing their ill-gotten gains into political races.... Read More