Lucilla Piccari

Very interesting article on #Blackstone investment firm (not to be confused with Blackrock, which I always did before!) and its reckless policies, how #Denmark fought them and about the bigger picture of what happens when finance rules over a #BasicNeed like #housing.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/sep/29/blackstone-rebellion-how-one-country-worlds-biggest-commercial-landlord-denmark

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The Blackstone rebellion: how one country took on the world’s biggest commercial landlord

The long read: The giant asset management firm used to target places where people worked and shopped. Then it started buying up people’s homes. In one country, the backlash was ferocious

The Guardian
Nov 26, 2022 at 12:33pmWeb
Show threadLucilla PiccariNov 26, 2022

I actually listened to this as podcast while I was in my saturday morning cooking spree 😅

A very cool feature of @TheGuardian long reads, if you don't have the time or space to read them

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