When Is a Co-Op Not a Co-Op? When Vested Interests in California Want to Keep Platform Workers From Having Power
California Assembly Bill 1319 is a convoluted scheme to create so-called co-ops designed to keep gig workers disempowered.
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Real American Men and the Liberal War on Meat
Kill me now. Meat has become a new front in the culture wars.
Read more...What if Large Businesses Are Really Macroeconomic Entities?
Mega businesses are a huuge problem. But what to do?
Read more...Amid a Pandemic, a Health Care Algorithm Shows Promise and Peril
A private health data service/vendor has developed a triage algo in a rapid and non-transparent manner. Why aren’t more doctors concerned?
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Federal Judge Nixes Proposed Monsanto Glysophate Settlement, Deepening Black Hole for Bayer
More on the well-deserved Monsanto litigation world of hurt.
Read more...Larry Summers Doubles Down On His Inflation Prediction
Unfortunately, Larry Summers still gets attention, most recently for inflation hawkery. Fortunately, it’s not hard to see through him.
Read more...Musical Interlude (“On the Path of Decent Groove”): Outback
Road music from the Australian group Outback. You are in for a surprise!
Read more...How Enforcement of the USMCA Will End a Corporate Race to the Bottom
USMCA, which promised to help American workers by improving labor bargaining rights, is being put to its first road test. Will it perform?
Read more...Support for Gig Worker Union Bill in New York Collapsing After Scrutiny
A tech industry Trojan horse masquerading as a pro-union measure has been caught out.
Read more...A Neoliberalism Meets Covid Vignette: Barriers to Getting a Vaccine, Publix Edition
We had to jump through way too many hoops to get a Covid vaccine at Publix. Is this normal for pharmacies?
Read more...Why Biden Is Not a Transformational President
Biden is not living up to his PR. The implications are significant, given the need for significant change.
Read more...Michael Hudson: Why Biden Won’t Cancel Student Debt
Michael Hudson gives a hard look at the typical excuses for not cancelling student debt and finds them wanting.
Read more...West’s Selective Support for Press Freedom: Only in Countries We Don’t Like
Belarus is a bad actor in forcing a passenger jet to land so it could seize a prominent dissident/journalist. But who wrote this playbook?
Read more...Despite Federal Moratorium, Eviction Rates Returning to Pre-Pandemic Levels
The eviction process is restarting, even when it is premature under the law. What will the collateral damage be?
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