More on the GameStop Short Squeeze: GME Myths Busted
Explaining why some of the nefarious theories about the evil GME short sellers are all wet.
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Investors Not Reassured by Apollo Trying to ‘Splain Leon Black’s $188 Million in Payments to Serial Child Rapist Jeffrey Epstein
Apollo is not having much success with its claim that a $188 million paid by Leon Black to Jeffrey Epstein in fees and loans was bona fide.
Read more...Covid Road to Hell Paved with Good Intentions
Rich countries are subverting a program to assure that poor nations can afford Covid vaccines. Is a WTO mechanism a way out?
Read more...Long-Haul Covid Cases Cast New Light on Chronic Fatigue Sufferers
Getting a better understanding of long Covid, including its worrisome frequency.
Read more...Links 2/2/2021
Some Implications of the GameStop Short Squeeze
The seeming success of the GameStop short-slayers could in the long run come at high cost to some of them and most of us.
Read more...How Financial Markets Shape Social Values and Political Views
Whocoulddanode? Investing in financial assets produces a more conservative outlook.
Read more...Elizabeth Warren’s Not-Ready-for-Prime-Time Robinhood/GameStop Intervention
Elizabeth Warren is back in swinging hard, but she’s not yet connecting with the balls.
Read more...The Blindness of Using Venture Capital to Fight Human Trafficking
Venture capital relies on market-based solutions to maximize short-term gains. That is no way to address worker exploitation.
Read more...Links 1/30/2021
New Report From Rep. Katie Porter Reveals How Big Pharma Pursues ‘Killer Profits’ at the Expense of Americans’ Health
Rep. Katie Porter kicks some Big Pharma ass and takes names.
Read more...How New Solar Power Projects Support the Homeless
Solar power plays a key role in a project that gave permanent housing to the homeless in New Mexico.
Read more...Deaths of Despair and the Incidence of Excess Mortality in 2020
An effort to decompose deaths of despair under Covid.
Read more...Links 1/29/2021
The Fatuous Uproar About Robinhood and GameStop
The Robinhood contretemps shows how the US confuses a financial casino for productive activity.
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