Columbia Journalism Review Publishes Detailed Expose on Gates Foundation Buys Influence With Journalists
Why you should not trust the Gates Foundation.
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Summer Rerun: Journey into a Libertarian Future: Part III – Regulation
Another dive, in both senses of the word, into the implications of libertarian ideology.
Read more...Robot Generals: Will They Make Better Decisions Than Humans – Or Worse?
The odd idea of replacing generals with AI is getting a hearing.
Read more...World Bank’s ‘Mobilizing Finance for Development’ Not Financing Development
The World Bank is trying to rebrand a failed public private partnership scheme as “blended finance”. Developing countries, beware.
Read more...Links 8/25/2020
The Wealth of Corporations: Why Firms Have Zero Net Worth, and Why It Matters
A theory of net worth and what that means for measurements of wealth.
Read more...Foreign Direct Investment and Supply Chains in a Risky World
More forecasts on the future of supply chains.
Read more...Former Board Member Jelincic: CalPERS Claims It Is Protecting Confidential, as in Criminal, Informants in Hiding Details About Lending
CalPERS made damaging statements to justify withholding information about private loans. That suggestswhat it was hiding is even worse.
Read more...New York City Faces Another “Drop Dead”: How Many Other Cities Will Wind Up in Distress?
We are at best only at the end of the beginning of big cities’ Covid-19 pain. What comes next?
Read more...Covid-19: Carmageddon Beckons Unless Work from Home Continues
Another way Covid-19 is wreacking havoc on major cities.
Read more...Links 8/22/2020
Something Remarkable Just Happened This August: How the Pandemic Has Sped Up the Passage to Postcapitalism
Yanis Varioufakis discusses the emerging shape of postcapitalism.
Read more...Earl Katz: Regenerative Agriculture and Massive Planting of Trees is Our Only Hope
Earl Katz, an early climate change warrior, looks at the dwindling number of options humans have for alleviating global warming.
Read more...How the Agricultural Lobby Is Sabotaging Europe’s Green Deal
The European Commission’s ambitous Green Deal plans are already stumbling over bureaucratic infighting and ag industry opposition.
Read more...Looting, American Style: CEOs Get Big Pre-Bankruptcy Bonuses Even When Lenders and Employees Stiffed
Failed CEOs succeed in looting their companies on the verge of bankruptcy filings.
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