Reclaiming the Commons Through State Ownership? Maybe Not
Transnational state capital can be just as harmful as its private counterparts. Local, democratic and sustainable alternatives offer better protection.
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Links 7/30/19
Brexit: Can Anyone Take the Wheel From Johnson?
Johnson is committing the UK to a no deal Brexit. What could stop him?
Read more...Hospitals Squeal Like Stuck Pigs Over Trump Proposal to Force Disclosure of Insurance Company Discounts
A Trump proposal to force some price transparency on hospitals has them hopping mad.
Read more...The “Existential Battle” Is for Control of the Democratic Party
Democratic Party operatives would have voters focus on Trump, as opposed to the batttle within their party over the Sanders-led effort to implement policies that serve Americans broadly, not the top 10% .
Read more...Hit by Epic Construction Downturn, Mexico Faces Reality: New President Tries to Get Folks to Play by the Rules, and Everything Stalls
A sharp fall in construction has helped push Mexico to the verge of recession. The construction industry blames AMLO’s anti-corruption push.
Read more...‘People are Dying’: Bernie Sanders Heads to Canada With an Insulin Caravan
Sanders puts the hot lights on the disgrace of insulin prices in the US.
Read more...Links 7/27/19
New Study Predicts Millions of Americans May Become Exposed to “Off the Charts” Heat
Climate scientist Michael Mann discusses the increasing frequency and severity of heat waves, as we’ve seen in India, the US, and now Europe.
Read more...How the Government Can Steal Your Stuff: 6 Questions About Civil Asset Forfeiture Answered
Sad but necessary, a primer on civil asset forfeiture.
Read more...South China Sea Time Bomb Threatens To Go Off
China upsets its neighbors.
Read more...Brexit: Boris Johnson’s Impossibility Theorem
No one is blinking in the Brexit staredown.
Read more...Trump Promised Massive Infrastructure Projects—Instead We’ve Gotten Nothing
Even budget hawks ought to embrace infrastructure spending, since those projects typically produce $3 of tax revenues for every $1 spent when there’s a backlog, as we clearly have in the US. So what is Trump’s excuse?
Read more...Links 7/25/19
CalPERS General Counsel Matt Jacobs Violated “Zero Tolerance” Policy via Manhandling CEO Marcie Frost; Will CalPERS Sanction Jacobs or Change the Policy?
CalPERS General Counsel Matt Jacob pawed CEO Marcie Frost. Not a good look.
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