Gaius Publius: Union-Busting by Planned Parenthood in Colorado
Planned Parenthood shows its true colors, which is loyalty to the top 10%.
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Net Neutrality Supporters Face Off Against The FCC
Net neutrality is dead. Long live net neutrality.
Read more...Missing in Action: The Poor in America
How much of the reality of being poor remains hidden, often by design.
Read more...Italy Holds A Mirror to a Broken Europe
The election of a right-wing, populist government in Italy exposes the economic and democratic shortcomings of the European project and its nationalist rivals.
Read more...Leaked Memo by Larry Sonsini Shows Sonsini and CalPERS Violating Fiduciary Duty With Proposed Private Equity Outsourcing Scheme
A leaked memo written for CalPERS by Silicon Valley attorney Larry Sonsisi not only reflects poorly on him and CalPERS, but also validates concerns about corruption.
Read more...Links 6/16/18
How Purdue Pharma Hooked America on a Deadly Drug
Purdue Pharma’s slogan for OxyContin was: “The One to Start With and the One to Stay With.” As reader Brian C added, “Stay with alright….’Till death do us part.'”
Read more...Gaius Publius: Is Anti-War Fever Building in the U.S.?
Will the American public make politicians address the cost, immorality, and futility of our war machine?
Read more...Cryptocurrencies Are Lousy Investments
A skeptical look at the prospects for cryptocurrencies.
Read more...Links 6/15/18
Merkel’s Government Wobbles Over Immigrant Row as Italy Threatens Canada Trade Deal
Merkel had a bad day and things don’t seem likely to improve any time soon.
Read more...Why Are There So Many Unsheltered Homeless People in California?
Try guessing why San Francisco has encampments of homeless people….
Read more...Some Bankruptcy Judges Finding Ways to Give Desperate Student Borrowers Relief
Some bankruptcy judges recognize that the typical application of the “undue hardship” for discharging student debt is too stringent and are finding wriggle room.
Read more...Wolf Richter: Riskiest Junk Bonds Completely Blow Off the Fed, Face “Sudden” Reckoning
Normally risky credits like junk bonds are the first to react when the Fed starts tightening. But we are not in normal times.
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