Gaius Publius: Why Climate Activists Must Include Supply-Side Restrictions in Their Recommended Policy Mix
Another important, indeed necessary, policy measure in the climate change toolkit.
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CalPERS Violates Law and Board Procedure: Cuts Microphone of Board Member Margaret Brown After Letting Her See Only Redacted Board Transcripts, Lodging Bogus Charges
CalPERS has been doing everything it can to keep new board member Margaret Brown from seeing recent closed session transcripts, including cooking up completely bogus, secret charges against her.
Read more...“Welcome to Hell”: Barcelona Taxi Drivers Prepare for Uber’s Return
Uber faces a rumble from Barcelona’s taxi drivers.
Read more...Is Verizon Violating Its Copper Network Settlement Already?
A series of awfully convenient outages in Manhattan on Verizon’s DSL service raise the question of whether Verizon is gaming its just-inked settlement.
Read more...J.D. Alt: Fiat Money and Three Big Societal Challenges
How fiat money denialism, also know as austerity and deficit scaremongering, is undermining the public’s ability to tackle pressing challenges like climate change.
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Economists Shocked That China Invalidates Their Pet View That Economic Liberalization Producers Political Liberalization
Another economic fantasy, that the trade liberalization promotes the spread of democracy, takes some hard knocks from China.
Read more...NYC’s Fauxgressive Mayor De Blasio Turning into a Charter School Cheerleader
De Blasio again shows that he does not live up to his progressive branding.
Read more...Announcing Tucson Meetup for Friday, April 6
Calling Tucson! Please come to the first NC meetup there on April 6!
Read more...How Well Does Financial Regulation Work?
Sadly, reactive regulations don’t have a great track record.
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Jay Clayton’s SEC Lets Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Get Away With Brazen Fraud
The SEC did Elizabeth Holmes a monster favor with its pathetic settlement over her “massive” Theranos fraud.
Read more...Thousands of Students Protest Gun Violence
A first-hand report on some of the student gun protests in California.
Read more...Senate Expands ‘Lobbyist Bill’ to Deregulate Real Estate
Why the plan to weaken regulation of commercial real estate lending isn’t such a hot idea.
Read more...Bottled Water, Brought to You by Fracking?
A new reason not to like bottled water.
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