Raising Tariffs on China Without Grabbing Headlines
How Europe raised tariffs on more Chinese imports than Trump has threatened to.
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Links 4/17/18
Los Angeles Times Confirms Our Reporting on CalPERS CFO Charles Asubonten’s Resume Misrepresentations; CalPERS Admits to Fabrications and Gets Defensive
The Los Angeles Times verifies and amplifies our reporting on the misrepresentations and inaccuracies in the resume that recently-hired CFO Charles Asubonten presented to CalPERS.
Read more...Gaius Publius: Fracking Has Brought the World to the Brink of Disaster
Fracking is one reason why our bad climate change picture is getting even worse.
Read more...CalPERS’ Priya Mathur Opens, Reads, Even Answers Mail of Board Member Margaret Brown, Denies Her Access to Transcripts of Past Meetings.
Yet more lawless behavior at CalPERS.
Read more...Why Americans’ Hatred of Taxes Is Fake News
Newspapers consistently underplay wide public support for higher taxes on businesses and the wealthy.
Read more...Links 4/14/18
Barbara Ehrenreich Versus Preventive Care, American Style
Why preventive medicine is not all it is cracked up to be.
Read more...World May Hit 2 Degrees of Warming in 10-15 Years Thanks to Fracking, Says Cornell Scientist
A sobering take on the impact of fracking on climate change.
Read more...Meltdowns, Waste, and War: Here Are the Real Risks of Nuclear
A recap of why not to like nuclear power.
Read more...Links 4/13/18
The True, Accurate, and Only Answer to “How *Exactly* Will We Pay for Medicare for All?”
Taking on the biggest, bogus excuse for not adopting Medicare for All.
Read more...Gaius Publius: War with Syria — What Is It Good For? We May Soon Find Out
An awful lot of well-placed people want war with Syria….even after Russia has drawn a red line.
Read more...The American Healthcare System Shows Why We Can’t Trust Free Market Spin Doctors
More and more pundits are willing to acknowledge the failure of the US healthcare system and recommend single payer as a solution.
Read more...CalPERS CFO Charles Asubonten’s Form 700 Violation and His Unduly Mysterious Private Equity Firm
More on the sketchy history of CalPERS’ new CEO, Charles Asubonten.
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