How Did Trump Win? Follow the Dark Money
A major new study says an infusion of “dark money,” plus declining unionization rates, were factors that helped deliver the Trump upset.
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Trump’s China Policies Are Working a Treat
Trump’s trash talk re China looks have led China to have allowed the yuan to rise. Will that be enough to improve its US trade balance?
Read more...Links 2/1/18
Patient Dumping: A “New” Cost Savings Strategy for Hospitals
Some hospitals have put indigent patients out on the street, clad only in hospital gowns, something that was previously unthinkable.
Read more...UK Consternation Over EU Not Accommodating City of London in Brexit…Just As It Said It Would Not Do
The UK financial services is being told “no” yet again….will the message finally sink in?
Read more...The International Economic Consequences of Mr. Trump
The Trump Administration sees no value in international economic institutions or cooperation, abandoning the role of steward of the system.
Read more...Highly Experienced Physicians Leaving Medicine Due to Electronic Medical Records
More on the destructive impact of electronic medical records.
Read more...Links 1/31/18
Gaius Publius: 2017 Breaks Climate Records Despite No “El Niño Boost”
Yet more sobering news on the climate change front.
Read more...NC in Minn Meetup: Readers Report on the Fun and Conversations
A reader-ogranized meetup in Minneapolis was a big success. Thanks to reader Katy!
Read more...Dutch Police Plan to Take Clothes and Watches from People They Deem to be Dressed Too Well
The Dutch police, claiming to be targeting gangs, has a nasty new asset seizure strategy that sound like it is based on racial profiling.
Read more...Links 1/30/18
UK Political Pressures Rise….Because EU Does Exactly What It Has Been Saying It Would Do on Brexit
When you think the UK has made as much of a mess of Brexit as it possibly can, it manages to do even more.
Read more...Ilargi: Shithouses
How Trump’s widely deplored shithouses comment was an unintended, uncomfortable truth about US policy.
Read more...Why Is The Shale Industry Still Not Profitable?
A careful parsing of shale industry performance data indicates that the industry’s claims of productivity gains are overstated.
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