West Coast on an Acidification Trip; Fishing Industry in Peril
Ocean acidification produced by global warming is bleaching coral reefs and threatening ocean life, yet gets little media coverage.
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Links 6/10/17
What’s the Cost of Keeping Corrupt Pharma-Stooge Senators Like Patty Murray in Office?
Why Democratic voters need to turf out Senators who put the profits of drug companies above their constituents’ needs.
Read more...Trump’s America Last
Why Trump’s rejection of the Paris Accord is a prescription for American non-competitiveness.
Read more...CalPERS Internal News Site Ignores Unfavorable Stories, Steals Copyrighted Material
One of the reasons we’ve had insight into what CalPERS is thinking is that it has an internal news site that it curiously has not password protected, as you’d expect, particularly given how it operates.1 Historically, we found it useful not only because it gave us insight into what the Office of Public Affairs (PAOF) […]
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Globalization and Executive Compensation
One way globalization has increased inequality: via executive pay.
Read more...No, Record Jobs Openings in JOLTS Do Not Mean That Everything Is Teh Awesome!
A look at the latest not-as-rosy-as-it-seems jobs data release.
Read more...Exit Polls Show Voters Rejecting May’s Mean-Spirited Message, Tories to Lose Majority (Updated)
UK election polls show Theresa May’s election gamble blew up on her.
Read more...Could Direct Primary Care Be a Key Part in Solving America’s Health Care Crisis?
By cutting out the insurance middleman and ending pay for procedure, direct primary care saves costs and produces happier doctors and patients
Read more...EU Competition Commissioner Vestager Targets Unaccountable Facebook Algos as Threat at Launch of New “Pro-Democracy” Movement
Facebook is finally getting some long overdue, serious pushback.
Read more...JP Morgan Slashes Its 2018 Oil Price Forecast By $11
After some optimism about oil prices, an unexpectedly high EIA inventory report plus “no end in sight” in shale v. OPEC has analysts rattled.
Read more...Final UK Election Polls: YouGov Still the Outlier, Predicts Tories Get Only 302 Seats
Conventional wisdoms still pegs the Tories as comfortable winners in today’s election, with the election map working against Labour.
Read more...For ‘Easy Brexit’: May’s ‘No Deal’ Campaign Rhetoric Is Nonsense
If May holds on to her Prime Minister job, her irresponsible Brexit campaign talk may come back to haunt her.
Read more...Trump Using Failed Australian “Asset Recycling” to Justify Mass Privatizations
Why would Trump adopt a foreign model for infrastructure that even conservatives deemed a failure? Apparently for the looting.
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