San Francisco Votes Against Affordable Housing, For AirBnB
San Francisco shows its libertarian side in key votes yesterday.
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Fifty Shades of Tax Dodging: How EU Helps Support Unjust Global Tax Systems
Tax is a major way to create incentives. Thus the debate about whether corporations should pay more taxes is not naive as the plutocrats would have you believe.
Read more...Links 11/4/15
Martin Wolf on the Low Labor Participation as the Result of the Crapification of Jobs
Why are more and more prime age people refusing to take jobs on offer?
Read more...Why Has Carbon Capture And Storage Not Taken Off Yet?
How the economics of carbon capture are impeding widespread adoption.
Read more...Gaius Publius: A DOJ Lawsuit Against Exxon, a “Slam Dunk” to Win, Would Threaten Investors and Possibly Executives
Why the Department of Justice will have a lot of ‘splaining to do if it does not file a case against Exxon.
Read more...Mussolini-Style Corporatism, aka Fascism, on the Rise in the US
While the new neoliberal economic order is not a replay of fascism,, there is a remarkable amount of inhibition in calling out the similarities where they exist.
Read more...Links 11/3/15
“Stunning” Rise in Death Rate, Pain Levels for Middle-Aged, Less Educated Whites
An HIV-level silent epidemic has hit less-educated, middle aged whites, with death rates rising, contrary to patterns in the rest of the world and in other US populations.
Read more...John Helmer: As Merkel and the EU Look Wobbly and Obama’s Syrian Misadventure Misfires, Will Putin Be the Last Man Standing?
How has Putin managed to survive, and even arguably prosper from, a US/EU assault on his leadership?
Read more...Who Benefits From Sovereign Debt Crises?
Even though the struggle over Greece’s bailout has receded from the news, with many countries carrying large debt burdens, the need to restructure sovereign debts is not going away. This Real News Network segment gives an overview of the state of play.
Read more...Foreign Banks Such as Deutsche Using Variant of Lehman “Repo 105” Balance-Sheet Tarting Up Strategy
Foreign Banks Such as Deutsche Using Variant of Lehman “Repo 105” Balance-Sheet Tarting Up Strategy
Read more...Don Quijones: US Threatens UK over Brexit Vote
The spectacle of the US attempting to influence UK domestic politics through having the US Trade Representative Michael Froman issue a threat is pathetic, overreaching, and unconvincing.
Read more...Links 10/31/15
Why Friendship Isn’t What It Used to Be
Why are adult friendships in retreat?
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