‘Woah!’: FTC Applauded for Launching Inquiry Into Surveillance Pricing
The FTC targets surveillance pricing, which is privacy-risking data harvesting used to charge higher prices.
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US Voters Want Change, Biden’s Exit Hasn’t Fixed That
Communities ravaged by neoliberal capitalism want real change. Candidates like Biden make Trump look more able to deliver it.
Read more...Links 7/23/2024
Middle East Heating Up: Increased Hezbollah, Houthi Attacks on Israel after Israel Strike on Yemen Port,
As you were transfixed by the Biden, Harris and Trump show, the Middle East conflict is escalating, with Hezbollah launching new attacks.
Read more...Crying Wolf: Why Negotiating Lower Drug Prices Will Not Harm Pharmaceutical Innovation
More evidence that US drug price curbs are unlikely to be harming pharmaceutical innovation
Read more...Wall Street Journal on Americans Being Less Willing to Have Children
The Journal gives a largely sympathetic account of why fewer are having children, even as it may be going easy on cost pressures.
Read more...Obama Call for Open Nomination After Biden Withdrawal Assures Party Damaging “All Pay Auction” Process
How Obama rejecting Harris by calling for nominee selection assures not just more infighting but also serious donor fund wastage.
Read more...A California Medical Group Treats Only Homeless Patients — And Makes Money Doing It
An initiative in the Southwestern US demonstrates that health care for the homeless can be financially viable.
Read more...Links 7/20/2024
China Has Just Gained First-Mover Advantage In Nuclear Fusion
China has apparently made a big nuclear fusion breakthrough. If true, how long would it take to commercialize it?
Read more...Expert: Why Covid and Future Pandemics Are a Bigger Threat than Nukes
Persistent political and public health failures expose us to pandemics, while vastly underestimating their long-term health effects.
Read more...What Happens With the War in Ukraine if Trump Wins?
Why a Trump win in November may make less difference to the future of the war in Ukraine than many assume.
Read more...Will Burying Biomass Underground Curb Climate Change?
Some climate experts say biomass start-ups will limit global warming, but major questions remain.
Read more...How Big Pharma Preys on Poor Countries – and Patients Pay the Price
New investigation reveals unequal access to life-saving meds across Europe thanks to Big Pharma system that favors the rich
Read more...Biden 2024 Run Back in Play as Democratic Pushback Escalates, Covid Case Offers Face-Saving Out
The Biden political survival watch has resumed.
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