High Stakes, Entrenched Interests And The Trump Rollback Of Environmental Regulations
Trump’s “progress” in gutting environmental protections.
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Confidence or Dead CEO Walking? CalPERS Staff Pressured to Wear Badges of Support
Yet another embarrassment at CalPERS.
Read more...Trump and the Midterms: Is It Not The Economy, Stupid?
What role did the state of the economy likely play in the midterm results?
Read more...Boeing, Crapification, and the Lion Air Crash
Boeing looks culpable for the Lion Air crash that killed 189 people.
Read more...CalPERS Self-Dealing: Board and Staff Grift at CalPERS Expense Via Grossly Underpriced Liability Waiver; Fiduciary Self-Insurance Policy “Invalid on Its Face” Due to Lack of Reserves
CalPERS board members and staff have violated state conflict of interest rules to a degree that appears to be criminal.
Read more...The Super Rich Get Even Richer
The continuing rise in wealth of the super rich bodes ill for financial and social stability.
Read more...Trump Ouster of Sessions Gives New Life to Mueller Controversy
In typical Trump fashion, Trump managed to get himself in more trouble while trying to poke a stick in the eye of his opponents.
Read more...Former Health Insurance Executive Debunks Trump Attacks on Single Payer
Even with health care polling as the top issue with voters, Trump is one of the loudest, but far from the only, politician out to demonize single payer.
Read more...CSU Council Calls for Investigation of CalPERS CEO Marcie Frost’s Hiring
More proof that the scandal involving CalPERS CEO Marcie Frost’s resume misrepresentations are not going away any time soon.
Read more...Why Plans to Turn America’s Rust Belt into a New Plastics Belt Are Bad News for the Climate
This important post discusses the link between climate change and increased plastics production via the creation of a Plastics Belt in the former Rust Belt, using natural gas derived from fracking.
Read more...Publishing and Promotion in Economics: The Tyranny of the Top Five
One of the reasons little has changed in economics despite the financial criss showing it to be deeply flawed is the power of the “top five” journals, which show both inbreeding and clientelism.
Read more...Gaius Publius: Pathology, Khashoggi, Capitalism & Climate Change
Does capitalism breed pathology?
Read more...Mark Ames: ShamiWitness: When Bellingcat and Neocons Collaborated With The Most Influential ISIS Propagandist On Twitter
But I want to talk about the western “experts” in Washington and London who cozied up to @ShamiWitness — especially since all of them are still around, many of them bigger and more influential in our political discourse than ever.
Read more...Civilized Societies Don’t Call It Censorship, but Copyright
Why the European Copyright Directive would have a disastrous impact on the Internet, and what can be done to stop it.
Read more...Right to Repair Redux: The Economist Gets with the Program, While Alas, Apple Continues to Lag
Latest updates on the right to repair, discussing crucial skirmishes in the ongoing war on waste. The Economist recognizes the important issue, and US DHS supports Apple’s spurious, anti-repair claims.
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