Marshall Auerback: In Antitrust, Size Isn’t Everything
Simply breaking up monopolies via century-old economic remedies recommended by antitrust doctrine is insufficient if it is not accompanied by a rebalancing of economic power.
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Brexit “Singapore on the Thames” Fantasies
A jaundiced look at “Singapore on the Thames,” yet another barmy Brexit idea.
Read more...Los Angeles Teachers Make the Case That Charter Schools Are an Existential Threat to Public Education
Charter schools undermine public schools, and that’s a feature, not a bug.
Read more...Are Federal Workers Being Forced Into Involuntary Servitude?
A useful, if disheartening, discussion of the limited legal grounds workers have for successfully pursuing “coercion” cases.
Read more...Fears of US-Backed ‘Coup’ in Motion as Trump Recognizes Venezuela Opposition Lawmaker as ‘Interim President’
Venezuela becomes the latest target for regime change fun and profit.
Read more...CalPERS’ Story About Sudden “Resignation” of Star Hire Elisabeth Bourqui Falls Apart as Bourqui Comes to Board Meeting With Heavyweight Employment Lawyer
Pass the popcorn. It looks like CalPERS CEO Marcie Frost tangled with the wrong person in the form of Elisabeth Bourqui.
Read more...Medicare For All — The Democratic Party Audition for 2020
The debate over Medicare for All is forcing Team Dem to show its true colors.
Read more...Kamala Harris, Opportunist to the Core: Launches Prez Bid on MLK Day, Since She Has to Remind People She’s Black After Criminalizing Truancy, Keeping CA Prison Rolls Up to Provide Cheap Labor; Sends Tone-Deaf, Narcissistic Campaign E-mail
Kamala Harris seems to assume that voters are easy marks.
Read more...Trump’s Space Force: Nuclear Lunacy
Why Trump’s effort to revive Reagan’s “Star Wars” vaporware increases the risk of nuclear war.
Read more...Brexit: Blame It on the Banking Crisis
The parts of the UK hit hard by post-crisis austerity had a strong tendency to vote for Brexit.
Read more...Brexit: Chasing Their Tails
More Brexit dithering, but at higher velocities.
Read more...GoFundMe CEO: ‘Gigantic Gaps’ In Health System Showing Up In Crowdfunding
GoFundMe campaigns as proof of America’s health care crisis.
Read more...The Shutdown Will Harm the Health and Safety of Americans, Even After It’s Long Over
Another set of shutdown costs.
Read more...Longtime Reporter Leaves NBC, Accuses Media of “Lionizing Destructive Organizations” Like the FBI
The FBI is openly setting out to make and break political leaders, undermining what we have left of a functioning democracy.
Read more...CalPERS Fiasco 2: Confidential Member Data at Risk by Letting Company With No Contract Have Access; CalPERS Apparently Still Has No Deal With Any Vendors for Upcoming Elections
How CalPERS gave access to its sensitive member database to a company it barely knew, Votem Corp., with no contractual protection whatsoever. That’s like giving the keys to your house to someone you just met.
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