Category Archives: Banana republic

Wall Street Journal Provides New Evidence of Facebook Politically-Driven Intervention in Content

Some Facebook internal chats reveal its censorship, um, moderation to be a hot mess.

New York City Retirees Refusing to Eat the Medicare Advantage Dogfood

Savvy New York City retirees have worked out that Medicare Advantage sucks.

The Agribusiness Alliance for a Green Revolution Failed Africa

Big Ag’s push to sell chemicals and other inputs to developing countries has worked out great for them and badly for Africa.

Spike in Energy Prices Suggests That Sharp Changes Are Ahead

Gail Tverberg expands her focus beyond energy to provide an analysis of what is going terribly wrong in the world economy

New Report Highlights Corporate Funding of Police Foundations, Which Encourage Police Militarization and Thwart Reform

Corporations funnel significant funds to anti-reform police foundations, while publicly supporting PR campaigns for police reform.

Insurance Focused on Virtual Visits? The Pros and Cons of a New Twist in Health Plans

The pandemic has made patients more comfortable with telemedicine for doctor visits. Insurers are betting that some patients will now embrace new types of health coverage that encourages video visits — or outright insists on them.

Bad Biden Foreign Policy

Biden is as bad as Trump on foreign policy. The press has been absent save ampllifying the arms merchants’ hissy over the Afghanistan exit

Wolf Richter: The Amazing Explosion of New Businesses Continues as Americans Strike Out on their Own

Including Wolf’s 2 cents about the high “failure rates” of new businesses, being a small-business owner himself.

‘Waive the Patents’: Moderna Still Refuses to Share Covid-19 Vaccine Recipe

Modern refuses to share vaccine recipe and acts as if they have absolutely no responsibility beyond maximizing their return on investment.

Never Mind the Pandora Papers: Why Secrecy Still Rules in the UK

Thanks to poor drafting and a lack of enforcement, anti-secrecy legislation intended to make it clearer who owns UK companies isn’t working

Reallocation Effects of the Minimum Wage

Raising minimum wages is good for workers and (surprise!) company operations! Too bad those whiny managers worry they will skim less.

European Investment Scammers Allegedly Laundered Their Money through Scotland

Investigations by European and Ukrainian prosecutors revealed an alleged investment fraud with funds laundered via UK corporate entities

‘This Is a Battle Between What People Need & What Money Wants.’ How’s That Going to End?

Class warfare, American style, is ever more obvious. But how much are ordinary people taking note?

Why Does Congress Fight Over Childcare But Not F-35s?

Details on why Congress is addicted handing out military pork as opposed to spending money on citizens’ needs.