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A nursing home case study in profiteering.
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‘Is This About the Oil Industry?’ House Oversight Hearing Explores Big Oil’s Role in Weakening Clean Car Standards
Oil industry lobbies to weaken emissions standards, deploying “public interest groups” that are mere mouthpieces for fossil fuel companies.
Read more...The Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic: Part 4 of 4: The Empire as Hegemonic “Banana Republic” Ruled by Caudillos
The finale in a short history of the Roman Republic.
Read more...The Oil Mystery Undermining An Aramco IPO
Why might investors be skittish about Aramco’s oil reserve claims?
Read more...Joe Biden’s Acceptance of Super PAC Shows Campaign’s Desperation
Biden’s acceptance of super PACS shows how desperate his campaign is – and also reveals who pays the piper, calls the tune.
Read more...Global Protests Round-Up, Proposed Causes: Global Slump, Income Inequality, Social Media (and More)
Today’s global protests are an enormous story, bigger than Occupy. Here are some of the frames that journalists are using to cover them.
Read more...The Boss on Board: Mafia Infiltrations, Firm Performance, and Local Economic Growth
Italian firms infiltrated by the Mafia are disproportionately in the utilities and financial services sectors and that infiltration has a strong negative effect on local long-term employment growth.
Read more...Elizabeth Warren’s Plan-itis: Excessive Lobbying Case Study
A hard look at a Warren plan reveals a lot not to like.
Read more...Global Protests Round-Up: Authoritarian Adaptation, Data Gathering, and the Role of Class
A review of the literature on global protests (as in Chile, France, Hong Kong, Iraq, Lebanon, and Spain/Catalonia).
Read more...California Blackout: Turning the Lights Off
So first came the blackout….
Read more...Chile in Flames: The Neoliberal Model in Crisis Throughout the Region
An overview of the protests in Chile.
Read more...Democrats Seek $70 Million Corporate Cash to Fund 2020 Convention
The Democratic convention is shaping up as a classic example of corruptoin.
Read more...Sacramento Bee Insinuates That CalPERS and Its Vendor Diligent Boards Have Grossly Deficient Security in Forthcoming Hit Piece Against Board Member Margaret Brown
CalPERS’ latest effort in its vendetta against pro-transarency board member Margaret Brown is a misfire, with Sacramento Bee reporter Wes Venteicher’s reputation as potential collateral damage.
Read more...The Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic: Part 1 of 4: Structure and Background
Drawing lessons from three books on the Roman Republic.
Read more...Drug Watchdog Finds $5.1 Billion in Price Gouging on 9 Drugs
Another indictment of drug pricing.
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