Drug price data in Califorinia shows mind-boggling increases in wholesale prices since 2019. Of course, the industry claims that that information is misleading.
Read more...A brief reminder of the IMF record of failure and harm.
Read more...PG&E’s bankruptcy woes, possibilities for a more resilient grid, and “androgenic, systemic, multiplex, seriously bad sh*t” (The Jackpot).
Read more...A proposal to fix income-based repayment schemes for student loan debt unwittingly illustrates the deficiencies of “preserve the status quo” approaches.
Read more...California prototypically lead the US. It’s PG&E infrastructure failure and lack of good remedies to escalating wildfire risks are the latest example.
Read more...Another distubing example of MBA infestation at hospitals.
Read more...How the Bidens’ Ukraine scandal has been a big gift to Trump, but the biggest was Eric Holder’s refusal to prosecute bank executives.
Read more...IPS Fellow Karen Dolan, who works with the Poor People’s Campaign, discusses her new study on poverty in the US.
Read more...Greenpeace publishes report on woeful state of plastic pollution “solutions”.
Read more...CalPERS’ allies defeated pro-accountability board challenger JJ Jelincic via dirty, illegal tactics and massive dark money spending.
Read more...Why Trump’s “expansion” of Medicare Advantage is an insurer boondoggle at the expense of taxpayers and patients.
Read more...It seems likely that Johnson will resign rather than be in office October 31 and risk being held responsible by the Brexit Party for an extension. But when would he pull that trigger?
Read more...The Democrats are going about impeachment in a particularly stupid way.
Read more...A new, “brutally researched” book on whistleblowers describes their importance and the price they often pay.
Read more...ive years later, Richard Smiths’s 2014 deep dive into Ukraine’s Burisma Holdings, then and now of Hunter Biden fame, provides detail you won’t find anywhere else.
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