Health Care Price Transparency: Fool’s Gold, or Real Money in Your Pocket?
A former insider explains why more transparnecy won’t solve bad health care pricing practices.
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Book Review: John Patrick Leary’s “Keywords: The New Language of Capitalism”
One more book to read!
Read more...Lawrence Wilkerson: Trump Is Deepening the ‘Economic War’ Against Iran
Lawernce Wilkerson offers another dose of his pithy commentary on US policy versus Iran.
Read more...Why Public Schools’ Best Days Could Be Ahead of Us
Some urban public schools, like the ones in St. Louis, are about to regain substantial local control after budget crises made them wards of the state (government). Will these cities be able to take advantage of this opportunity?
Read more...Place-Based Economic Conditions and the Geography of the Opioid Overdose Crisis
There is not one opioid crisis in America—there are many. And supply-focused measures won’t stop them.
Read more...America’s Suicide Epidemic
While the press increasingly covers America’s suicide crisis, Trump has pointedly ignored it even though it afflicts a large chunk of his base. Maybe that ‘s because he’d have to abandon policies that have made matters worse for undereducated rural whites.
Read more...Boeing Sells 0 Planes on First Day of Paris Air Show v. 123 for Airbus, Yet Boeing Still Pushing for More Weakening of FAA Standards Via Greater Use of Computer Testing
Boeing seems determined to make its bad situation worse.
Read more...Still No Minimum Wage Bill – Not Because Of Trump Or McTurtle – Because Of Pelosi And Hoyer And Their Blue Dogs
Minimum wage increases….another nice thing the Democrats don’t really stand for.
Read more...Why Is CalPERS Still So Afraid of Elisabeth Bourqui?
CalPERS is acting awfully guilty.
Read more...Adani is Cleared to Start Digging its Coal Mine – Six Key Questions Answered
Queensland gives Indian mining giant Adani go-ahead for massive coal mine, ignoring environmental and climate change concerns.
Read more...US Poised to Approve Shipping LNG by Rail for Export With No New Safety Rules
Trump administration soon to allow massive trains to transport LNG in unit trains 100 cars long and for the express purpose of moving LNG to export facilities – with scant regard for safety consequences.
Read more...Leaked Messages Confirm: Imprisonment of Brazil’s Lula da Silva was Politically Motivated
Real News Network interview with Mike Fox discussing ramifications of documents released by the Intercept, revealing political motivations behind former Brazilian president Lula da Silva’s prosecution and conviction.
Read more...Why Boeing May Never Recover From Its 737 Debacle
The company hasn’t just lost its business compass—gone is its moral one as well.
Read more...Revealed: Americans Care More About Social Needs Than Deficits
A recent poll from the Democracy Collaborative and YouGov reveals that most Americans are ready to spend more for social needs, even if it raises the deficit.
Read more...Charter Schools Are a Major Dividing Line for the 2020 Democratic Candidates—Education Fights in Pennsylvania Point the Way
Charter schools are finally becoming a battleground.
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