How the Peak Oil Story Could Be “Close,” But Not Quite Right
An in-depth look at the “peak oil” thesis and how well its predictions are playing out.
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Chinese Growth: A Balancing Act
What is driving the slow-down in Chinese growth and what are the implications for Chinese policymakers and the global economy?
Read more...Private Equity Expert Dr. Ashby Monk Repudiates CalPERS CEO Marcie Frost’s Private Equity Scheme During and Immediately After Presentation at CalPERS
CalPERS can’t even get friendly private equity experts to back Marcie Frost’s hare-brained scheme.
Read more...Vital Economic Data Was Likely Lost During the Shutdown – Here’s Why It Matters to All Americans
Another shutdown cost….
Read more...Experts Declare Physician Burnout ‘a Public Health Crisis’ – and Health IT a Significant Pathogen
Electronic health care records continue to be a drag on doctor productivity and the quality of treatment.
Read more...What Truck Drivers Say about “Driver Shortage” & Pay Increases
Debunking another “worker shortage” story.
Read more...Why the Green New Deal Is the Stuff of Fantasyland
Why the Green New Deal can’t deliver on its promises.
Read more...$15 Minimum Wage: Job Killer or Path Out of Poverty?
This Real News Network segment sets forth the most common arguments against increasing the minimum wage to $15 an hour, or alternatively, a living wage level, and shows why they don’t hold up to scrutiny. A decent minimum wage is even more important when the supposedly robust US economy is increasingly creating McJobs. JAISAL NOOR: […]
Read more...China Won’t Be Taking Over
Why China is fragile and starting to look wobbly.
Read more...Richard Murphy: Davos Wants a Better Measure of Failure
Some Davos musings show that our elites aren’t what they are cracked up to be.
Read more...Piketty’s World Inequality Review: A Critical Analysis
Thomas Piketty and his colleagues have insisted that tax records are better for measuring inequality than income surveys. They’re wrong.
Read more...Christmas Hucksterism: The Last Mile of the Supply Chain is Safer Than You Think
A romp through surveys on “package thieves,” as publicized by a recent viral piece of Youtubery.
Read more...Michael Hudson: The Vocabulary of Economic Deception
Michael Hudson gives a wide-ranging interview, discussing the importance of euphemism in obscuring power relationships and exploitation.
Read more...The UK’s Reform of Limited Partnership Law: Dead on Arrival (II)
Commentary on the inadequacy of the UK’s proposed Limited Partnership Reforms
Read more...The UK’s Reform of Limited Partnership Law: Dead on Arrival (I)
Scottish Limited Partnerships and International Crime: NO evidence??
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