Savvy Patient Fought for the Price She Was Quoted − And Didn’t Give Up
Another case of patient-gouging that got cleaned up only when the press called.
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To Beat China, US Should Tax Ray Dalio Out of Existence
A recap of the recent China “Bund Summit,” which included discussion of China’s continuing need for foreign capital.
Read more...Covid Spikes in Europe, US Before Winter Is Here
Covid is clearly not going away any time soon. The fact that things are looking bad this early does not bode well for the winter.
Read more...Shipwrecked by Rents
The costs of imperial rent-seeking.
Read more...Limited Liability: Profit Without Responsibility
Over time, limited liability entities have helped facilitate “Heads I win, tails you lose” conduct.
Read more...Trust and Compliance with Public Health Policies in the Time of COVID-19
Quelle surprise! Societies that trust their leaders are more willing to go along with Covid-19 restrictions.
Read more...How To Break the Covid Doom Loop
Are repetitive short lockdowns a viable way to tame Covid-19?
Read more...Latest Election Stunt Proves Uber and Lyft Are Their Own Worst Political Enemies
Quelle surprise! Uber and Lyft are acting in bad faith in their struggles to get out of being classified as employers.
Read more...Milton Friedman Versus Stakeholder Capitalism
Looking at the damage Milton Friedman did by advocating corporate irresponsibility, which more and more orthodox economists have questioned.
Read more...EU Wins WTO Ruling on Boeing Subsidies, Following WTO Ruling for the US on Airbus Subsidies. Tariff War On?
WTO rulings on tit-for-tat aircraft manufacturer disputes look likely to produce dueling tariffs at least in the near term.
Read more...Why the George Floyd Protests Succeeded Where Others Failed
Looking at what the George Floyd and later Black Lives Matter protests over the summer did right.
Read more...What Should Europe Expect from American Trade Policy After the Election?
Biden promises to go back to an old normal. But how realistic is that on the trade front?
Read more...Rana Foroohar and Mark Blyth: How Deep Will the Depression Get?
Rana Roroohar and Mark Blyth discuss the elections, tech, China, and Covid v. recovery with Paul Jay.
Read more...Burning Injustice: Why the California Wildfires Are a Class Crisis
The rich paid for protection from wildfires while the poor burned. A harbinger of the class divide in coming climate disasters?
Read more...Yanis Varoufakis: How Progressives Could Still Win the 21st Century
Could progressives obtain power through a Progressive International movement?
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