Category Archives: Guest Post

Links 4/13/2023

Wall Street, Venture Capital Drive High Drug Prices

How the government enables drug company grifting via giving them the store while funding reserch.

2:00PM Water Cooler 4/12/2023

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James K. Galbraith: The Gift of Sanctions – An Analysis of Assessments of the Russian Economy, 2022 – 2023

Galbraith debunks conventional wisdom on sanctions against Russia.

Trouble in Multifamily CRE: Two Big Messes, and Investors Are on the Hook, Not Banks

Data about who holds CRE loans is incomplete, but more is owned by investors than the media generally acknowledges.

2:00PM Water Cooler 4/11/2023

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Austria’s Third Largest Lender, Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI), Is Trapped In Russia, Its Most Lucrative Market

Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI) is one of the few large European banks that continues to conduct business more-or-less-as-usual in Russia. But as the profits from its Russian operations surge, the associated risks and costs are also rising.

For Uninsured People With Cancer, Securing Care Can Be Like Spinning a Roulette Wheel

Contending with cancer is horrific enough. Fighting to get care is scary, demoraizing, and can be fatal.

Saudi- U.S. Relations Sour Further On Huge OPEC+ Surprise Cut

Yes, sports fans, the Administration blew it with Saudis. Dealings may have been set to sour, but Team Biden accelerated the process.

Why Did Covid Daily Case Counts and Covid Wastewater Readings Diverge in March 2022?

CDC turns out to be superb at scientific communication….

Links 4/10/2023

Corporate Greed Is a Root Cause of Rail Disasters Around the World

Greece’s worst rail disaster ever is the result of the same corporate cost-cutting and deregulation that led to East Palestine and Lac-Mégantic disasters.