Category Archives: Guest Post

Links 10/24/2022

What U.S. Africa Command Doesn’t Want You to Know

The US is trying to pretend it’s playing a kinder, gentler military game in Africa. If so, why the need for extreme secrecy?

Links 10/23/2022

Debunking Net Zero, Carbon Offsets, Nature-Based Solutions, Climate Smart Agriculture, Bioeconomy…

Researcher Devlin Kuyek identifies greenwashing terms that confuse people and block real solutions to climate change.

It No Longer Makes Sense for the Bank of England to be Independent

The Bank of England engaged in a mini-coup. But no one seemed to mind because Truss. Will it be reined in?

2:00PM Water Cooler 10/21/2022

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Links 10/21/2022

Italian Utility Giant Enel Needs a €16 Billion Lifeline, As Its Derivatives Hedges Backfire

Enel is one of 70 energy companies in Italy that could end up needing a state-guaranteed credit line, as derivative hedges blow out. Which is likely to place even further pressure on the finances of Europe’s most indebted large economy.

In Just 44 Days, Liz Truss Has Made the UK Immeasurably Worse

Truss’ legacy will be one of a tanking pound, soaring inflation, and a seemingly inevitably recession.

U.S. Companies Now Charge Ex-Employees for Their Training

Training clawbacks as yet another wage theft scam.

Campaigners to Biden: ‘Tell Congress to Pass a Big Oil Windfall Profits Tax’

“Price gouging from Big Oil is unacceptable and that’s exactly why we need a Big Oil Windfall Profits Tax.”

Links 10/20/2022

How Corporations “Get Away With Murder” to Inflate Prices on Rent, Food, and Electricity

Antitrust expert Hal Singer shows how big businesses in certain industries are jacking up prices far beyond their cost increases.