Globalization, Specialization, and the Division of Labour
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Links 8/9/2021
Hubert Horan: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Twenty-Six: With No Hope of Real Profits, Uber and Lyft Double Down on Fake Profit Metrics
Uber continues to hemorrhage cash and rack up impressive negative operating margins, yet the press eats up its accounting misdirection.
Read more...Call to Ban Pesticides in UK Gardens to Protect Insects, Bees, Other Wildlife, and Human Health
UK biology professor Dave Goulson launches petition to ban spraying of chemical pesticides in public spaces and home gardens.
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The Disturbing Rise of the Corporate Mercenaries
Now that Congress is showing interest in taking back its control of war powers, it could look at stealh warmaking via mercenaries too.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 8/6/2021
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Read more...The Tokyo Games Prove That the Olympics Are Less Relevant Than Ever
The Olympics keep getting smaller as they move further from their original ideal and become ever more commercial.
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When is a Majority a Minority? When It’s the GOP
The GOP is masterfully manipulating America’s antiquated 18th century political system to maintain its minority rule.
Read more...‘Unimaginably Catastrophic’: Researchers Fear Gulf Stream System Could Collapse
The Gulf Stream is already slowing, and its breakdown would be an umitigated climate disaster. Yet as always, complacency reigns.
Read more...Biotechnology Greed Is Prolonging the Pandemic. It’s Inexcusable.
Government is failing when it stands pat in the face of “your money or your life” level corporate greed, now on display in this pandemic.
Read more...Cuomo on the Brink: How to Impeach a Governor
As you are making your popcorn, we’re providing a playbill to help you navigate the probable impeachment of Andrew Cuomo.
Read more...Does the Tuskegee Experiment Really Explain Black Vaccination Rates?
A data analysis disproves the liberal myth that the Tuskegee experiment is why black vaccination rates lag, as opposed to (gah!) class.
Read more...China’s Industrial Slowdown Could Kill The Commodity Rally
Many commentators have fixated on levitating US securities markets, ignoring softening growth in Asia that is now hitting commodity prices
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