Category Archives: Guest Post

The Data Privacy Paradox and Digital Demand

Data privacy worrywarts appear to be the most promiscuous. What gives?

2:00PM Water Cooler 6/29/2021

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Myths, Lobbies Foster Competitive International Corporate Tax Cutting

Bad ideology, kept alive by lobbying and PR, has fueled an unproductive corporte tax race to the bottom. Is the tide finally turning?

Links 6/29/2021

Tourism Begins to Recover in Europe, But Is It Just a Dead Cat Bounce?

Warning signs are already flashing that Europe’s reopening to the outside world may be short lived.

Biden Classifies Opposition to ‘Capitalism and Corporate Globalization’ As Extremism

The definition of what extremism amounts to becomes more, erm, inclusive as our elites feel more threatened. What are the possible end games?

2:00PM Water Cooler 6/28/2021

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NZ to Ban Some Single Use Plastics, Following a Familiar Distressing Pattern

NZ to ban some single-use plastics, in three stages, beginning from next year and through July 2025.

Links 6/28/2021

Ralph Nader: Leaves Must be Canceled. All Hands on the Congressional Deck.

Ralph Nader pens an open letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer.

Andrew Bacevich: America on the Downhill Slope

Musing on how America wound up where it is.

J & J Agrees to Pay New York $230 Million to Settle Opioids Lawsuit; Global Settlement Soon?

New York State and J & J Agree on an opioids settlement, which should increase pressure for a global, multi-state settlement with the opioids industry.

Links 6/27/2021

Yellowstone is Losing its Snow as the Climate Warms, and That Means Widespread Problems for Water and Wildlife

A new assessment of climate change in Yellowstone and Grand Teton and surrounding forests and ranchland warns of the potential for significant changes as the region continues to heat up.

Links 6/26/2021