Assange Arrest and Extradition Round-Up
The indictment (for Manning, not DNC email), the theory of the case (not “hacking,” please), the assault on journalism, horrid takes, and details of the arrest.
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Where Are All the Bugs Going and What Can I Do About It?
Insects are the waste management contractors of ecosystems.
Read more...Warren’s Antitrust Proposal: Should We Break Up Big Tech, or Just Regulate It Better?
While it is gratifying to see Senator and presidential contender Elizabeth Warren focusing on antitrust and the abuse of monopoly power, her $25 billlion fix looks too simplistic.
Read more...A Veblen Moment: Thorstein Veblen’s Lessons from the First Gilded Age Even More Relevant Today
Veblen was early and accurate about the behaviors and dangers of the super rich. Tthe advanced world is re-living his warnings.
Read more...Italy: How to Ruin a Country in Three Decades
How Italy became an economic mess.
Read more...Links 4/11/19
Are You Biased Against Nuclear Power? Yup, Say Scientists
Nuclear power has a worse reputation than it deserves.
Read more...Gail Tverberg: The True Feasibility of Moving Away from Fossil Fuels
Why our societies will remain dependent on fossil fuels much longer than we’d like.
Read more...UK-Based Multinational Department Store Debenhams Collapses After 200 Years of Trading. Thank Private Equity
Debenhams follows the sad and well trodden path of retailers bought by private equity firms.
Read more...MMT, Models, Multidisciplinarity
Pavlina Tcherneva does the heavy lifting of debunking an off-the-mark attack on MMT by Noah Smith.
Read more...World Bank Financialization Strategy Serves Big Finance
The World Bank continues its proud tradition of making the world safe for rentiers, um, financiers.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 4/9/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Boeing v. Airbus tariffs, Biden, Buttigieg, O’Rourke, Sanders, Trump, factory orders, small business optimism, employment, fracking, Walmart, Elon Musk v. the SEC, robocalls, Boeing 737, particulate pollution, soil, “The Wonderful Company,” Arnade, erisology, heart surgery
Read more...Ukrainian Prosecutors: Why Doesn’t the U.S. Dept. of Justice Want Our Evidence on Democrats?
Ukrainian dirt on the Bidens is languishing! Why is that?
Read more...We Need to Stop the Overdiagnosis Disease. Step 1: Remove Vested Interests
Time to stop treating people as targets for disease treatments.
Read more...Sacramento Teacher Strike Is a Warning to #RedForEd Movement Everywhere
Sacramento teachers are threatening to strike after the district plans to renege on an agreement it signed in December 2017.
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