Looting, American Style: CEOs Get Big Pre-Bankruptcy Bonuses Even When Lenders and Employees Stiffed
Failed CEOs succeed in looting their companies on the verge of bankruptcy filings.
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Saudi Arabia Refuses To Learn From Its Two Failed Oil Price Wars
The oil situation has developed not necessarily to Saudi Arabia’s advantage, but MbS appears not to have gotten the memo.
Read more...Cloth Masks Do Protect the Wearer – Breathing in Less Coronavirus Means You Get Less Sick
More evidence in support of masks.
Read more...As Courts Re-Open, Britain’s Renters Must Confront the Power of Landlords
Renters and landlords need to come to terms in the Covid-19 new normal. But it’s not shaping up to be pretty.
Read more...Mortgage Delinquencies Jump by Most Ever. 60-Day Delinquencies Hit Highest Level Ever. Record 16% of FHA Mortgages Delinquent. What a Mess
A spike in mortgage delinquencies says more bad results are coming, particularly with no new stimulus in sight.
Read more...Grim Future of Cities: State’s Growing Budget Hole Threatens New York City Jobs, Services
The New York City budget hole is getting bigger. How much of a harbinger is this for other US cities?
Read more...What Will the Real American Resistance Look Like — Chaotic Rebellion or Organized General Strikes?
As lower and middle income Americans slide into dire straits thanks to Covid-19, political pressure is building. But are Americans capable of rebellion?
Read more...Preparing for the COVID-19 Third Wave: The Case for Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy: a promising Covid-19 treatment that is being ignored.
Read more...Universal Testing: An Overlooked Covid-19 Policy Response
Why universal testing + isolation is the best way to tame Covid-19 at the lowest economic/societal cost.
Read more...The A Levels Results Crisis and the Covid Education Train Wreck
Covid-19 is increasing inequality in educational outcomes, and that problem isn’t going away any time soon.
Read more...‘Morality Pills’ May Be the US’s Best Shot at Ending the Coronavirus Pandemic, According to One Ethicist
An ethicist seriously suggests forced medication to increase cooperation with pandemic mask-wearing.
Read more...The Pandemic Has Revealed America’s Zip Code Map of Inequality
The impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on lower-income communities was decades in the making.
Read more...House Democrats Introduce Urgent Bill to End ‘Deliberate Sabotage’ of Postal Service by Postmaster General
Democrats wake up awfully late in the game to the importance of protecting the Post Office from looting, um, privatizing. Are they too late?
Read more...Wolf Richter: No, Americans Aren’t Suddenly Flying Again, Despite What the Media Said Today to Boost Stocks of Airlines and Boeing
Americans are eschewing flying in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to carnage in the airlines sector.
Read more...Covid-19 Shortages Continue and Could Get Worse
Covid-19 still stalks the land and winter is coming.
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