In Refusing to Prioritize Drivers’ Safety, UPS Risks Major Strike
Transportation and delivery workers have increasingly had it. Now UPS employees are on the verge of forcing their issues.
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The U.S. Power Grid Can’t Support Its Climate Pledges
Will a smart grid alleviate US power woes?
Read more...Fears Over Cost of Living ‘Solutions’ Proposed by Truss-Backed Think Tanks
Liz Truss looks set to shaft ordinary Britons when the UK is already reeling from a cost of living crisis.
Read more...Kentucky Retirement Systems Ordered to Disclose Controversial $1.2 Million Report Used to Justify Inaction in Apparent Pension Looting by Hedge Funds
Kentucky Retirement Systems had a bad day in court, which is a good outcome for Kentucky citizens.
Read more...6 Economic Experts Reveal the Truth About the Inflation Reduction Act
Is the Inflation Reduction Act good for your wallet? A climate bill in disguise? Landmark action or nothingburger?
Read more...The Economic Case for ‘Blue Hydrogen’ Is Getting Worse. Cue the Lobbyists.
DeSmog has mapped the fossil fuel interests lobbying for gas-derived hydrogen and threatening to derail the momentum of green hydrogen.
Read more...‘Pandemic Is Far From Over’: People’s CDC Tells Congress to Fund Covid Response
Yves here. This is the first time I’ve come across the People’s CDC, and I like the cut of their jib. They have a series of demands for Covid action. And while continued “access” to vaccines is on the list, it’s their dead last action item, with N95 masks and ventilation and testing and improved […]
Read more...How France Underdevelops Africa
Most French colonies in Africa became independent in the 60s. But most are in poverty, much worse off than other African economies.
Read more...We Could Massively Reduce the Price of Energy in the UK – By Changing the Way We Regulate Energy Prices
A remedy for the UK/EU energy price shock is changing price rules. But can those fixes be implemented soon enough?
Read more...Saudi Arabia New Output Cuts Threat Is Another Blow To Washington
Saudi Arabia in concert with OPEC+, as in Russia, looks to be sticking to its promise to cut output if oil demand softened.
Read more...Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Steele
An alternative thesis on RussiaGate 2.0.
Read more...Will Europe Go Down to Defeat Before Ukraine?
Europe has succeeded in hurting itself to hurt Russia, to the degree that a full bore economic and financial crisis seems inevitable.
Read more...Socially Blindsided: Social Foundations of Pandemic Protection
This column focuses on two major societal characteristics: solidarity and agency. The authors show that the G7 countries differ dramatically in terms of these characteristics, which affect countries’ ability to cope with the pandemic. Furthermore, these societal characteristics can be influenced through public policies.
Read more...Joe Biden Could Have Gone a Lot Further on Student Loans
A discusson of the shortcomings of the Biden student loans foregiveness scheme.
Read more...The Bank of England Increasing Interest Rates to 4% – As Markets Expect – Could Be Enough To Bring the Whole Economy Down
The Bank of England is in “Burn the village to save it” mode via interest rate increases which do little to address the causes of inflation.
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