Category Archives: Politics

‘Keep Pushing’: Momentum Grows Behind Effort to Ban Stock Trading

Will Congress move to ban its members from trading shares of stock while they’re in office?

Michael Hudson: America’s Real Adversaries Are Its European and Other Allies

America has gone off the deep end re Ukraine. It’s pressuring allies to engage in economic self-harm, which is not a relationship-builder

Blinken’s Booby Traps – How The US Propaganda Paper Released In Madrid Proposes to Go to War With Russia While Claiming to Do The Opposite

The US seems to think it is too clever by half in dealing with Russia. But some parties close to the action, like Europeans, aren’t so keen.

Right to Repair: Massachusetts Auto Measure Stalls

Automakers have mounted a legal challenge to Massachusetts auto telematics right to repair statute. Will the Biden administration and the FTC seek to apply data rules and tools to vehicle telematics data?

The Great Amazon Land Grab – How Brazil’s Government Is Turning Public Land Private, Clearing the Way for Deforestation

At the U.N. climate summit in 2021, 141 countries – including Brazil – signed a pledge to end deforestation by 2030. Yet land grabs continue to place the Amazon ecosystem at risk.

Senators Have Re-Introduced the Highly Unpopular EARN IT Bill That Would Scan All Online Messages

The EARN IT Act would authorize a massive new private surveillance system, rolling back important privacy and security features

Building a State One Step at a Time: Evidence from France

Some theories about government-making from France….but do they hold up?

Ending Drug Price Gouging: A Regulatory Framework for Pricing of Medicine Innovation

regulators can step in to ensure drug pricing both supports patient access and drug development.

Could the U.S. Defend Ukraine?

It’s no secret that the US can’t help Ukraine on the ground, charitably assuing Russia intends to Do Something. So what is the point?

Nuclear Power Is Clean, Safe and Cheap. We Need It to Stop Global Heating

Climate activist: The arguments made against nuclear power today are the same as I was making a decade ago, and I was wrong.

Inflation Paranoia Threatens Recovery

Inflation hawks are winning. A ‘beggar thyself’ race to raise interest rates has begun. But this response slows economic growth.

The UK’s Post-Brexit Review of ‘Retained EU Law’ Risks Undermining Democracy

Brexit requires the Government to disentangle domestic law from EU law. The preferred plan is to hand more power to unaccountable ministers