$100 Oil Is Bad For The Economy (And For OPEC+)
$100 a barrel oil does not bode well for the economy in the US and even more so around the world. What might the political fallout be?
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The State of Antitrust and the FTC’s Case Against Amazon
The FTC suit against Amazon argues the online giant coerced its online merchants. How does that map against antitrust law?
Read more...US Home Insurers Are Leaving Climate Risk Areas. We Need Affordable Housing Now
When the US housing crisis meets the looming insurance crisis, only government intervention will avert catastrophe.
Read more...Too Late to Not Nominate Biden
Biden’s refusal to step down assures chaotic outcomes. It is hard to see how he can win and hard to see how Trump would be permitted to win.
Read more...FCC Chair Confirms Plan to Reinstate Net Neutrality Rules Eviscerated Under Trump
The much-delayed appointment of a new FCC chair sets up the agency to roll back an anti-internet-freedom rule change under Trump.
Read more...Original Sin: How the Weak Legal Foundations of NATO Make Negotiations With Russia Virtually Impossible
As if there weren’t already a boatload of impediments to a settlement of the Ukraine war, NATO’s inability to enter into treaties is a biggie
Read more...US Surveillance Firm’s Charm Offensive to UK Councils and Police Forces
US surveillance firm Fusus wants to bring supposed state of the art ‘real-time crime centres’ to the UK – with one being trialled this month
Read more...Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo: A Conservative Assault on the Administrative State
Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo is an even bigger case than United States v. Google, Inc.
Read more...Quelle Surprise! Bank Too Big to Fail Problem Not Solved as Lobbyists Scheme to Make It Worse
Bank lobbyists want to weaken bank regulations even after rich stakeholders in recent “not-to-big-to-fail “bank failures were rescued.
Read more...Forward-Looking Labor Supply Responses to Changes in Pension Wealth
Workers adjust their immediate labour supply in response to the income effects caused by changes to future pensions.
Read more...Poland Hinted That Germany Is To Blame For Its Dispute With Ukraine
More discussion of the Poland-Ukraine dustup, which has major implications for the war.
Read more...The Coming Ukraine Collapse and the “Rebuilding” Headfake
The hyping of Ukraine rebuilding is at least as delusional as the earlier war talk.
Read more...Poland & Ukraine Have Plunged Into A Full-Blown Political Crisis With No End In Sight
Ukraine and its one-time enthusiastic backer Poland are in an escalating row, due at least in part to the need to play domestic politics.
Read more...When Authorities Believe Their Citizens Will Become Dangerous…
Ordinary citizens are not worried enough about the prospect that the police/surveillance state will be used against them.
Read more...How the Fed Created the Post-2008 Global Safety Net for Banks
The “liquidity” support provided by the Fed to megabanks through cross-border lending in fact acted as subsidies.
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