Fracking Fracas: BLM to Open California Public Lands
The US Bureau of Land Management yesterday took first steps to opening 1.6 million acres public lands in California to fracking, ending a five-year moratorium on such practices.
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Bill Black: Pre-Crisis “4506-T Studies” Showed Massive Fraud in Liar’s Loans; Fed Ignored Warning, DoJ Refused to Target Implicated Banksters
Yet another proof that the authorities were given evidence of widespread mortgage fraud before the crisis and chose to do nothing about it.
Read more...Court Rules that Portland Oil Terminal Ban Does Not Violate the Commerce Clause
The court ruled that the city’s ban on new fossil fuel terminals within its borders did not violate the Commerce Clause, which is the main argument the oil industry has used against bans like the ones in Portland, Oregon and other cities.
Read more...3 Blokes In The Pub…Talk No Deal Brexit
Nitty gritty details of what happens with a crash-out Brexit, made accessible and even entertaining.
Read more...Inequality and Ordinary Living Standards in Rich Countries
How the evolution of the rise in inequality in the US has dominated and distorted economists’ and pundits’ commentary; data show that some pet generalizations don’t hold up.
Read more...The Michael Hudson Report: The “Next” Financial Crisis and Public Banking as the Response
Michael Hudson explains how we’re still in the crisis that started in 2007-2008.
Read more...New York Evicts Internet Provider For High-Speed Failure
A rare case of a US regulator getting tough with an Internet miscreant, in this case, Spectrum.
Read more...Missed Visits, Uncontrolled Pain And Fraud: Report Says Hospices Lacks Oversight
Hospices, which were intended to offer a dignified and humane alternative to costly and often painful and distressing end of life “interventions,” sadly often offer substandard care.
Read more...Surprise, Surprise: Energy Department LNG Export Study Draft Ignores Climate Change
The Department of Energy (DOE) missed the mark in its newly published draft Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) study, ignoring economic costs associated with climate change and the growth of the renewable energy industry.
Read more...Taxcast: A Firewall to Protect EU Citizens from the Big Four Accountancy Firms and the Tax Avoidance Lobby
In the Tax Justice Network’s July 2018 Taxcast, Vickie Cann and John Christensen examine a proposal for a firewall to protect EU citizens from the Big Four accountancy firms and the tax avoidance lobby, as well as look at a new report from the Corporate Europe Observatory.
Read more...10 Down-to-Earth Things Powell Said about Cryptocurrencies
The Fed is perfectly content to have cryptocurrencies be the SEC’s problem.
Read more...Brexit Crash Out Virtually Certain
Brexit uglies are only getting uglier.
Read more...Argentina 20 Years On: Has the IMF Really Changed Its Ways?
The IMF is back in Argentina. The fund pretends that it’s moved away from borrower-punitive programs, but the evidence says otherwise.
Read more...(Mis)Adventures in Portland and a Visit to Occupy ICE
My visit last week to Portland was more exciting, in the good and bad sense, than I expected it to be.
Read more...The Missing Profits of Nations
Profit shifting is a key driver of the decline in global average statutory corporate tax rate, which has fallen by more than half
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