The Impact of Brexit on the Irish Energy System – Pragmatism vs. Principles
Irish energy provision illustrates some of the downside of Brexit for the Irish Republic and Northern Ireland.
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More Brexit Delusion: May’s “Exit Tab” Surprise, Davis’ City Scheme v. More Customs Alarms, Tech Brexodus
Yet more sobering Brexit sightings.
Read more...SEC Continues to Tout Performance of Underwhelming Whistleblower Program
The SEC tends to overstate the performance of its whistleblower program; meanwhile, Congress passes laughable whistleblower legislation.
Read more...“The Medical Cost Reduction Act of 2017”
A set of proposed laws targets some of the worst forms of medical price gouging.
Read more...Trump Gets Chance to Reshape CFPB
Trump will soon name a replacement for CFPB director Richard Cordray; rule-making and enforcement priorities will become more bank-friendly.
Read more...Yet Another Brexit Train Wreck – UK to Fall Outside EU Auto Approvals Regime – and It Doesn’t Even Register With Officials
Parliamentary testimony on the auto industry lifts another Brexit rock, revealing new creepy crawlies.
Read more...PG&E and the Causes of the Wine Country Fires
Maps that could have prevented the Wine Country fires are not complete because PG&E and other utilities stalled them.
Read more...The Super Wealthy Oxycontin Family Supports School Privatization With Tactics Similar to Those That Fueled the Opioid Epidemic
How the marketing model the Sackler family developed to promote OxyContin is being applied to one of their pet causes, charter schools.
Read more...Why Does the Euro Area Have Such Low Growth and High Unemployment?
Why has the Euro area not delivered on its economic promise?
Read more...More Signs Brexit Negotiations Coming Apart
More less than encouraging news on the Brexit front.
Read more...LA School Board Ready to Rumble Over Charter Schools
The LA school board is finally cracking down on charter schools’ intransigence.
Read more...How to Fight the Global Wall Street Landlords
Local activists are having some success in fighting Big Finance landlords who have become big, ruthless players in rental housing.
Read more...What the Paradise Papers Tell Us About Global Business and Political Elites
Some observations about the Paradise Papers and the big business of tax avoidance.
Read more...New Potential Credit Risk Bombs: Exotic, ‘Nonlinear’ and Private Transactions
Beware of old CDO risk re-imaged as “nonlinear finance”.
Read more...Fragmented Health System Paves Way for CVS-Aetna Merger
UserFriendly recommended this Real News Network report, in which Bill Black gives a high-level view of how structural issues contribute to America’s inflated health care costs. AARON MATÉ: It’s The Real News. I’m Aaron Maté. In what is being called the biggest merger in the history of the health insurance industry, CVS is reportedly making […]
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