Category Archives: Regulations and regulators

Carillion Must Now Also Face Justice for Blacklisting Trade Unionists

More on Carillion’s bad deeds.

Intel: No Financial Meltdown

Some economists are Not Happy to see Intel getting away virtually scot free from its Meltdown and Spectre security train wrecks.

China Fails to Woo U.S. With Financial Sector Opening

Why is the US cool about concessions from China that the US has long sought?

Trump’s Offshore Oil Drilling Plans Ignore the Lessons of BP Deepwater Horizon Spill

Offshore drilling is dangerous to workers, wildlife, and the public. The Trump Administration is happy to keep it that way to boost profits.

Amar Bhide: The Case for Traditional Banking

Amar Bhide gives a clearly-written, compelling argument against a supposed banking “innovation,” securitization.

Fracking Boom Further Spurs Plastics Crisis

The usual suspects behind climate change are fuelling the plastics crisis and investing to create more waste rather than clean up the mess.

Thomas Frank: Obama Chose Wall Street Over Main Street

The Democratic Party must acknowledge that the 2008 crash created conditions for much more progressive policies – but Obama did not step up.

Matt Stoller: “Monopoly is a Form of Lawlessness”

A high-level talk of the ebb and flow of monopoly power over the past century and what to do about them now.

The Inner Workings of the Board: Evidence from Emerging Markets

What makes a board effective?

Financial Stability Regulations: A (Non) Progress Report

A survey of major financial reform initiatives finds they have been insufficient. That’s not an accident.

Net Neutrality: The Coming Battles in the Congress and the Courts

Net Neutrality and the Congressional Review Act, Blackburn’s bill, suits from state AGs Schneiderman and Ferguson, and the Internet Association