SEC Punts on Unfinished Dodd-Frank Agenda, Thus Avoiding Congressional Review Act
The biannual statement of the SEC regulatory agenda quietly deep sixes some long-pending measures, saving them from CRA challenge.
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Food, the UK and Brexit: An Even Messier Reprise of Corn Laws Politics?
Surprisingly, or maybe not so, food is emerging as a flash point in Brexit politics.
Read more...How Electronic Health Records Degrade Care and Endanger Patients
A deep dive by a practicing surgeon into how electronic health care records are bad for patients and doctors but good for administrators.
Read more...Wells Fargo at It Again, Stuck Over 800,000 Customers With Unnecessary Car Insurance
Scheming Wells Fargo just can’t stop itself.
Read more...Wolf Richter: Markets, Regulators Ignore Ticking Time Bomb of Shadow Margin Loans
Shadow margin loans are a sign of speculative excess and complacency about risk.
Read more...Cobalt Production as the Hidden Choke Point on Mass Conversion to Electric Vehicles
Going from the internal combustion engine to electric vehicles is likely to hit a cobalt road block.
Read more...Healthcare Hypocrisy: How Politicians Hide Behind the 1986 EMTALA Law to Avoid Healthcare Reform
Is the emergency room mandate, EMTALA, responsible for lawmakers failing to devise reasonable legislation to fund health care?
Read more...House Votes to Overturn CFPB Mandatory Arbitration Ban
House takes first step to kill mandatory arbitration ban; Senate and Trump will follow. Why did the CFPB wait so long to act on this issue?
Read more...How a Banking Union Has Created Deep Divisions that Undermine the Eurozone’s Stability
How the new European banking reforms have weakened stability and hurt some countries, particularly Italy, while helping German banks.
Read more...US to Bar its Citizens from Travel to North Korea: What Comes Next?
Today North Korea, tomorrow– who knows? US ban on travel by its citizens to North Korea revives a problematic Cold War practice.
Read more...Barriers to Entry: On Bar Exams and Supreme Court Seats
California to lower passing score for its state bar to increase; Judge Posner suggests Supreme Court seats should be open to non-lawyers.
Read more...Rising from the Ashes, a Buffalo Suburb Ends its Dependence on Coal
Environmental, labour, and community efforts meshed in working-class Tonawanda to create plan for future after its coal-fired plant closed.
Read more...Gerald Epstein: If Yellen is Out, What’s Next for the Fed?
Fed Chair Janet Yellen dodged a recent question about whether she’d accept a second term–although it’s unlikely Trump will re-appoint her.
Read more...Government’s Brexit Repeal Bill ‘Power Grab’ Threatens UK Environment Regulations
Brexit will require massive, rushed conforming changes to UK environmental law. Transparency will suffer, with dodgy backroom deals likely.
Read more...One-Month Anniversary of the Grenfell Tower Fire: Status Update
The current state of play at Grenfell Tower, with a question yet to be answered.
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