Category Archives: Regulations and regulators

How CalPERS’ Fiduciary Counsels Sabotage Good Board Governance and Quash Dissent

How CalPERS went from being a leader in good governance to being a train wreck, and now fixates on stymieing itsl one effective board member.

North Dakota Governor: DAPL Likely to Get Easement Once Trump Is President

Trump is likely to give DAPL, the Dakota Access Pipeline, an easement despite Army Corps of Engineers’ objections.

How To Balance Sovereignty and Integration in a Voluntary EU

Why is the EU project in trouble and what might be done to fix it?

Debate Over Health Care Yet Again Omits Elephants In the Room: Excessive Costs Due to Terrible Incentives and Pricing, Administrative Costs, Pharma Looting

Health care in America is broken and the press and pundits seem desperate to paper over how bad it is.

The Destructive Power of Preemption: How Congress Can Use It to Bar State Action on Climate

How federal preemption of environmental rules can stymie the plans of California and other states to ignore Trump’s policies.

More Brexit Delusion: City Issues Wish List That the EU Already Rejected

When you’d thought the British had reached the limits of outlandishness on the Brexit front, they manage to outdo themselves.

House Passes Koch Brothers-Backed REINS Act that Weakens Gov’t Regulatory Agencies

How the stealthy REINS Act would hamstring all Federal regulators.

How Do Americans Get Rich? (And Stay Rich?)

A deep dive into the sources of rich Americans’ wealth.

Will Trump Take the Poisoned Chalice of Firing CFPB Director Richard Cordray?

Why firing Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Director Richard Cordray would probably turn out to be a win for Democrats.

Trump Selects Jay Clayton, S & C Partner, to Head SEC

Trump’s choice to head the SEC, prominent corporate lawyer Jay Clayton, is much more of a mainstream pick than many of his other appointments so far.

Don Quijones: Power & Profit Fuel War on Cash in Europe

Be warned: European officials have already starting taking tough moves in the war on cash.

Republicans Likely to Pass “Audit the Fed”

“Audit the Fed” is likely to become law. It’s about time.

How Taxpayers Subsidize AirBnB’s Cheap Prices

How you lose when AirBnB wins.

Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Six: Latest Data Confirms Bleak P&L Performance While Stephen Levitt Makes Indefensible Consumer Welfare Claims

More on Uber’s questionable prospects and the dubious defenses offered by boosters, in this case, “Freakonomics” professor Stephen Levitt.

Chanos: Is a Big Change Underway in Global Capitalism?

Storied short seller Jim Chanos takes a long view of recent political and economic changes, including, of course, the Trump win.