Category Archives: Regulations and regulators

Psilocybin Mushrooms Are Going Mainstream, but Scientific Research and Regulation Lag Behind

Less is known about psilocybin mushrooms than you might think even as their popularity and potency of products like edibles rises.

Can I Opt Out of Having My Doctor Take Notes With AI?

What if anything you can do to prevent recording and AI transcriptions/summaries of doctor visits.

The Fed, Congress, and the President: The Constitutional Authority to Make Money

The struggle over the Fed is a constitutional conflict: in a representative system, the power over money belongs to the legislature

As Rocket Launches Increase, They May Be Polluting the Skies

Research suggests that rocket exhaust and debris could be threatening the ozone layer, though uncertainties persist.

How Polling Failures, Gambling Legalization and Political Gridlock Paved the Way for the Explosive Rise of Prediction Markets

In the opinion of this humble blogger, prediction markets epitomize what is wrong with modern society. l

Satyajit Das: The Modern ‘Share the Scraps’ Economy

A clinical look at the extractive behavior that all that share, erm, sharing economy talk obscures.

Easing Capital, Reviving Risk: The Quiet Return of Too Big to Fail

Less capital, more risk. The latest move on big-bank rules suggests that too big to fail was never solved, only deferred.

Manure-to-Energy Project Touted as Climate Fix Emits Thousands of Tons of Methane

Manure digesters for cattle are yet another rentier-enriching climate con.

Tall Buildings Lead to More Compact and Productive Cities

On the benefits of urban density and the role of tall buildings in achieving that result.

Why Chase Taylor Swift? Stop the Corporate Looting That Makes Billionaires

A case for tackling the corporate machinery driving extreme wealth, and the reforms that could truly curb it.

Is That New Procedure Proven? MedTech Billing Codes and Evidence-Based Medicine

How Category III CPT codes for new procedures became entangled in a politically driven, zero-sum reimbursement game, to patient detriment.

The Hidden Math Behind Rising Electricity Prices

How high construction and financing costs are likely to lead to even bigger electricity price increases than anticipated now.

From Fed Failures to Inflation and Stablecoins: America’s Trust Is Cracking

Bill Bergman and Larry Feltes argue that falling trust in government and financial institutions puts the U.S. economy in peril

Senate Democrats to Introduce Bill to Limit Private Equity and Big Investor Ownership of Single Family Homes Despite Nearly Zero Impact on Affordabilty

On of Trump affordability ideas, of limits on big investor ownership of single family homes, is moving forward even though it won’t do much.