Category Archives: Regulations and regulators

Scientism as a Non-Solution to a Problem that Should Not Exist vs. Science as a Solution to a Problem that Must Be Fixed

KLG continues his investigation of scientism by looking at two canard-infested areas: plastic recycling and industial food production.

GE, Bayer, Blamed for Child’s Cancer in a Community Awash in PCB Pollution

Is PCB-induded health damage about to become a major litigation front?

How to Fix Monetary Policy in Advanced Countries

The monetary policy of major central banks in advanced economies have had negative consequences and thus need to be fixed.

Wolf Richter: Full Commercialization of Robotaxis Arrives in San Francisco

After sinking billions of dollars into robotaxis, these companies are under pressure to show significant revenues.

FDA Tries to Pretend It Didn’t Oppose Ivermectin Use for Covid

The FDA attempts to distance itself from its earlier hostility to Ivermectin as a Covid remedy, but too many people have good memories.

Rise in Air Pollution Fuels Antibiotic Resistance, Study Suggests

Yet another reason to take air quality seriously.

U.S. And China Locked in an Underwater Cable Tug-of-War

A cable impasse in the South Pacific, due in large part to failings in both US and Chinese legal and enforcement regimes.

Angus Deaton on How Neoliberal Ideology Produced Abject US Falling Life Expectancy for Less Educated

Angus Deaton returns to his deaths of despair theme, with updated data and a pointed critique of the role of Chicago School libertarians.

The NIH Ices a Research Project on “Health Communication”. Is It Self-Censorship?

What sure looks like an NIH study to improve the medical establishment’s propaganda skills had died a well-deserved death.

Energy Destinies – Part 8: Pathways

Satyajit Das concludes his series on the future of energy by looking at curbing demand, aka radical conseration.

Government Health Financing for All, Not Insurance

Why health insurance schemes, both private insurance and society-wide programs, are more costly than and inferor to government funding.

Be Aware: Someone Could Steal Your Medical Records and Bill You for Their Care

On medical fraud: what you can do to prevent it and respond when it happens.

Energy Destinies – Part 7: Endgames – The Strait Jacket

A look at population growth and energy consumption shows that there is no way the world will change behavior enough to stop worst outcomes