Are the Californian Wildfires Really “Natural” Disasters?
California wildfires and real estate interests
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Energy Destinies – Part 3: Energy Storage – Inconvenient Complications
Satyajit Das continues his in-depth analysis on whether the green energy revolution can deliver on its promises, focusing today on batteries.
Read more...“Will the Doctor See You?” More on the Crapification of US Medical Care
Medical care is being systematicaly degraded in the US. And we have AI coming to cut more humans out.
Read more...Most EU Hydrogen Projects Risk Prolonging Use of Fossil Fuels
Supposed green hydrogen projects are more often than not are Trojan horses for fossil fuel use.
Read more...A New Third World Debt Crisis? The Need for System Change
Emerging economies look to be on the verge of a whole lotta debt hurt. Why does this happen to them so often?
Read more...Why Interest Rate Rises Are Fueling Inflation
Is central bank inflatin medicine even worse than it seems?
Read more...ER Doctor: “Private Equity in Medicine is Dangerous to Patients”
Dr. Ming Lin, fired by a private equity company for objecting to poor Covid practices, argues that doctors need to be in charge of patient care
Read more...Higher Minimum Wages and Mixed Effects on Health
A challenge to arguments about the health benefits of increasing minimum wages. Readers?
Read more...Energy Destinies – Part 2: Renewable Energy – Character Shortcomings
Satyajit Das provides another deep dive into the realities of the so-called energy transition.
Read more...A Majority Of Americans Are Against Banning Gas Stoves
Even Americans who don’t have gas stoves oppose a ban.
Read more...Drugmakers Are Abandoning Cheap Generics, and Now US Cancer Patients Can’t Get Meds
The US is is abandoning treatable patients, first by not providing reasonably priced insulin, now by ignoring cancer drug shortages.
Read more...Abortion Down By Less Than 3 Percent
Why some less-bad-than-expected abortion news is not as good as it seems.
Read more...Mammoth RICO Lawsuit Targets Credit Suisse, Many of its Directors and Execs, and KPMG for Over a Decade of Fraudulent, Reckless Conduct
Credit Suisse, or more accurately, buyer UBS, some execs/board members, and KPMG are targets in a monster RICO suit.
Read more...Bill Black and Michael Hudson on Corruption in Finance
A deep dive into why big money players have become critical to big corruption.
Read more...Why Student Debt Is So High
The student loan program is a government-enabled transfer of wealth. How surprising is that?
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