Category Archives: Regulations and regulators

CrowdStrike Lessons: Liability Shields Fuel Risky Practices, Expert Warns

A discussion of the regulatory and behavioral issues that helped produce the Crowdstrike 404.

U.S. is Facing a Major Energy Crunch Due to AI’s Insatiable Demand

A proposed Department of Energy initiative show the US is unserious about either curbing AI energy demand or managing the impact on the grid

AI Financial Crises

Yes, Virginia, AI, like older forms of automated trading, has a nasty propensity to cause crises.

Net-Zero Ambitions Hit Major Roadblocks in Europe, UK, and US

The projected failure to meet insufficiently ambitious climate change goals like net zero should come as no surprise.

The Global Semiconductor Talent Crunch: How Protectionism Backfired

Oopsie! US semiconductor protectionism looks to have reduced the size of the pool of needed workers and experts.

Pitchbook Report Attempting to Defend Private Equity Role in Healthcare Suffers from Fundamental, Fatal Analytical Flaw

A recent report from Pitchbook commits data crimes in attempting to depict private equity management of healthcare companies as benign.

‘Woah!’: FTC Applauded for Launching Inquiry Into Surveillance Pricing

The FTC targets surveillance pricing, which is privacy-risking data harvesting used to charge higher prices.

Crying Wolf: Why Negotiating Lower Drug Prices Will Not Harm Pharmaceutical Innovation

More evidence that US drug price curbs are unlikely to be harming pharmaceutical innovation

Expert: Why Covid and Future Pandemics Are a Bigger Threat than Nukes

Persistent political and public health failures expose us to pandemics, while vastly underestimating their long-term health effects.

How Big Pharma Preys on Poor Countries – and Patients Pay the Price

New investigation reveals unequal access to life-saving meds across Europe thanks to Big Pharma system that favors the rich

Wealthy Enclaves Belatedly Rebelling Against Supersized Houses

Many of the wealthy have taken to recoiling against hypertrophied houses, although they don’t ‘splain why very well.

Exporting Extinction: The Global Political Economy of Biodiversity Loss

A new report, Exporting Extinction, delves into the economic and political drivers of species-destroying resource exploitation.

IT Staffing Agency Smoothstack Traps Tech Workers in “Modern Day Indentured Servitude”, Federal Suit Alleges

Smoothstack, with some Fortune 500 clients, demanded its employees stay at the company for about two years or face fines up to $30,000.