Category Archives: Regulations and regulators

Giant Tech Firms Plan to Read Your Mind and Control Your Emotions. Can They Be Stopped?

Author and law professor Maurice Stucke explains why Big Tech practices are so dangerous and what’s really required to rein them in.

CalPERS Staff in Fury Over Covid Negligence, Regulation-Breaking Risking Staff, Seniors, and Day-Care Children; CalPERS Lies About Cases and Lack of Compliance

CalPERS has risen from being a risk to merely to the financial health of beneficiaries and taxpayers to being a bona fide health hazard.

NY Spurns Recycling Fairy, and Instead Considers New Extended Producer Responsibility Requirements

NY is poised to say no to plastics? Alas, no, but the state is mulling extended producer responsibility measures, to place the onus for waste management on plastics pushers rather than on consumers.

‘Public Bank’ Bill Blocked From State Senate Vote After Industry Pushback

Why is a modest public bank plan for New York going nowhere?

Book Review: An Urgent Plea to Save the World’s Megaforests

In “Ever Green,” two conservationists present a surprisingly hopeful look at the five five remaining megaforests.

Department of Justice to Saddle Up Against Private Equity Consolidation/Monopolization Plays. Will It Work?

The Department of Justice says it is taking aim at private equity. Will it hit any targets?

How America Can Stop Violence Against Health Care Workers

Congess is rousing itself to make health care employers Do Something to protect staff from violence….but is the legislation adequate?

How the Options Tail Has Come to Wag the Market Dog: A Simple English Language Explanation of How Structural Changes in the Stock Markets Contribute to Whipsaw Movements in Prices

Why the use of options may be the risk bomb that blows a big hole in our financial system.

Seventeen States Sue EPA for Allowing California to Set Tougher Vehicle Emissions Standards

Seventeen Republican AGs sued to overturn EPA waiver allowing California to set tougher vehicale emissions standards.

The Super Immunity of Our Fabulously Wealthy Corporate Dictators

Ralph Nader on corporate legal immunity.

What the Next Australian Government Must Do to Save the Great Barrier Reef

After four bleaching events in the last seven years, is it too late to save the Great Barrier Reef? Time is running out to get serious about climate change.

Book Review: The Toxic Legacy of DDT

In “How to Sell a Poison,” Elena Conis chronicles the history of DDT and its lasting impact.

Brief Comments on the TerraUSD and Tether Stablecoin Breakdowns

Why the two big stablecoin breakdowns of last week, TerraUSD and Tether, look like frauds.

What Blew Our Financial Bubble So Big?

Why it’s more fun and profitable to be in the bubble economy than the real one.

Mothers, Lock Up Your Sons So They Don’t Practice “Yield Farming” in Crypto

“You’re just like, well, I’m in the Ponzi business and it’s pretty good.”