Category Archives: Regulations and regulators

Joe Biden Is in No Position to Lecture the World on Climate Change

The US president’s administration has lots of rousing climate change rhetoric but has taken little action.

Jim Chanos: China’s “Leveraged Prosperity” Model is Doomed. And That’s Not the Worst

Famed short-seller Jim Chanos is more concerned with political fallout from China’s Evergrande than economic/financial woes.

Insurance Focused on Virtual Visits? The Pros and Cons of a New Twist in Health Plans

The pandemic has made patients more comfortable with telemedicine for doctor visits. Insurers are betting that some patients will now embrace new types of health coverage that encourages video visits — or outright insists on them.

Microsoft Endorses Right to Repair; Apple Doubles Down on Opposition

Microsoft responds to a shareholder resolution by supporting the right to repair, at least in theory; Apple remains opposed.

Never Mind the Pandora Papers: Why Secrecy Still Rules in the UK

Thanks to poor drafting and a lack of enforcement, anti-secrecy legislation intended to make it clearer who owns UK companies isn’t working

Reallocation Effects of the Minimum Wage

Raising minimum wages is good for workers and (surprise!) company operations! Too bad those whiny managers worry they will skim less.

European Investment Scammers Allegedly Laundered Their Money through Scotland

Investigations by European and Ukrainian prosecutors revealed an alleged investment fraud with funds laundered via UK corporate entities

The Energy Transition Will Take Decades Not Years

Clean energy and green growth proponents greatly underestimate the amount of change needed to migrate off fossil fuel sources.

Waste Watch: U.S. Lags on Plastics Legislation

Despite leading the world in per capita plastics consumption, the U.S. lags in efforts to do anything about disposing of plastics waste.

Ralph Nader: While Americans Sleep, Our Corporate Overlords Make Progress Impossible

Politicians from both parties do the bidding of their corporate overlords rather than act on behalf of voters.

Tylenol Could Be Risky for Pregnant Women – A New Review of 25 Years of Research Finds Acetaminophen May Contribute to ADHD and Other Developmental Disorders in Children

New reasons to be wary of acetaminophen.

Avoiding Water Bankruptcy in the Drought-Troubled Southwest: What the US and Iran Can Learn from Each Other

Water woes are becoming part of the new normal. What can be done to alleviate them?

Vaccine-Only Mandates as a Manifestation of the Bizarre Civil War-Stoking Impulses of the Professional-Managerial Class in the US

Why the vaccine-focused approach is not likely to develop necessarily to the advantage of the Biden Administration.