Category Archives: Regulations and regulators

Why the US Supply Chain Crisis Is Intractable and Will Get Worse

The US supply chain problem will only get worse in the absence of aggressive Federal action….and we know how likely that is.

War on Cash: NYC Enforces its Cashless Business Ban

NYC sides with those who want to use cash and enforces its cashless business ban, hitting ice cream shop Van Leeuwen with $12000 in fines.

Emergency Room Doctors’ Lobbyist Admits to Large-Scale Medicare Billing Fraud by Members, Criminal Corporate Practice of Medicine by PE Firms

Private equtiy stealing from babies…um, oldsters….um, Medicare. Who’d have thunk it?

Medicare Plans’ ‘Free’ Dental, Vision, Hearing Benefits Come at a Cost

On the Medicare Advantage bait and switch.

Tiny Leaks, Big Impacts: New Research Points to Urban Indoor Methane Leaks

A new carbon reduction target: Researchers in Boston find buildings’ indoor sources emit much more methane than most experts thought.

Net Zero, Insulation, Boilers, and English Dampness, or Symbol Manipulators Versus Existing Conditions

The English gas boiler as a microcosm of Anglosphere elites’ inability to come up with realistic carbon reduction schemes.

The Last Days of The Romanovs at the Port of Los Angeles (and Where Is Everybody?)

Cutting the Gordian knot at the Port of Los Angeles/Long Beach. Or not!

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.