Category Archives: Regulations and regulators

New Zealand’s Feeble Attempt to Curb Sky-High Housing Prices

New Zealand, awfully late in the game, is trying to Do Something about insane housing prices.

Failed COVID Strategy Leaves Sweden Deeply Divided

Sweden became a symbol for anti-lockdown and no-mask movements across the world. But it’s no longer a source of consensus at home.

Sports Desk: DoJ Files Amicus Brief in Support of College Athletes, While Congress Mulls Giving Them Rights to Their Names, Images, and Likenesses

Both the DoJ and Congress apparently side with college athletes over the NCAA in on antitrust and property issues.

Unsafe at Any Speed: Don’t Park Your Kia Sportage or Cadenza in the Garage, or Near Your House, for That Matter

For owners of Kia’s Sportage and Cadenza models, unsafe at any speed includes parking the vehicle in the garage.

California Wildfire Smoke Harms Respiratory Health More than Fine Particulates from Any Other Source, Including Vehicle Emissions

Wildfire smoke is more toxic than other sources of fine particles – a worry for COVID survivors.

Waste Watch: Europeans Get Right to Repair for Some Consumer Electrical Goods, While John Deere Reneges on Promise to U.S. Farmers to Make Diagnostic Software Freely Available

On March 1, the EU implemented a right to repair for some consumer electrical goods; which U.S. state will wake up and do the same?

Yes, Export Bans on Vaccines Are a Problem, But Why Is the Supply of Vaccines so Limited in the First Place?

Italy has blocked vaccine exports to Australia, which now must reconsider its opposition to proposed global solutions to unblock supply.

Economists’ Rx: “Sick? Stay Home!”

Economists endorse sick day mandates. Pass the word.

Facebook and Google vs the Free Press

The effort to contain Google and Facebook were only in the skirmish stage until Australia and Maryland upped the ante with their tax powers.

What Happens If Bitcoin Succeeds?

Most of us would not want to live in a society where bitcoin succeeds.

The Oil Industry Is Ready To Fight President Biden In Court

The oil industry is ready to brawl to keep the Biden Administration from halting new Federal energy and mineral leases.

The Climate Crisis, Rationing and Conscription

Has the time come for the brute force approach to combatting climate change of rationing.

This Obscure Energy Treaty Is the Greatest Threat to the Planet You’ve Never Heard Of

The Energy Charter Treaty lets fossil fuel companies to sue governments for taking action on climate change. It must be stopped.

More Evidence That Private Equity Kills: Estimated >20,000 Increase in Nursing Home Deaths, 160,000 Life Years Lost Due to Cuts in Care

Private equity greed knows no bounds: their nursing home acquisitions generated a “serious” rise in deaths and fall in other measures of care

FAIR Act: Will Congress Finally Complete the Project the CFPB Fumbled and Ban Mandatory Arbitration Clauses?

With the reported support of Biden, will Congress ban mandatory arbitration clauses in common consumer and employment contracts?