Should President Biden Revoke Section 230?
“What to do about tech platforms” has fixated on Section 230, when more should be done.
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Reader Query: Getting a Covid Vaccine in Your Area
ow difficult is the process for getting a Covid vaccine where you live?
Read more...Coronavirus and Banking: Evaluating Policy Options for Avoiding a Financial Crisis
A scorecard for various approaches to combatting the looming European banking crisis.
Read more...Rights Advocates Alarmed by US Spy Agency’s Purchase of Warrantless Phone Location Data
Defense Intelligence Agency skirts constitutional warrant requirements by buying location data from data brokers.
Read more...Blockbuster Lawsuit Targets Deutsche Bank Executives and Supervisors for Epic Abuses, Value Destruction
An important suit taking aim at the extensive misconduct of Deutsche Bank executives and board members is grinding its way through court.
Read more...Ins and Outs of Congressional Review Act and Climate Change Rules
The Biden administration could use the Congressional Review Act to reverse Trump rulemaking. But it’s easier said than done.
Read more...Central Bank Machinations with No Exit: ECB Leaks New Thingy, It’s Doing Yield Spread Control
Not your grandmother’s “yield curve control.” Only one thing that could force this ECB absurdity to end: a big bout of inflation.
Read more...The CDC’s Mission Impossible
Sadly, the CDC’s new head does not look up to turning around the agency, even before getting to bizarre plans to expand its mission.
Read more...“They Left Us Starving”: How the Fashion Industry Abandoned Its Workers
Yves here. Many associate sweatshops in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh with “fast fashion,” aka the close-to-disposable frocks made by the likes of H&M. As this article explains, the use of ultra-cheap labor extends much further up the fashion food food chain. And these poorly-paid workers get thrown to the curb when orders fall off. By […]
Read more...Perhaps It’s Time to Start Worrying About Italy Again
The causes for concern surrounding Italy are growing, even as the ECB keeps a tight lid on its bond yields, pushing its debt servicing costs lower as its debt explodes higher.
Read more...Pelosi Removes Katie Porter… Bringing Joy & Gratitude To Every Crooked Bankster On Wall Street
Pelosi doubles down on Team Dem’s loyalty to Big Finance.
Read more...Right to Repair: Saves Consumers Money, Promotes Local Jobs Rather than Global Supply Chains
U.S. PIRG resport says adopting broad right to repair provisions would save U.S. housholds money and promote local employment.
Read more...Near-Term Covid Analyses Point to Risk of Medical System Breakdown, Other Severe Dislocations
The Covid situation is continuing to develop not necessarily to America’s advantage.
Read more...Flint Water Crisis: Michigan AG Poised to Indict Ex-Gov Snyder, Other Officials, Later This Week, But on What Charges?
The Michigan AG reportedly will soon bring criminal charges against ex-governor Rick Snyder and others for actions in the Flint water crisis.
Read more...‘Transparency’ and the New EPA Pollution Rule: Ripe for CRA Overturn by the New Congress
The EPA enacted a contested rule on data disclosure and rulemaking. The new Congress willl likely invoke CRA procedures and overturn it.
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