More Giveaways to Capitalist Finance? It’s High Time To Change the Objective
Jan Kregel explains the fundamental problem with the economic system is its focus on providing finance to investors.
Read more...Category Archives: Regulations and regulators
How Do Banks Create Money?
A short primer on banks from a Modern Monetary Theory perspective.
Read more...Summer Rerun: Journey into a Libertarian Future: Part III – Regulation
Another dive, in both senses of the word, into the implications of libertarian ideology.
Read more...Paltry Flint Toxic Water Settlement: Let’s NOT Kill All the Lawyers (at Least Not Some of Them)
Michigan gets off easy with its $600 million settlement of allegations that lead-tainted water in Flint has caused permanent brain damage for its victims.
Read more...How the Agricultural Lobby Is Sabotaging Europe’s Green Deal
The European Commission’s ambitous Green Deal plans are already stumbling over bureaucratic infighting and ag industry opposition.
Read more...How Dairy Monopolies Keep Milk Off the Shelves
How consolidation in dairy processing has led to overproduction of milk and dumping.
Read more...Fed Economists Finger Monopoly Concentration as Underlying Driver of Neoliberal Economic Restructuring; Barry Lynn in Harpers and Fortnite Lawsuit Put Hot Light on Tech Monopoly Power
Some good work on monopoly is marred by the bizarre inclusion of Uber. Its predatory pricing is the result of deep pockets and ideology, not potential market power.
Read more...The Bakken Boom Goes Bust With No Money to Clean up the Mess
How the Bakken oil boom, particularly hasty development and transport by rail, was destined to create an environmental hangover…..and no one bothered to prevent it.
Read more...Trump EPA Poised to Weaken Obama Methane Rule, Despite Possibility of Later CRA Overturn
Trump EPA to weaken Obama methane rule, acceding to fossial fuel pressure, despite the Congressional Review Act, which may kick in aft Nov.
Read more...Why International Financial Regulation Still Falls Short
Financial regulators still don’t like to tame bubbles even after seeing how costly it is when they go boom. Shame, that.
Read more...Hubert Horan: The Airline Industry Collapse Part 3 – Recovery Expectations Were Always Dreadfully Wrong
Not only is the airline industry in desperate shape, but its executives have made its bad situation worse, increasing resolution costs for all bagholders.
Read more...Vaccine Research on Covid-19: An Update
A clinical and not very cheery look at the state of Covid-19 vaccine play.
Read more...Public Health Experts Fear a Hasty FDA Signoff on Vaccine
Experts have the willies about the rush to get a Covid-19 vaccine approved.
Read more...Plastics in Oceans Will Triple By 2040, Absent Immediate Drastic Action
Unless we take drastic steps NOW- and stop allowing plastics pushers to set the agenda- plastics in the world’s oceans will triple in twenty years, by 2040.
Read more...Boeing 737 Max Ungrounding Pushed Back Again; WSJ Sources Say Early 2021
Moar bad news for the 737 Max.
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