Who Pays for Stranded Assets? Taxpayers Are Footing The Bill For 100-Year Old Oil Wells
Why shuttering oil wells is a physical, economic, and political mess.
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Trump Administration Hunting Rule Change: Making it Easier to Execute Alaska’s Bears in National Parks
Trump adminstration makes some rule changes that make it easier to execute bears on national land. Is this practice fair and what is hunting anyway?
Read more...Private Equity Gets New Pockets to Pick: Your 401(k), in Funds Repeatedly Cited by the SEC for Abuses
While the US was busy with coronavirus and George Floyd protests, private equity stormed the retail investor barricade.
Read more...Revealed: Nearly 400,000 British Companies Evade Anti-Money Laundering Checks
David Cameron promised to stop scammers and kleptocrats hiding behind British shell companies. But almost one in ten UK firms still do not declare ‘persons of significant control’
Read more...U.S. States Just Lost Pipeline Veto Rights And That’s A Big Deal For Oil
The EPA issued new regulations on pipeline approvals that narrow state authority to intervene. But the fight may not be over.
Read more...Hubert Horan: What Will it Take to Save the Airlines?
The airlines are facing an existential crisis, yet no one in power is inclinded or even equipped to intervene.
Read more...The Federal Reserve’s Coronavirus Crisis Actions, Explained (Part 7)
This is part 7 of my ongoing coverage of the Federal Reserve’s Coronavirus actions.
Read more...COVID-19 in Mauritius and Other Tourist Paradises: A Progress Report
Mauritius coped well with Covid-19 despite its tiny size and the importance of tourism.
Read more...5 Ways to Make Voting Easier for Everyone in America—Even in a Pandemic
Not surprisingly, unfriendly voting methods have a lot to do with the US having the lowest turnout rates among developed countries.
Read more...Michael Hudson and Dr. Jeffrey Miron of Cato Debate Capitalism
Michael Hudson sharpens some of his arguments in a discussion with a Harvard/Cato Institute stalwart.
Read more...Capitalism vs. Safety, Health: An Old Story Again
A short history of the fight to make workplaces less dangerous to your health.
Read more...Department of Justice, State AGs to Target Google for Antitrust Violations, WSJ Reports
WSJ reports the DOJ and various state attorneys general will soon file antitrust lawsuits against Google, but is short on legal details.
Read more...Trump CFPB Appointees Use COVID-19 Crisis as Rationale to Weaken Consumer Protection
Trump appointees use the COVID-19 crisis to rollback consumer protections against financial predation put in place by the CFPB.
Read more...Coronavirus Magical Thinking, US Style: Contact Tracing Versus Masks
With bad coronavirus outcomes, America seems set on continuing to do dumb things.
Read more...Why I’m Not Keen About Telemedicine, US Style
Telemedicine has a lot of warts.
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