The Sham of Shareholder Capitalism
The mythology of shareholder capitalism does not stand up to scrutiny.
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Facebook’s New Libra Digital Currency, Trust Issues (Many), and Sovereignty
Trust issues with Facebook’s Libra for users, regulators, and technically. And is Facebook seeking to become a sovereign?
Read more...Boeing Sells 0 Planes on First Day of Paris Air Show v. 123 for Airbus, Yet Boeing Still Pushing for More Weakening of FAA Standards Via Greater Use of Computer Testing
Boeing seems determined to make its bad situation worse.
Read more...Bad Loans Still Too High at Eurozone Banks, ECB Warns
The ECB is concerned that the latest fix for bad loans still leaves banks in a weakened state.
Read more...Adani is Cleared to Start Digging its Coal Mine – Six Key Questions Answered
Queensland gives Indian mining giant Adani go-ahead for massive coal mine, ignoring environmental and climate change concerns.
Read more...US Poised to Approve Shipping LNG by Rail for Export With No New Safety Rules
Trump administration soon to allow massive trains to transport LNG in unit trains 100 cars long and for the express purpose of moving LNG to export facilities – with scant regard for safety consequences.
Read more...Grenfell Tower Fire: A (Non-)Progress Report
Plus ça change….
Read more...Breakfast of Champions: New Tests Reveal Unsafe Levels of Glyphosate in Children’s Cereals
New study finds unsafe level of glyphosate residues in breakfast cereals, against a backdrop of accelerating (and so far successful) product liability lawsuits against Bayer.
Read more...Adding to Planetary Alarm Bells, Top US Finance Official Warns Climate Crisis a Recipe for Global Economic Collapse
CFTC Commissioner Rostin Behnam says, “As most of the world’s markets and market regulators are taking steps towards assessing and mitigating the current and potential threats of climate change, we in the U.S. must also demand action from all segments of the public and private sectors, including this agency.”
Read more...Why Boeing May Never Recover From Its 737 Debacle
The company hasn’t just lost its business compass—gone is its moral one as well.
Read more...The Poor Who Are Not With Us
Why some of the poor get all the attention.
Read more...It’s Time to Stop Calling Natural Gas a ‘Bridge Fuel’ to a Safe Climate, Says New Report
IEA’s annual market report predicts continued growth in demand for natural gas; Justin Mikulka discusses report Oil Change International debunking contention that natural gas can serve as a bridge fuel to a cleaner energy future.
Read more...Seventeen Ways to Think About the Finance Curse
A recap of the issues surrounding the Finance Curse, the advanced economy economy analogy of the resource curse.
Read more...Protecting Yourself from Amazon Violating Your Air Rights and Privacy by Drone Trespassing
In the unlikely event the Amazon drone delivery service gets to be anything other than for show, some ideas for how to protect your rights.
Read more...FANGMAN Stocks Crushed by Potential “Unprecedented, Wide-Ranging Probe” into Google, Apple, Facebook, Amazon
The authorities have come to realize that monopolists like Google and Amazon aren’t good for the health of the economy or even (despite their tech sheen) “innovation”.
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