How the Peak Oil Story Could Be “Close,” But Not Quite Right
An in-depth look at the “peak oil” thesis and how well its predictions are playing out.
Read more...An in-depth look at the “peak oil” thesis and how well its predictions are playing out.
Read more...The right to repair movement is growing — not just in the US, but in the EU, Australia, and New Zealand as well.
Read more...The story of how oil refiners group marshalled the support of Republican governors behind the Trump administration’s rollback of CAFE auto emissions standards.
Read more...Simply breaking up monopolies via century-old economic remedies recommended by antitrust doctrine is insufficient if it is not accompanied by a rebalancing of economic power.
Read more...A jaundiced look at “Singapore on the Thames,” yet another barmy Brexit idea.
Read more...Charter schools undermine public schools, and that’s a feature, not a bug.
Read more...The gilets jaunes have arisen out of the profound inequality that is fracturing societies across Europe. It is against that inequality that leaders must take a strong stance.
Read more...Even fairly modest changes in health care come off as disruptive relative to what many experts are willing to endorse.
Read more...Diet has now become political. But will the food industry support more sustainable diets, particularly for low income consumers?
Read more...Snails to the rescue!
Read more...Debunking another “worker shortage” story.
Read more...New York’s City Council has scheduled a hearing Thursday to debate a measure to enshrine a right to disconnect – which would bar firms from requiring workers to check e-mail or other electronic communications outside the normal workday unless their contracts specify otherwise.
Read more...Why the Green New Deal can’t deliver on its promises.
Read more...This Real News Network segment sets forth the most common arguments against increasing the minimum wage to $15 an hour, or alternatively, a living wage level, and shows why they don’t hold up to scrutiny. A decent minimum wage is even more important when the supposedly robust US economy is increasingly creating McJobs. JAISAL NOOR: […]
Read more...It turns out the often-maligned SEC is much missed as the Federal partial shutdown puts the IPO market on hold.
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