The Mysteries Surrounding Rhodes Pharmaceuticals, the Sackler Family’s Second Opioid Company
The Sackler family has managed to hide its ownership of a drug company with an even bigger share of the US opioid market than Purdue Pharma.
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Another Win for Fossil Fuels: EPA to Weaken Basis for Calculating Mercury and Future Environmental Standards
At the behest of fossil fuel interests, Trump’s EPA seeks to change the way of calculating future benefits of environmental rules and thus undermines 2011 mercury emissions standards — even though power plants have already invested to comply with the rules.
Read more...Journey into a Libertarian Future: Part VI – Certainty
The implications of conservative libertarian ideas.
Read more...Journey into a Libertarian Future: Part V – Dark Realities
More on the implications of the writings of prominent conservative libertarian, Hans-Hermann Hoppe.
Read more...These 2018 Corporate Scandals Demonstrate Why the New Democratic Congress Must Crack Down on Corruption
Though Mueller’s revelations have shocked the American public consciousness, they were not the biggest financial scandals of the year.
Read more...Journey into a Libertarian Future: Part IV – The Journey into a Libertarian Past
Further discussion of the implications of the ideas of an influential conservative libertarian.
Read more...PG&E Could Face Murder Charges for California’s Wildfires
Will PG&E finally get its just deserts? And even if that were to happen, what would that look like?
Read more...Journey into a Libertarian Future: Part III – Regulation
Andrew Dittmer continues his series on the world that some conservative libertarian thinkers would like to establish.
Read more...How the International Monetary Fund Imposes Its Economic Policies on Argentina
The IMF has a long history of strong-arming the direction of Argentina’s policies and economy.
Read more...Ethics and Artificial Intelligence
What can be done to manage the risks of artificial intelligence?
Read more...How Immoral Are Laissez Faire Ideologues? Ask About Drones.
Drones illustrate why lack of regulation isn’t such a hot idea.
Read more...Advertising Trade Association Presses for Federal Data Privacy Regulation
Advertising trade group calls for federal data privac regulationy, in an obvious attempt bet that Washington won’t toughen standards nearly as much as California has done and other states are also considering.
Read more...The UK’s Reform of Limited Partnership Law: Dead on Arrival (II)
Commentary on the inadequacy of the UK’s proposed Limited Partnership Reforms
Read more...Short-Term Rentals and the Housing Market: Evidence from Airbnb in Los Angeles
Confirming Airbnb’s effects on rentals and home prices.
Read more...Waste Watch: UK Plan Opts for ‘Polluter Pays’ Approach
UK announces long awaited waste plan, which crucially, embraces the ‘polluter pays’ principle. It’s a step forward, despite at least three major flaws.
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