Profiting from the Carbon Offset Distraction
Carbon offset markets allow the rich to emit as financial intermediaries profit and undermine efforts to cut greenhouse gasses.
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Satyajit Das: Fintech’s ‘Flim-Flam’ Innovation Games
Not surprisingly, fintech looks like a variety of old scams in new bottles.
Read more...Foreclosure Looms for Homeowners Who Thought They’d Won, Thanks to Top New York Court Ruling
Foreclosure suits from the financial crisis era get a new life thanks to a ruling by a conflicted New York judge.
Read more...Ohio Jury Finds Three Pharmacy Chains Liable in Opioids Trial; Judge to Decide on Damages Award in Spring
This is the first opioids jury verdict yet handed down; thousands of opioids cases remain pending.
Read more...Gerrymandering Is a Climate Problem
How the upcoming round of gerrymandering is likely to impact climate change remediation campaigns.
Read more...Climate Injustice at Glasgow Cop-Out
How the largely optical, pro-business gestures at addressing climate change were an affront to developing countries.
Read more...The Costs of War (to You)
An overview not merely of the egregious spending on America’s wars, but also on how it is fraud-friendly, apparently by design.
Read more...Apple Reverses Course on Right to Repair iPhones: More Concessions to Follow?
Apple announces a Self Service Repair program for iPhones 12 and 13, with broader company right to repair concessions expected to follow.
Read more...Public Nuisance or Not? Opioids Litigation Roundup
Plaintiffs seeking justice for opioids victims saw two recent setbacks in California and Oklahoma, with more than 3000 lawsuits ongoing, including trials in Ohio and Washington state.
Read more...As Big Pharma and Hospitals Battle Over Drug Discounts, Patients Miss Out on Millions in Benefits
Another ugly feature of drug company grifting: fighting to deny discounts to hospital pharmacies, as required by law.
Read more...CalPERS Continues to Violate Law Via Secret Board Discussions; Upcoming Monday Illegal Secret Placement Agent Review Raises Concerns About Bribery
A previous CalPERS CEO went to prison for taking bribes. CalPERS is now illegally hiding the type of fees that generated those bribes.
Read more...SEC Chair Gary Gensler, Ever So Politely, Signals Intent to Cut Private Equity Grifting Way Back
SEC chair Gary Gensler puts private equity in his crosshairs. Will he fire?
Read more...Medicare’s Open Enrollment Is Open Season for Scammers
Seniors be warned: This Medicare open enrollment season is setting up to be more treacherous than ever.
Read more...Medicare Enrollment Blitz Doesn’t Include Options to Move Into Medigap
How Medicare enrollees are kept ignorant about important options.
Read more...Hubert Horan: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Twenty-Eight: Uber Still Unprofitable, But Reduces Losses by Squeezing Drivers and Restaurants
The latest update: the financial media continues to parrot management falsehoods about Uber results and there is still no path to profit.
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