Why the Rich Get Richer and Interest Rates Go Down
A wrongheaded paper from the Jackson Hole conference that depends on the loanble funds fallacy lets central bankers off the hook.
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9/11 Twenty Years On and On and On….
Memories of 9/11 and the run-up to the Iraq War, plus shaming the guilty
Read more...Elite Educators Have Milked the System for Long Enough
As the pandemic deepens inequality, it’s vital to dismantle the system that gives state schools no chance against elite peers
Read more...Why Aren’t Libertarians Protesting the Freedom-Busting Texas Abortion Law
On deregulation and Covid masks, libertarians are loud. On female liberty, deafening silence.
Read more...New York Times Exalts Vegan Frankenfoods
The Grey Lady celebrates the culinary alchemy that’s processing plant-based foods so it tastes like meat, dairy, and the pièce de résistance: Spam.
Read more...US as Failed State: Covid Booster Shot Mess
The booster situation has developed not necessarily to the Biden Administration’s advantage.
Read more...US Has No Intention of a Global Military Retreat Despite Biden’s Promise
The US military-industrial complex will promote remote warfare as a myriad of risks diminish worldwide security.
Read more...The Downton Abbey Effect: British Aristocratic Matches with American Business Heiresses in the Late 19th Century
How economically faltering British aristocrats monetized their titles.
Read more...CalPERS Election Dirty Tricks: Hit Piece Depicts Board Member Margaret Brown as Safety Harrasser
‘Catastrophic Injustice’: Judge OKs Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Plan Shielding Sacklers
Tens of thousands dead and the Sacklers get to ride away with their Purdue Pharma loot.
Read more...Behold the Watered Stock’s New Variant!
Back to the future! Welcome to the successor to a 19th century favorite, watered stock.
Read more...‘Net Zero Emissions’ and the Carbon Offsetting Scam
Big Polluters are advancing a “net zero” climate agenda to delay, deceive, and deny. The IPCC is inadvertently helping them.
Read more...Board Member David Miller Takes CalPERS-Paid Vacation by Abdicating Oversight, Obstructing Board Members Doing Their Job
Why David Miller deserves a special place in the CalPERS board member Hall of Shame.
Read more...Mission and Money Clash in Nonprofit Hospitals’ Venture Capital Ambitions
Though their tax-exempt status is predicated on charitable efforts, nonprofit health systems rarely put humanitarian goals first when selecting investments.
Read more...EXPOSED: Transcript of CalPERS Closed Session on Ben Meng Departure Shows Clear and Extensive Violations of Transparency Laws, Builds Case for Contempt Ruling by Judge Markman (Presiding)
Oops! CalPERS released nearly all of a transcript of a board meeting after Ben Meng’s resignation that it was fighting to keep secret.
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