The Agribusiness Alliance for a Green Revolution Failed Africa
Big Ag’s push to sell chemicals and other inputs to developing countries has worked out great for them and badly for Africa.
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John Deere Strike: A Union Member Explains How Bad Faith Dealings Produced Today’s Grievances
A backgrounder from TroyIA, a Naked Capitalism reader and John Deere worker, on what drove union members to strike.
Read more...New Report Highlights Corporate Funding of Police Foundations, Which Encourage Police Militarization and Thwart Reform
Corporations funnel significant funds to anti-reform police foundations, while publicly supporting PR campaigns for police reform.
Read more...Insurance Focused on Virtual Visits? The Pros and Cons of a New Twist in Health Plans
The pandemic has made patients more comfortable with telemedicine for doctor visits. Insurers are betting that some patients will now embrace new types of health coverage that encourages video visits — or outright insists on them.
Read more...Wolf Richter: The Amazing Explosion of New Businesses Continues as Americans Strike Out on their Own
Including Wolf’s 2 cents about the high “failure rates” of new businesses, being a small-business owner himself.
Read more...Major Insurers Running Billions of Dollars Behind on Payments to Hospitals and Doctors
Disputes between insurers and hospitals are nothing new. But this fight sticks more patients in the middle, worried they’ll have to pay unresolved claims.
Read more...Never Mind the Pandora Papers: Why Secrecy Still Rules in the UK
Thanks to poor drafting and a lack of enforcement, anti-secrecy legislation intended to make it clearer who owns UK companies isn’t working
Read more...European Investment Scammers Allegedly Laundered Their Money through Scotland
Investigations by European and Ukrainian prosecutors revealed an alleged investment fraud with funds laundered via UK corporate entities
Read more...‘This Is a Battle Between What People Need & What Money Wants.’ How’s That Going to End?
Class warfare, American style, is ever more obvious. But how much are ordinary people taking note?
Read more...Why Does Congress Fight Over Childcare But Not F-35s?
Details on why Congress is addicted handing out military pork as opposed to spending money on citizens’ needs.
Read more...Smear Campaigns Work: Pro-Transparency Board Member Margaret Brown, Candidate Tiffany Emon-Moran, Both Lose CalPERS Board Election
The California public employees unions that have bizarrely made clear that they are firmly on the side of having CalPERS continue to be poorly run have gotten their way. Pro accountability, pro-transparency board member Margaret Brown, and Tiffany Emon-Moran, who was challenging incumbent and staunch staff David Miller, were both defeated in this year’s board […]
Read more...Does America Want a CHIPS for Buybacks Act?
To bring more chips-making back to the US, Congress should condition additional funds on suspending stock buybacks.
Read more...Climate Advocates Voice Concerns Over Fossil Fuel Handouts in Stalled Infrastructure Legislation
One month after Hurricane Ida hit Louisiana, infrastructure and “build back better” talk ignores survival needs on climate crisis frontlines
Read more...NLRB General Counsel Authors Memo Characterizing ‘Student-Athletes’ as Employees, Clearing Way for Them to Unionize; Employment Law Implications Extend to Others Misclassified as Independent Contractors
NLRB general counsel Jennifer Abruzzo outlines arguments for treating college athletes as employees, thus allowing them employment law protections.
Read more...Ralph Nader: While Americans Sleep, Our Corporate Overlords Make Progress Impossible
Politicians from both parties do the bidding of their corporate overlords rather than act on behalf of voters.
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