Category Archives: Ridiculously obvious scams

Congress Moves to Reclaim Its War Powers

Congress has roused itself from its stupor over our undeclared, or more accurately, unapproved wars. But will much change?

The Infinite Loop of Empty Direct-to-Consumer Branding

Taking note of a weirdly hollow millenial-focused consumer brand type.

Aducanumab: The Drug That Breaks Medicare?

Biogen plans to price-gouge for the barely-effective Alzheimer’s drug aducanumab to such a degree that it could bust Medicare.

Tom Englelhardt: Our Empire in Decline

Trying to understand America’s self-and-other-destructive empire fetish.

Private Equity Now Buying Up Primary Care Practices

Private equity is doing yet more damage to heath care as it buys up primary care practices en masse.

Financial Times: “Things Could Fall Apart for Biden”

Even Biden loyalists are getting nervous.

Haiti Ruling Families Create and Kill Monsters

How Haiti is a fiefdom for gangs and foreigners pilfering the country’s natural resources.

The U.S. Shale Revolution Has Surrendered to Reality

The funding for shale production in the US has dried up as moneybags finally realize that there’s no profit to be had.

Hospital ‘Trauma Centers’ Charge Enormous Fees to Treat Minor Injuries and Send People Home

The trauma center ripoff provides more evidence that the medical industry is primarily in the business of exploitation, not care.

Biden Targets Non-Compete Agreements, Which Restrict the Job Opportunities of Millions of Low-Wage Workers

Biden goes after non-compete agreements….but will this effort make a difference?

Robinhood’s Revealing Ad Pitch: We’re All Investors, Alone

The latest Robinhood campaign is more raspberry than rah rah.

A Curious Union: Covid, Clorox, Cleveland Clinic, and the CDC Foundation

Cleveland Clinic’s and the CDC Foundation’s unsound Clorox sponsorship confirms that the US has the best medical system that money can buy.

Michael Hudson Discusses Financialization, Rentierism, and Other Favorite Topics with Jessi Ora of Swedish Positiva Pengar Group

Michael Hudson gives another wide-ranging, tour de force interview. Enjoy!