Visa Trying to Bribe Merchants to Stop Taking Cash
The latest chapter in the War on Cash.
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Hallucinating Banks Believe They Are Technology Start-Ups
Banks are trying to make out like they are technology start-ups. But what’s their agenda? As usual, it is theirs, not their customers’.
Read more...Wolf Richter: Cryptocurrencies Collapsed
Why “collapsed” is not too strong a word to describe the recent price action for currency wannabes.
Read more...EU Takes Stand Against Crapification
The EU takes a first step towards combatting planned obsolescence and manufacturer-only repairs.
Read more...Stadiums or Schools: An Analysis of Public Expenditures
A look at yet another sop to the rich, in this case sport franchise owners: government-supported stadiums.
Read more...Yet Another Form of Crapification: Stranded Money
Some examples of stranded funds as yet another way of degrading the customer experience.
Read more...US Copyright Office Wimps Out on Right to Repair
Report recognizes rationale for right to repair, via tweaks to existing rule-making procedures under existing copyright statutory framework.
Read more...Bill Black: Bank Whistleblowers United Makes Its Latest Lemon Award – to the UK
The UK rejects the idea of rewarding whistleblowers, despite the fact that the US experience shows it to be a sound way to catch abuses.
Read more...Lee Camp: Here’s Why There Is No Legitimate Healthcare Debate In This Country
A righteous rant about why the way Americans have been propagandized to think about healthcare is a travesty.
Read more...Uber Spinning Out of Control: Employees Eyeing Exits as Press (Finally) Starts to Question Business Model
More on the upheaval at Uber.
Read more...Some People “Would Rather Have 1st Class Seats on the Titanic Than Change the Course of the Ship”
Why it is necessary to depose Democratic party leaders like Pelosi and Schumer to have any chance of winning class and climate change wars.
Read more...CFPB Lambastes Student Loan Servicers for Thwarting Public Servant Debt Relief
CFPB report details errors and practices of student loan servicers that will bar borrowers from qualifying for debt forgiveness.
Read more...The Wheels Come Off Uber
Uber is over. But since many have money and reputations at stake, and Uber has cash to burn, it will take a while for that to be undeniable.
Read more...John Helmer: Chrystia Freeland’s Family Lie Grows Bigger And Blacker– Michael Chomiak Volunteered For Hitler Before Ukraine Was Invaded and Was Hunted by the Polish Police Until the 1980s
On the subject of her Nazi grandfather, Michael Chomiak, it turns out Chrystia Freeland’s nose is so long that she needs to get a hacksaw.
Read more...Trump Cuba Policy Reversal: More Sound and Fury, Signifying…. No Mucho
Trump’s latest policy change announced to distinguish him from his predecessor– regarding Cuba- signifies thus far, no mucho.
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