Net neutrality is dead. Long live net neutrality.
Saturday, June 23, 2018
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/18/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: China trade, Sanders and taxes, Iowa, Wisconsin, ranked choice voting, housing, shipping, Tesla shorts, Audi CEO arrest, death of New York, consciousness
More Sound and Fury: Trump Foreign Corrupt Practices Act Enforcement Record Extends Prior Trend
Trump enforcement actions extend prior Foreign Corrupt Practices Act trend, targeting foreign companies, and diverting federal prosecutorial resources.
Why It Matters If Fracking Companies Are Overestimating Their ‘Proved’ Oil and Gas Reserves
Comprehensive analysis of why it matters that fracking companies are overestimating their ‘proved’ oil and gas reserves– as allowed under an SEC rule change.
Missing in Action: The Poor in America
How much of the reality of being poor remains hidden, often by design.
Italy Holds A Mirror to a Broken Europe
The election of a right-wing, populist government in Italy exposes the economic and democratic shortcomings of the European project and its nationalist rivals.
Leaked Memo by Larry Sonsini Shows Sonsini and CalPERS Violating Fiduciary Duty With Proposed Private Equity Outsourcing Scheme
A leaked memo written for CalPERS by Silicon Valley attorney Larry Sonsisi not only reflects poorly on him and CalPERS, but also validates concerns about corruption.
Don Quijones: Consumers Stubbornly Cling to Cash, after Multiple IT Fiascos & Payment Systems Outages
More consumer pushback in the war on cash: An industry dogged by non-believers who fret about privacy and fraud.
How Purdue Pharma Hooked America on a Deadly Drug
Purdue Pharma’s slogan for OxyContin was: “The One to Start With and the One to Stay With.” As reader Brian C added, “Stay with alright….’Till death do us part.'”
Gaius Publius: Is Anti-War Fever Building in the U.S.?
Will the American public make politicians address the cost, immorality, and futility of our war machine?
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/15/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: Trade war with China?, mid-terms and women’s turnout, ranked choice voting, the border, industrial production, manufacturing, CMS ratings, risk corridors, the Incas, genderless pronouns
Cryptocurrencies Are Lousy Investments
A skeptical look at the prospects for cryptocurrencies.
