Friday, September 12, 2025

How Medicare Advantage Plans Dodged Auditors and Overcharged Taxpayers by Millions

A review of 90 government audits reveals that health insurers that issue Medicare Advantage plans have repeatedly tried to sidestep regulations requiring them to document medical conditions the government paid them to treat.

Draper’s Millions: The Philanthropic Wellspring of Modern Race Science

How sustained funding legitimated race sciene.

We Are Sixteen Years Old

Wow! Sixteen years! A short walk down memory lane and many thanks.

Drought in the United States: A Primer and Review of 2022 (with some Action Items)

Enough background information so that you, readers, can interpret the news on drought — especially in the Southwest — and apply your critical thinking skills

Links 12/18/2022

House Committee Wraps Up Historic Investigation Into Oil Industry

A congressional panel released another round of internal oil industry documents, capping off a two-year investigation.

Links 12/17/2022

The Political Disruptions of Fiscal Austerity

Confirmation that austerity is bad for political stabiity because ordinary citizens don’t take well to their governments treating them badly.

The Political Economy of Effective Altruism

How the effective altruism discourages collective action….by design.

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2:00PM Water Cooler 12/16/2022

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Michael Hudson Discusses the Future of Europe and Global Restructuring

Michael Hudson describes how the war with Russia is changing the economic and political order, and not to the advantage of Europe and the US.

Links 12/16/2022

Will the Fallout from “Qatargate” Splatter the European Commission?

As the Qatargate scandal widens, questions are being asked as to whether its reverberations will reach the Commission, the EU’s executive branch. Recent revelations suggest the EU’s Chief Diplomat Josep Borrell could be implicated.

Stocks Open Eyes, See Fed Pivot Hawkish; ECB Hike into Recession, Start QT; BoE Hike into Recession; SNB Hike, Sell Foreign Currency Assets

ECB’s assets drop by €800 billion. Mexico hiked too today, way ahead of the Fed, keeps peso from falling against USD.