Jim Chanos: “The Crypto Ecosystem Is Well-Suited for the Dark Side of Finance.”
The famed short-seller talks Sam Bankman-Fried, why Wall Street is still so keen on crypto, and how technology is making us dumber
Read more...The famed short-seller talks Sam Bankman-Fried, why Wall Street is still so keen on crypto, and how technology is making us dumber
Read more...The Fed again seems unable to contain its bad impulses.
Read more...A case study of biomedical science progress against cystic fibrosis, and the resulting “biomedicine” profiteering.
Read more...Is Credit Suisse going to become the Jarndyce and Jarndyce of failed bank litigation?
Read more...Who’s regulating Telehealth drug sales?
Read more...Yves here. In the US, Public Citizen deserves a great deal of credit for turning policy-makers against the multinational-favoring, national-law-and-regulation-gutting “free trade agreement known as ISDS, or “investor state dispute settlement. These disputes are arbitrated by secret panels with no appeal and pro-corporate cronies acting as deciders. Public Citizen’s relentless digging got key bad facts […]
Read more...Despite promises of opportunity and jobs, communities slated for hydrogen projects oppose these handouts for the fossil fuel industry
Read more...How different economic theories, or more accurately, stories, about crises, have profound impact on policy.
Read more...A useful debunking of the consultant-enriching, board-distracting, and potentially regulatory-underming con known as ESG investing.
Read more...As mining companies delve ever deeper into the Earth, new tools — from AI to metal-eating microbes — will guide the way.
Read more...How Silicon Valley has taken over the AI agenda in the Beltway, for fun and above all, profit.
Read more...The EPA is rushing a gene-changing pesticide through the approval process which would open the door to similar products from Big Chemical
Read more...DOJ finally goes after Agri Stats, a company notorious for helping the meat industry gouge producers, stores and consumers. Will the move serve as a warning for other industries?
Read more...“Sacrifice zones”—pollution hot spots—are a front line in an often deadly and steadily growing health crisis across the United States
Read more...The surprising history of the car in the U.S. offers hope for a shift toward more climate-friendly transportation options.
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