The False Dawn of Ending Coronavirus Lockdowns
It would be nice if relaxing the lockdowns would solve a problem, any problem….
Read more...Category Archives: Regulations and regulators
Big Oil Fears Keystone XL Ruling Means End of Easy Pipeline Permits
Important pipeline legal ruling, plus some context: the Trump administration didn’t pioneer US policy of greenlighting oil pipelines.
Read more...Looking at “The Secret Group of Scientists and Billionaires Pushing a Manhattan Project for COVID-19” with a Critical Eye
Can venture capitalists, private equity, Republican fixers, biomedical serial entrepreneurs, and scientists from two medical institutes deliver a #COVID19 solution that involves mass certification via a cellphone app, and a new hybrid form of governance, an “empowered council”?
Read more...Schadenfraude Alert: Airbnb Mini-Moguls in Meltdown as Bookings Collapse
Once fat and happy Airbnb landlords are now in a world of hurt.
Read more...CalPERS Out of Control: Stunningly High Number of Personal Trading Violations, Yet Board Ignored the Misconduct
CalPERS yet again manages to exceed expectations in a bad way.
Read more...Our Extraordinary 50th Earth Day
The Earth Day milestone occurs in the shadow of the coronavirus.
Read more...The Coronavirus New Normal Has Only Started To Arrive
Why we aren’t even at the end of the beginning of coronavirus-induced change.
Read more...Trump Tweet: Will Issue Executive Order Temporarily Suspending All Immigration into the United States
Last night Trump tweeted his intention to issue an executive order temporarily suspending all legal immigration into the United States.
Read more...Great! If COVID-19 Doesn’t Get Me, Perhaps the Mercury Will: Trump EPA Rejects Justification for Pollution Rule
EPA rejects previous cost benefit analysis of mercury rule; meanwhile power industry has spent to comply with rule and opposes backsliding.
Read more...Wolf Richter: Coronavirus Drives Barrage of New Lobbying Activity
Follow the money – Congressional lobbying activity and who wins and who loses from coronavirus relief.
Read more...Who Benefits When the Price of Insulin Soars?
Contrary to pharmaceutical company claims, revenue from high insulin prices are going to shareholders, not R&D
Read more...CalPERS Staff Seeks to Strip Board of Remaining Authority Even as Press Exposes Multi-Billion Cost of Lack of Supervision; Elected Board Members Thumb Nose at Public by Seeking to Be Paid for Doing Almost Nothing
CalPERS staff is up to more dirty tricks. Push back by e-mail in public comments. Bad press already has them on the back foot.
Read more...“Something Has Gone Wrong”: UK Government, Banks Screw Up Coronavirus Loans, Small Firms Near Collapse. Better Results in Other Countries
Quelle surprise! Big banks in the UK don’t like making small business loans, especially not at 1.5%.
Read more...Fatal Combination: Bailouts and Bank Rescues in Money-Driven Political Systems
A tidy case study into how much money it takes to buy Congressional votes.
Read more...COVID-19 Crisis Threatens Beleaguered Assisted Living Industry
Unregulated assisted living facilities are becoming hotbeds of coronavirus cases.
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