Category Archives: Regulations and regulators

Wolf Richter: Coronavirus Drives Barrage of New Lobbying Activity

Follow the money – Congressional lobbying activity and who wins and who loses from coronavirus relief.

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

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.

“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%.

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.

COVID-19 Crisis Threatens Beleaguered Assisted Living Industry

Unregulated assisted living facilities are becoming hotbeds of coronavirus cases.

Martin Wolf and Wishful Thinking on Ending Coronavirus Lockdowns

It would be nice to go back to something like the old normal. But the coronavirus is still very much in charge.

New York Fed, FDIC Tout “Opacity in a Banking Crisis” to Keep Corporations, Hedge Funds, PE Firms & Counterparties in the Dark about Weak Banks

An article by Fed and FDIC researchers argues for hiding banks’ dirty laundry. Too bad the authorities didn’t make banks shape up instead.

Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, Some Pipeline Projects Push Forward While Others Falter Nationwide

Pipeline projects proceed, sometimes on a stealth basis, under cover of the COVID-19 crisis and despite the collapse of world oil prices.

Right to Repair and Ventilators: Saving COVID-19 Patients

The coronavirus crisis highlights the importance of ensuring wide access to repair information for lifesaving machines, such as ventilators.

What Wall Street Doesn’t Want You to Know About Hospital Emergency Rooms

A coronavirus whistleblower winds up also exposing that private equity has too much say in running emergency rooms.

Why Can’t Everyone in This Country Get Free COVID-19 Treatment?

The US is well into the Covid-19 crisis, yet most citizens are at risk of big bills if they seek testing and care.

The First Victims of the Oil Price War

Why Russia has the upper hand in the oil price war, and what that might mean for US shale players.

Developing a Vaccine for Covid-19. What To Expect?

A quick look at the state of play for a Covid-19 vaccine.