Making sense of this COP means looking at optics and interests, and sadly not outcomes.
Thursday, October 10, 2024
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/6/2023
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Big Cons: How Consulting Firms Undermine Governments and Corporations
A new book by Mariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington shows the damage big consulting firms do, particularly weakening client capabilities
Patents and Intellectual Property in Biomedical Science: A History in Two Tales
How the US licensing of NIH and other government funded drug and biomedical research became a grift for Big Pharma.
Why True Democratic Systems Are Incompatible with Class-Based Orders…..Like Capitalism
Continuing the debate on whether democracy is viable in a capitalist regime.
Russia’s Ideology Is Now National Liberation of the World From the US Empire, With an Assist From Patriarch Kirill
A detailed discussion of Russia’s effort to foster an ideological counterpoint to US hegemony, particularly via Putin speeches.
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/5/2023
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Is It Time to Tax Ultra-Processed Foods Because of the Massive Harm That They Do to Society?
Yes, Virginia, ultra-processed food is a health hazard. But what to do?
Pfizer and BioNTech Are Suing Poland Over Its Refusal to Pay for More COVID-19 Vaccines. Are They Also Suing Hungary?
Even by the normal standards of investor-state dispute settlements (ISDS), Pfizer and BioNtech’s lawsuit against the government of Poland for refusing to take delivery of more unwanted vaccines is especially egregious.
Elections Won’t Fix What Ails the West
e body politic in the West is not at all healthy. Why is there so much denial about that?
Is American Banking Safe? You Might Not Like The Answer from Two Fed Veterans
Walker Todd and Bill Bergman expose the untold story of banking instability, regulatory battles, and the struggle to protect the public.
CDC Director Cohen Must Reject HICPAC’s Shoddily Evidenced, Unreviewable, Statistically Invalid, Non-Performing, Conflicted, and Un-Peer-Reviewed Infection Control “Guidance”
What it says on the tin.
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/4/2023
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Open Thread ~
