The projected failure to meet insufficiently ambitious climate change goals like net zero should come as no surprise.
Thursday, October 3, 2024
More Poverty for the Poor
The position of both poor nations and the poorest income groups globally has been deteriorating.
2:00PM Water Cooler 7/24/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; impeachment articles against Harris (frivolous); how Harris grabbed Biden’s war chest; only Google can search Reddit; the wheel of emotions. ~
The Global Semiconductor Talent Crunch: How Protectionism Backfired
Oopsie! US semiconductor protectionism looks to have reduced the size of the pool of needed workers and experts.
More Guns, Less Butter: How Will the EU Wed Austerity to Militarization?
Will Euro defense bonds be the answer?
Pitchbook Report Attempting to Defend Private Equity Role in Healthcare Suffers from Fundamental, Fatal Analytical Flaw
A recent report from Pitchbook commits data crimes in attempting to depict private equity management of healthcare companies as benign.
‘Woah!’: FTC Applauded for Launching Inquiry Into Surveillance Pricing
The FTC targets surveillance pricing, which is privacy-risking data harvesting used to charge higher prices.
2:00PM Water Cooler 7/23/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; Pelosi and the Twenty Fifth Amendment; Kamala’s rollout; establishment voices at the Atlantic; Boeing cluster continues ~
US Voters Want Change, Biden’s Exit Hasn’t Fixed That
Communities ravaged by neoliberal capitalism want real change. Candidates like Biden make Trump look more able to deliver it.
Middle East Heating Up: Increased Hezbollah, Houthi Attacks on Israel after Israel Strike on Yemen Port,
As you were transfixed by the Biden, Harris and Trump show, the Middle East conflict is escalating, with Hezbollah launching new attacks.
In Major Shift, British Newspapers Begin Warning of Perils of Cashless Society After Global IT Outage
The mainstream media has, until now, played a crucial role in advancing the Global War on Cash — a war that began with no official declaration but in which propaganda, as with all wars, is a vital weapon.
Crying Wolf: Why Negotiating Lower Drug Prices Will Not Harm Pharmaceutical Innovation
More evidence that US drug price curbs are unlikely to be harming pharmaceutical innovation
Trump’s Acceptance Speech at the Republican National Convention
Trumpian themes: People and country, the assassination attempt, Heel or Face, and the working class.
