Links 9/27/2023 | naked capitalism
To protect wild bumblebees, people have to find them first High Country News What Do Sharks Eat? Field and Stream How to Outperform How to Outperform Climate Giant Batteries Helped…
Should Menendez Quit?
Under what circumstances should an elected politician resign? The indictment of Senator Robert Menendez on corruption charges last week has raised that question again, and it can be a tricky…
Foreign Bodies: Pandemics, Vaccines and the Health of Nations | naked capitalism
Yves here. KLG reviews the recent Simon Schama book, Foreign Bodies: Pandemics, Vaccines and the Health of Nations. While he finds Schama’s offering has a lot of merit, KLG also…
Consulting Ethics: McKinsey Pays Additional $230 Million Opioid Settlement, Bringing Total to $870 Million | naked capitalism
McKinsey has agreed to a settlement, subject to court approval, which will enable the giant consulting firm to settle the liability resulting from its advice to Purdue Pharma and other…
Ruling Against Trump Cuts to the Heart of His Identity
Nearly every aspect of Donald J. Trump’s life and career has been under scrutiny from the justice system over the past several years, leaving him under criminal indictment in four…
Opinion | The Magic Number: 32 Hours
The autoworkers picketing factories across America aren’t just seeking higher pay. They are also, audaciously, demanding the end of the standard 40-hour workweek. They want a full week’s pay for…
Opinion | ‘This Is Going to Be the Most Important Election Since 1860’
And that, Begala continued, does not “even take into account a potential centrist candidacy under the No Labels banner. Biden won moderates by a 30-point margin (64-34), and 38 percent…
Crypto’s Wild D.C. Ride: From FTX at the Fed to a Scramble for Access
Cryptocurrency lobbyists were riding so high in early 2022 that an FTX executive felt comfortable directly emailing Jerome H. Powell, the chair of the Federal Reserve, to ask him to…
Years of Graft Doomed 2 Dams in Libya, Leaving Thousands in Muddy Graves
The dam project broke ground in 2010, according to the government assessment from 2011 reviewed by The New York Times. By Feb. 1, 2011, just before the uprising, the project…
In Rare Alliance, Democrats and Republicans Seek Legal Power to Clear Homeless Camps
Garbage, feces and needles run through the rivers in Missoula, Mont. On the streets of San Francisco, tents are so thick that sidewalks in the Tenderloin neighborhood have become “unofficial…