Salve Lucrum: The Existential Threat of Greed in US Health Care | naked capitalism
Yves here. I do my tiny bit to try to lower my health care costs by refusing some tests and arbitraging test costs (for instance, MRIs are way cheaper in…
Identifying the Real Resistance | naked capitalism
Yves here. While it’s a plus to see writers on what is left of the hollowed out left still thinking about how to effect large-scale change, it seems we are…
Losing Out in Critical Technologies: Cisco Systems and Financialization | naked capitalism
Yves here. I’m old enough to remember when Cisco was the dominant Internet infrastructure company during peak dotcom. A falloff in Cisco’s orders was the sign the bust had started.…
Analysis: Gas shortage exposes fragile South Asian economies to more pain – Reuters News Agency
EconomyEnergy 20 February 2023, 6:53 pm. 1 minute By Reuters News Agency Reuters proprietarily analyzes the economies of Pakistan and Bangladesh amidst a shortage of imported gas. With just over…
The Crisis in Scientific Publication: Peer Review, Authorship, Responsibility, and the Future of Science | naked capitalism
By KLG, who has held research and academic positions in three US medical schools since 1995 and is currently Professor of Biochemistry and Associate Dean. He has performed and directed…
How Private Equity Bribes Public Pension Fund Officials: Subsidized/Fund-Paid Lavish Travel and Entertainment | naked capitalism
Bloomberg’s Neil Weinberg peels back yet another layer of the soft corruption that pervades private equity dealings with modestly-paid public pension fund officials in a new article, Tuscany for $200?…
Why News of Population Decline and Economic Slowdown Isn’t Necessarily a Bad Thing | naked capitalism
Yves here. In a bit of synchronicity, Dr. Kevin just sent an article from New Scientist, Should you have children? The true costs and benefits of parenthood. One hates to…
All Presidents Avoid Reporters, but Biden May Achieve a Record in His Press Avoidance | naked capitalism
Yves here. The speed with which Biden’s all too frequent gaffes become memes on Twitter appears to have obscured the degree to which he has steered clear of the press.…
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/27/2023 | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Readers, I am up to my eyeballs in the muck of that horrid Cochrane study on masks (finished, here), so all I can do is…
Reuters was first to report that Ericsson will lay off 8,500 employees – Reuters News Agency
EconomyTechnology 24 February 2023, 7:53 pm. 1 minute By Reuters News Agency Reuters was first to report that Ericsson will lay off 8,500 employees, citing a memo sent to employees…