Monday, July 29, 2019

Economics and Corruption related links 072919



Harris, Warren and the single-payer pitfall

Unemployment is low only because 'involuntary' part-time work is high

Fed chief pans the idea of US returning to gold standard

Trump administration wants to roll back child labor laws

‘This is not democracy’: European parliament unites to condemn selection of new EU Commission president behind closed doors.  ‘None of the presidents on the council would accept this being done in their countries. It would be taken to a constitutional court,’ says leader of largest group

African leaders launch landmark 55-nation trade zone: It took African countries four years to agree to a free-trade deal in March. The trade zone will unite 1.3 billion people, create a $3.4 trillion economic bloc and usher in a new era of development across the continent.

The road to equality in education African American students: Horry County Public Schools (1930-2019)

‘Trump 2020’ campaign banners are being proudly produced in . . . China?

Be afraid. A political coup is underway in the UK – Kenny MacAskill

Flawed Home Office app stops EU citizen getting settled status: Technical problem detected in Home Office Brexit app for EU citizens

White House Says Cutting Meals on Wheels Is ‘Compassionate’ (a 2017 article – I wonder if much has changed)

BREXIT STANDING OVATION: No UK Prime Minister ever explained to British people what EU did for them

Labour MP Sarah Champion Backs No-Deal Over No Brexit: Rotherham MP also refuses to commit to backing a vote of no confidence to bring down the Tory government.

The Observer view on a weakened Britain on the world stage: A crisis of confidence at the heart of the country’s institutions allows predators to circle in preparation for rich pickings

Brexit weekly briefing: Tories back Johnson despite mistakes.  Apparent future PM continues to insist he will take Britain out of EU ‘deal or no deal’

France will not back down on digital tax despite US legal threats: Finance minister hopes to agree global action on tech giants at G7 meeting this week

House Passes Bill to Raise Minimum Wage to $15, a Victory for Liberals

Safe Deposit Boxes Aren’t Safe

Jeremy Hunt claims a Tory was the true founder of the NHS – that’s rubbish: Henry Willink did produce a white paper on a national health service in 1944, says Labour peer Tom Pendry, but then joined Churchill and other Tory notables in voting against Nye Bevan’s bill

Project fear? The last three years have been more catastrophic than even the most pessimistic Remainer predicted: As leading Leavers seek to subvert parliamentary democracy as we know it, there is no pleasure in saying “I told you so”

Russia's biggest weapon is Brexit. So where are the Tory MPs willing to save us from it?  Brexit is a process that will likely break up the Union, cripple the UK economy, damage those of our main trading partners and divide us from our closest allies, including most of those who make up Nato

Internal drug company emails show indifference to opioid epidemic

Boris And Trump's Killer Healthcare Trick, with Stephen Fry.

In British PM race, a former Russian tycoon quietly wields influence

This Economic Theory Could Be Used To Pay For The Green New Deal

Whose Utopia? How Science Used The Bodies Of People Deemed 'Less Than'
                                                                                                                                                 
Yield Curve: You Asked, We Answer

The more we learn about Brexit, the more crooked it looks

Boris Johnson Meets His Destiny: Hailed as a savant, lampooned as a fraud, Britain’s likely next prime minister must lead his country through its moment of maximum peril—and opportunity.

Trauma-informed education legislation becomes law

Boris Johnson quotes even more terrifying now he's set to be the next prime minister

Trump Says U.S. Economy Is 'Best It Has Ever Been,' But Facts Tell A Different Story

Top 15 Health Benefits Of CBD Oil (Cannabidiol)

Why Choose CBD BioCare

DOJ announces agreement on $26 billion merger between T-Mobile and Sprint

Why Boris Johnson is Even More Dangerous Than Trump

Cambridge Analytica and Facebook - and their impact on both Trump and Brexit

Donald Trump’s Entire Story About the Economy Fell Apart This Week

Have you any idea how much heartache and headaches your vote and the Brexiteers’ subsequent handling of this vote have caused nationwide and on a European scale?

Brexit weakens pound to worst-performing major currency in the world

No-deal Brexit now 'assumed' by government, says Gove

Obamacare Had Another Bad Day In Court. That’s Pretty Alarming.  No serious expert thinks the case has merit, but now health care for 20 million people is on the line.

Winning the Obamacare Suit Would Be a Disaster for Republicans: Conservatives would rather rail at judges than come up with a viable health-care alternative.

Opinion: The New Plot Against Obamacare.  Will specious, bad-faith legal arguments prevail?

Julián Castro: Why my mother yanked me from my sixth-grade classroom

98 Reasons To Stay In The EU: Benefits Of Membership For The UK

Boris Johnson vows to ditch EU rules on GM crops: In his first day in office, new prime minister controversially returns his brother to former brief as science and universities minister, while pledging to liberate UK bioscience and develop UK satnav rival to Galileo

More than 4m in UK are trapped in deep poverty, study finds: Austerity has undermined two decades of anti-poverty policy, campaigners say

New Home Secretary Priti Patel reveals plans for tougher borders with or without Brexit deal

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