Sunday, August 11, 2019

Economics and Corruption related links 081119



Domestic workers deserve labor protections


Boris and Donald’s Wrecking Ball: It will be a new sort of “special relationship” as the men who lead the U.S. and the U.K. work to undo what their predecessors built after World War II.

Let's talk about snapping up cost of living differences.....

Let's talk about the goals of safety nets like SNAP....

Nigel Farage has launched a pro-Brexit group which can take anonymous US cash: World4Brexit, registered in Michigan for tax purposes, is reportedly expected to get "informal advice" from Steve Bannon

French banks could be forced to close 40,000 accounts of 'accidental Americans'

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

'A whole new world’: New law lets Pennsylvania foster kids attend college tuition-free

House and Senate Democrats Unveil Resolution To Save Pre-Existing Condition Protections From Harmful Trump Administration Rule Pushing Junk Plans

Every day pediatricians encounter mental health system’s intolerable lapses

The steep angle of hope

Kamala Harris Releases Healthcare Plan Calling for Privatization of Medicare

Trump FCC Votes to Radically Redefine Local Franchise Agreements and Undermine Community Needs

Lowe's is laying off thousands of workers

Lowe’s Fires Thousands of Workers Despite Getting $1 Billion from Trump Tax Cuts

Rees-Mogg and the AfD’s Alice Weidel have a lot in common – all of it nasty: The ERG supremo and the far-right German leader are nationalists linked by their hatred of the EU and much else

JFK to 911 Everything Is A Rich Man's Trick

What level of disparity in health care are we willing to tolerate

Another Trump first: He’s the pro-hunger president

Lapse in hospice care leaves a wound and stirs response

An insecurity complex over Social Security

91 Year Old Terminally Ill Hospital Patient Knits Over 9000 Winter Hats For The Homeless

Why Growing Food is The Single Most Impactful Thing You Can Do in a Corrupt Political System

Manischewitz is selling all of its kosher food business

Irritating Compounds Can Show Up In 'Vape Juice'

Few German Mothers Go Back To Work Full Time. These Are The Challenges They Face

Why governments should prioritize well-being

Rep. Ocasio-Cortez reminds everyone that undocumented immigrants 'pay for your kids’ schooling, too'

Brexit: Majority of older Leave voters say significant economic damage is 'price worth paying', finds YouGov.  71 per cent of over-65s would accept a big economic hit – and half are willing for family members to lose their jobs

Chinese communist leaders denounce US values but send their children to US colleges

Remain-supporting couple’s house ‘targeted’ with eggs after putting up anti-Boris Johnson poster
Vandals attack home featuring pro-EU posters in windows

Medicare for All — What's Necessary and What's Not: A physician explains the 3 essential features Medicare for All must have — and 2 serious distractions that could waylay it.

JIM HIGHTOWER: Farmers up against monopolies

The devastation of farm country is biting us all on the butt

Betsy DeVos on Education: Voucherize, Privatize and Segregate

Drug Price Gouging: An American Story

Kissing Industry’s Butt in Laurel, Miss.

Is There a Future for Unions?  For labor to secure gains, in the United States or Canada or anywhere, workers must mobilize. We have to bring everyone together, women, men, poor people, people of color, gay people—all working people

Replace Patent Monopolies With Direct Public Funding for Drug Research

Martial law plans being prepped to prevent riots after no-deal Brexit

The Economy and the Election

Neoliberalism Down on the Farm

My Daughters Will Not Grow Up With Disney. Here’s Why.

Megan Rapinoe and the USWNT Are the Heroes America Needed: The World Cup champion team cannot be bossed or bought

No-deal Brexit: Lorry drivers 'could face two day waits without food or toilets'

Here’s Where the 2020 Candidates Stand on Labor: Democrats have a history of empty promises when it comes to bolstering unions and workers' rights. Who can be trusted in 2020?

McKinsey and Company Is an Elitist Cult. Why Is Buttigieg Defending It?  The management consultancy firm is “the single greatest legitimizer of mass layoffs.” And its alumni are loyal for life.

Warren and Sanders Say We Need a “Right To Repair” Tractors. Here’s Why That’s Important.  From John Deere to Apple, corporations try to prevent you from fixing your own stuff. But a growing movement is pushing back.

Some on the Left Want To Nationalize Amazon. Breaking It Up Is a Safer Bet.  Antitrust action has worked in the past. We can use the same model against Amazon.

Breaking Up Amazon Doesn’t Go Far Enough—We Must Put It Under Public Control: A nationalized Amazon could be put to use in building a more equitable, democratic economy.

Bitten: The Secret History of Lyme Disease and Biological Weapons

We could lose the whole farm: farm bankruptcies rise as Trump’s trade war grinds on

Brexit: What is the scope for re-opening the negotiations with the EU?

China Stops Buying US Agricultural Products Entirely

Op-Ed: What the government should be doing — but isn’t — to guard against unsafe prescription drugs

Pete Buttigieg's health care plan for rural America aims to attract immigrant doctors, provide better technology

Trump insists Fed cut rate sharply as he sounds pessimistic note on China talks

SHOULD BIG TECH BE BROKEN UP?

Don’t Break Up Facebook — Treat It Like a Utility

Google, Facebook and Amazon face tough questioning over potential monopolies: The tech giants weathered many critiques during a congressional hearing Tuesday. Meanwhile, Apple got less attention.

The FTC’s Big Tech Revolving Door Problem

When Your Doctor is Selling Something: Curbing Corporate Influence in the Physician-Patient Relationship

HHS Has Failed to Report Nearly Two-Thirds of Its Medical Malpractice Payments to National Data Bank, New Analysis Shows: Public Citizen Findings Show Long-Term Systemic HHS Noncompliance With Reporting Requirements, Calls on Congress to Act

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CPSC Should Be Allowed to Name Deadly Products Without the Corporate Maker’s Permission: Public Citizen Calls for Repealing Section 6(b) of the Consumer Product Safety Act

Immediate Moratorium on Opioid Approvals Is Urgently Needed, Say FDA Committee Chair and Public Citizen: With Dangerous Opioids Continuing to Flood the Market, a Moratorium Is Required to Stop More Abuse, Deaths

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act

Marcus Ball V Boris Johnson Prosecution Funding

What Exactly Is Boris Johnson Doing?  Whether he’s pursuing negotiating leverage or electoral advantage, the prime minister is headed for disaster.

I Would Walk...400 Miles: This Man Is Walking From Glasgow To London To Protest NHS Privatisation: Two weeks into his challenge, James Corbett tells HuffPost UK why the NHS is "one of the best institutions in the world".

Scientists despair at ‘political fools’ over Brexit

Elderly couple in apparent murder-suicide indicated they could not afford medical care

Brexit: Legal bid to prevent Boris Johnson shutting down parliament

How English nationalist Boris Johnson is turning UK into US ‘colony’ – Henry McLeish

Petition: A No Deal Brexit is not the Legal Default

Graham promises ObamaCare repeal if Trump, Republicans win in 2020

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