Archive for the 'Economy' Category
Coca-Cola Paid Scientists to Downplay How Sugary Beverages Fueled the Obesity Crisis
September 20th, 2020Evaluating Coca-Cola’s attempts to influence public health ‘in their own words’: analysis of Coca-Cola emails with public health academics leading the Global Energy Balance Network: Objective: We evaluate the extent to which Coca-Cola tried to influence research in the Global Energy Balance Network, as revealed by correspondence between the company and leading public health academics […]
Global Banks Defy U.S. Crackdowns by Serving Oligarchs, Criminals and Terrorists
September 20th, 2020Via: The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists: Secret U.S. government documents reveal that JPMorgan Chase, HSBC and other big banks have defied money laundering crackdowns by moving staggering sums of illicit cash for shadowy characters and criminal networks that have spread chaos and undermined democracy around the world. The records show that five global banks […]
Why Are Oil and Gas Companies Investing in Nuclear Fusion?
September 18th, 2020In other words: Complex, expensive, centralized infrastructure is par for the course for oil companies. Via: GTM: Betting on fusion looks like a long shot for oil and gas companies, which are increasingly focused on here-today energy plays such as offshore wind and longer-term bets like green hydrogen. But oil and fusion may have more […]
Google Proposes New Campus Billed as a ‘Neighborhood’ with Homes, Shops and Parks
September 17th, 2020I’m sure that this wouldn’t be creepy at all. In fact, I’m doubleplus sure. Via: SF Gate: Google wants to build a new corporate campus in Mountain View, California, aiming to develop a 40-acre site with a mix of office buildings, housing, shops and public spaces. The plan, unveiled Tuesday, would expand the company’s presence […]
Amazon Plans to Put 1,000 Warehouses in Suburban Neighborhoods
September 17th, 2020Amazon wants landlords to pre-wire apartments with Alexa. How about if they just cut to the chase and build Amazon Burbclaves. Via: Bloomberg: Amazon.com Inc. plans to open 1,000 small delivery hubs in cities and suburbs all over the U.S., according to people familiar with the plans. The facilities, which will eventually number about 1,500, […]
Alan Jones on Resignation of Victorian Department of Finance and Treasury Economist Sanjeev Sabhlok: “This Virus Is Not a Pandemic”
September 17th, 2020Via: Sky News Australia: Related: Victorian Government Economist Quits in Protest of Dan Andrews’ ‘Police State’
From Blue Shirts to Brown
September 16th, 2020Via: Off-Guardian: And here we get to the crux of the SARS-CoV-2 scam. Sure, there’s a virus out there. It’s real and it certainly kills people but we know enough about it now to know that the draconian response taken by Premier Danial Andrews is scientifically indefensible. So why is he persisting with the lockdowns? […]
RAND Study Uncovers Massive Income Shift to Top 1%
September 16th, 2020The median worker should be making as much as $102,000 annually—if some $2.5 trillion wasn’t being “reverse distributed” every year away from the working class. Via: FastCompany: Just how far has the working class been left behind by the winner-take-all economy? A new analysis by the RAND Corporation examines what rising inequality has cost Americans […]
Yelp Data Shows 60% of Business Closures Due to Coronavirus Pandemic Are Now Permanent
September 16th, 2020Via: CNBC: Yelp on Wednesday released its latest Economic Average Report, revealing business closures across the U.S. are increasing as a result of the coronavirus pandemic’s economic toll. As of Aug, 31, 163,735 businesses have indicated on Yelp that they have closed. That’s down from the 180,000 that closed at the very beginning of the […]
Debt is the Real Pandemic
September 15th, 2020Via: Ron Paul: According to the Congressional Budget Office’s (CBO) latest “Update on the Budget Outlook,” this year’s $3.3 trillion federal deficit is not just three times larger than last year: it is the largest federal deficit in history. The CBO update also predicts that the federal debt will equal 104 percent of the gross […]
