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Hubert Horan: The Airline Industry Collapse Part 5 – The Battle to Protect Airline Investors From Economic Reality Enters a New Phase
Why the big airline operators' talk about turning the corner in early 2021 is bunk.
Limited Liability: Profit Without Responsibility
Over time, limited liability entities have helped facilitate "Heads I win, tails you lose" conduct.
Goldman Gets Off Easy in 1MDB Scandal Despite Further $2.9 Billion in Payments, Criminal Charge Against Malaysian Sub
Despite the big numbers, Goldman gets the kid glove treatment relative to the severity of its 1MBD misconduct.
Profits Over Human Life? ER Doctor’s Story Is Fearful Lesson for U.S. Workers During Pandemic
Dr. Ming Lin spoke out about Covid safety and was fired. A doctor working for corporations must check his medical ethics at the door.
U.S. Supreme Court Rejects GOP Call Not to Extend Deadline for Mail-In Ballots
A deadlocked U.S. Supreme Court let stand a lower court ruling ruling to extend the deadline for counting mail-in ballots.
Waste Watch: New York Begins Enforcing Plastic Bag Ban
New York begins to enforce its ban on single-use plastic bags, delayed since March by the pandemic and various lawsuits.
With Bankruptcies Mounting, Faltering Oil and Gas Firms Are Leaving a Multi-Billion Dollar Cleanup Bill to the Public
Yet another example otf how the oil industry is subsidized, here by another way it dumps environmental costs on the public at large.
Latest Election Stunt Proves Uber and Lyft Are Their Own Worst Political Enemies
Quelle surprise! Uber and Lyft are acting in bad faith in their struggles to get out of being classified as employers.
Milton Friedman Versus Stakeholder Capitalism
Looking at the damage Milton Friedman did by advocating corporate irresponsibility, which more and more orthodox economists have questioned.
Corporate Law Consequences: Amy Coney Barrett Nomination
Quick take on what the Amy Coney Barrett appointment means for various areas of corporate law and why Republicans are so keen to confirm her.