Mammon category archive
The Crypto Con 0
Michael Hiltzik, a columnist for the Los Angeles Times, has had enough.
Follow the link for his reasoning.
This New Gilded Age 0
At the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Gene Collier forcefully argues that what lies behind many price increases is not, as Republicans would have you think, inflation, but, rather, greedflation. Here’s a bit from his article:
Such price-tampering methods included exporting eggs to reduce the domestic supply and limiting the number of chickens through various means including artificially limiting cage space, flock reduction, and “early slaughter.”
(snip)
The result of all that, you’ll doubtless recall, was ridiculously high egg prices Republicans blamed on Joe Biden, the old chicken farmer. More pointedly, it validated what some economists had taken to calling greedflation.
His whole piece is worth your while.
Afterthought:
This is the result of not enforcing anti-trust laws, of thinking that trusts can be trusted.
The first Gilded Age taught us that they could not, and we chose to forget that lesson.
Industrial Revolution Redux 0
San and his crew talk with Brian Merchant, tech columnist at the Los Angeles Times, about what the who-shot-john about “artificial intelligence” is actually about.
Fly the Fiendly Skies . . . 0
. . . and you just may just get left holding the bag.
Boy, am I glad that my days of stepping on airplanes once or twice a month are behind me.
The Crypto Con 0
Binance President pleads guilty to not preventing money laundering.
The Crypto Con 0
Sam and the crew talk with Jacob Silverman about Sam Bankman-Fried’s conviction for multiple financial crimes.
The Privatization Scam 0
The Arizona Republic’s Laurie Roberts follows the money.
Medicare Disadvantage 0
Over at Delaware Liberal, retired Delaware State Representative John Kowalko explains in detail why Medicare Part C, also called “Medicare Advantage,” is a con and a scam less desirable alternative than traditional Medicare (Medicare Parts A and B, plus a “stopgap” policy).
If you or someone you care about is using or considering using “Medicare Advantage,” the post is well worth a read.
The Pusher Men 0
Sam and Peter Mougey discuss the merchants of addiction.
This New Gilded Age 0
No rooms for the weary: E. J. Montini writes of the shortage of affordable housing for working people in the Sedona, Arizona’s mystical mecca for tourists. Here’s a tiny nugget (emphasis added):
So much so, that the city may designate an area at Sedona Cultural Park, normally a performance venue, as a place where working people living in their cars will be able to stay safely.
Car Nation 0
Engadget reports on a recent study released by the Mozilla Foundation. It is somewhat disquieting; here’s how to report opens:
The Carnappers 0
Persons in Philly who overstay their metered parking by the teeniest bit are now getting barnacle bills.
