“New research adds to an increasing body of evidence that restricting opioid prescribing has not solved the opioid crisis but instead worsened it.”
Read more: https://stopthedrugwar.org/chronicle/2018/jun/16/making_matters_worse_deas_move
“This practice—overly suspicious government officials seizing children from their parents—isn’t confined to Minnesota.”
Read more: https://reason.com/blog/2018/06/18/cps-mom-baby-cops-kidnapping
“The cause of the most serious problems in Obamacare can be summarized in a single word: Dumping. Group plans are dumping their sickest, most costly enrollees on the individual market. Within that market, health plans are dumping their most costly enrollees on each other. And individuals are dumping costs on other individuals by waiting to insure until they get sick.”
“It is not just that power corrupts, it is that already corrupt people seek power.”
“Tsinghua’s rapid plant construction threatens to flood the semiconductor market and sink prices, following a pattern set by Chinese makers of liquid crystal displays, solar panels and other commoditized technologies.”
“So, where are we? We are back to where we were before Trump initiated his series of angry outbursts, insults, and threats against North Korea. North Korea still has its nuclear weapons and is promising to get rid of them sometime into the future.”
Read more: https://www.fff.org/2018/06/15/the-big-obstacle-to-peace-in-korea/
“‘Law-abiding people’ must fear state surveillance because it makes it more more likely that they will become non-law-abiding without any change in their behavior.”
Read more: http://www.econlib.org/archives/2018/06/why_the_surveil.html
“Share-buyback announcements led to ‘abnormal returns’ in the share price over the next 30 days. Executives used this share price surge to cash out.”
“What many of the harder-hit Sifi banks have in common, said Mr Harnett, was a heavy dependence on US-dollar funding, putting them at risk of a squeeze if US rates continue to rise and the dollar continues to strengthen.”
Read more: https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2018-06-14/some-most-systemically-important-banks-world-are-tumbling
“Desperate oil workers and criminals are stripping the oil company of vital equipment, vehicles, pumps and copper wiring, carrying off whatever they can to make money.”
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/world/americas/venezuela-oil-economy.html