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recent bookmarks from asterisk2aBig Pharma fought drug pricing reform with record $7.5M dark money donation | Ars Technica2023-11-23T04:25:57+00:00
https://arstechnica.com/health/2023/11/big-pharma-gave-9m-to-dark-money-groups-to-fight-drug-pricing-reform/
asterisk2adark pattern money lobbying lobby thinktank revolving door SuperPAC USA vested interest profit maximisationhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:0416cf0cb0d5/Bernie Ecclestone pleads guilty to fraud - BBC News2023-10-12T17:27:12+00:00
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-67088503
asterisk2a1% tax evasion avoidance justice inequality class capitalism revolving door politics HMRChttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:a49a7563758f/Why Americans love big cars - YouTube2023-07-25T22:08:59+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQDegCqiVnU
asterisk2aauto industry self-regulation regulation regulator EV politics revolving door lobbyinghttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:dccdbce21c21/James O’Keefe Drops Bombshell Video On BlackRock: ‘You Got $10k? You Can Buy A Senator’ | The Daily Wire2023-06-23T01:04:21+00:00
https://www.dailywire.com/news/james-okeefe-drops-bombshell-video-on-blackrock-you-got-10k-you-can-buy-a-senator
asterisk2aBlackrock lobbying revolving door Private Equity politics corruption UK USA influencehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:834d61ffaf7f/Why Matt Hancock's Latest HUMILIATION Matters - YouTube2023-03-26T23:41:48+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JobtgVZOqqE
asterisk2aUK privatisation lobby revolving door capitalism subsidies subsidizinghttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:6ab94dcdb635/Reiche Menschen und die Politik: Wie groß ist ihr Einfluss? | Doku | NDR | 45 Min - YouTube2022-10-29T21:51:46+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GEmTUa4r0Q
asterisk2a1% subsidies capitalism neoliberal capital neoliberalism revolving door lobbying lobbyist politics vested interest tax evasion avoidance philanthropy democracyhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:c8dd18c1ca32/What are tech billionaires’ text messages like? Just as petty as ours, it turns out | John Naughton | The Guardian2022-10-16T07:34:18+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/oct/15/tech-billionaires-text-messages-elon-musk-twitter
asterisk2aElon Musk 1% meritocracy myth subsidies bailout law hypocrisy capital Peter Thiel neoliberalism neoliberal capitalism vested interest lobbying revolving door politicshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:e6b8d3599f46/Goodbye Bundestag: Politiker:innen auf Jobsuche | ZDF Magazin Royale - YouTube2022-10-01T13:11:27+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kkl3J7JVv7s
asterisk2arevolving door lobbying Germany influence corruption vested interest Representation representative democracyhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:367081ba7598/Koch-Controlled Organizations Spent More Than $1.1 Billion During the 2020 Election Cycle : TrueReddit2022-08-10T20:54:01+00:00
https://www.reddit.com/r/TrueReddit/comments/wk83bs/kochcontrolled_organizations_spent_more_than_11/
asterisk2abook lobby revolving door USA lobbying corporate vested interesthttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:a4c8bbaa22e8/Uber Files: Massive leak reveals how top politicians secretly helped Uber - BBC News2022-07-10T17:35:31+00:00
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62057321
asterisk2aUber lobbying Silicon Valley revolving door neoliberalism freedom regulation regulators politics self-regulation democracy Representation tobacco BigTech Facebook Google Apple power influence regulatory capturehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:5d843cb0d35b/MPs to raise concerns over No 10 advisers with links to gambling industry | Gambling | The Guardian2022-07-07T01:55:16+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2022/jul/06/mps-to-raise-concerns-over-no-10-advisers-with-links-to-gambling-industry
asterisk2aUK gambling revolving door lobbying Torieshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:6b98ee4e2da5/Anti-money laundering proposals ‘uninspired and insipid’, say MPs | Banking | The Guardian2022-06-09T23:46:19+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jun/10/anti-money-laundering-proposals-uninspired-insipid-mps-law-commission-review-corporate-criminal-liability
asterisk2amoney laundering UK white-collar crime Laundromat Londongrad lobbying lobby revolving door self-regulation organised Brexithttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:75cb15659aec/Tory minister Nadhim Zahawi pockets fortune from second job at oil company - Mirror Online2022-03-28T19:11:36+00:00
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/tory-minister-nadhim-zahawi-pockets-25457511
asterisk2aNadhim Zahawi lobbying revolving door UKhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:6069cc337848/DOPESICK Trailer 2 (2021) Michael Keaton - YouTube2021-09-22T18:05:11+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpZyPnQDKRA
asterisk2aoxycontin bigpharma big pharma lobbying revolving doorhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:cbedf7a23941/Matt Taibbi Calls FOR THIRD PARTY To End Forever Wars - YouTube2021-09-03T13:13:56+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qzi5ztNY9k
asterisk2aMilitary–industrial complex lobby lobbying USA vested interest politics revolving door Washington Iraq Afghanistan corporate corruptionhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:019bcda6dfff/Inequality driving 'deaths of despair' - BBC News2019-05-14T18:16:18+00:00
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-48229037?xtor=ES-208-[22813_NEWS_NLB_Wk17_Tues_14_May]-20190514-[bbcnews_inequality_newseducation_inequality]
asterisk2a> electoral reform (1), limit lobby influence and party donations (2), citizens assembly, devolution might have failed.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YmdzgJAMxk
Widening inequalities in pay, health and opportunities in the UK are undermining trust in democracy, says an Institute for Fiscal Studies report. [...] The think tank warns of runaway incomes for high earners but rises in "deaths of despair", such as from addiction and suicide, among the poorest.
It warns of risks to "centre-ground" politics from stagnating pay and divides in health and education.
The report says such widening gaps are "making a mockery of democracy".
The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), one of the country's leading research institutes, is launching what it says is the UK's biggest analysis of inequality.
That will be chaired by Nobel Prize-winning economist Prof Sir Angus Deaton.
[see second graph, poorest got poorer ]
Angus Deaton - inequality of political voice
&! https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/may/14/inequality-inquiry-institute-fiscal-studies-grievance
]]>inequality No Representation democracy Brexit DonaldTrump Donald Trump Europe AfD poverty trap suicide self-medication drug abuse addiction alcoholism sickcare Austerity GFC NHS mental health Universal Credit stigma prejudice nasty party Conservative OECD gini Coefficient Angus Deaton Westminster bubble lobby exploitation rentseeking Economics Rentier vested interest 1% tax evasion avoidance underinvestment history globalisation revolving door subsidies subsidizing subsidising life expectancy premature death job security insecurity Gesellschaft Zivilgesellschaft Society Psychology Sociologyhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:1a64f7f8f5c5/(1521) The Myth of American "Capitalism" - YouTube2019-04-09T23:33:40+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Psr6eqkzb2Q
asterisk2aCapitalism book monopoly oligopol oligopoly competition anttrust anti-trust free market self-regulation Regulation regulators consumer protection subsidies subsidizing lobby revolving doorhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:2364b52bf2d9/(90) Trump und der Staatsstreich der Konzerne | Kurzgefasst | ARTE - YouTube2019-02-08T01:47:37+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZwtNGLk04xo
asterisk2aDonaldTrump Donald Trump lobby revolving door Washington BarackObama transparency vested interest democracy No Representation kleptocracy greed self-regulation bailout book PAC SuperPAC poverty inequality social mobility American Dream Brexit Macron France Germany tax evasion avoidance 1% Rentier working poor trap Austerity GFC oligarchy aristocracy Elite taxation short-termismhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:ddc96c83714f/Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Crusher of Sacred Cows – Rolling Stone2019-01-22T01:38:56+00:00
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-media-781571/
asterisk2aAOC Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Washington bubble lobby vested interest revolving door USA 1%https://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:defce3623b6b/Top US student loans official resigns over 'open hostility' from White House | US news | The Guardian2018-08-28T16:47:24+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/27/seth-frotman-student-loan-ombudsman-resigns-white-house-hostility
asterisk2aDonaldTrump Donald Trump swamp Brexit self-regulation regulation deregulation regulators oversight corruption revolving doorhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:8d1cd8855e82/(11142) Klimawandel und Sommerhitze: Die Gegner machen mobil | Monitor | Das Erste | WDR - YouTube2018-08-17T16:25:33+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti-ry6PyxtY
asterisk2aKlimakatastrophe climate denier lobby profit maximisation vested interests exploitation capitalism neoliberalism neoliberal neoconservatism neoconservatives revolving door DonaldTrump Donald Trump fracking Gas coalhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:ac6e60127fbc/Revealed: Tory donors who paid £7m to socialise with May | Politics | The Guardian2018-07-21T01:48:43+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jul/20/revealed-tory-donors-who-paid-7m-to-socialise-with-theresa-may
asterisk2aLobby revolving door UK Brexit election Tories Conservative Party nasty donations donors Theresa May hypocrisy JAM Lobbying lobbyisthttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:91ec5cfdd081/(5695) Why do taxpayers pay billions for football stadiums? - YouTube2018-02-03T14:40:02+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e22yH5hUQ_A&feature=em-uploademail
asterisk2asubsidies subsidizing Amazon tax evasion avoidance 1% Capital Capitalism neoliberal neoliberalism underinvestment UK USA infrastructure economic history corruption bribery lobby revolving door profit maximisation corporatism Corporate shareholder CEO pay dividendhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:8b11e11df745/Donald Trump's success reveals a frightening weakness in American democracy - YouTube2018-01-18T19:34:31+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLCUphApmr8
asterisk2aDonaldTrump Donald Trump Brexit UKIP Authoritarianism GOP LGBT Transgender gay marriage immigration Culture Identity politics inequality unknown foreign different AfD uncertainty No Representation book globalisation Super Rich 1% tax evasion avoidance globalization Institutions revolving door lobby vested interest Plutocracy Oligarchy Technocracy Monopoly poverty trap working poor post-racial America UK Germany American Dream democracy history neoliberal neoliberalism economic Austerity GFC trust trustagent Sociology Psychology Philosophy gini Coefficient corruption White-collar crime war on drugs Military–industrial Privatisation profit maximisation food–industrial big Pharma TBTF bailout recovery China Russiahttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:88c10aa0e46f/Ben Rhodes: ‘Obama has a serenity that I don't. I get more exercised’ | Film | The Guardian2018-01-13T14:18:50+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jan/13/ben-rhodes-barack-obama-serenity
asterisk2aBarackObama Journalism journalismus Westminister Whitehall Washington revolving door PR Michael Wolff book DonaldTrump Donald Trump Brexit No Representation 24/7 bubblehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:fca5b15bb346/Tory members 'a breed apart' from other main parties, study finds | Politics | The Guardian2018-01-04T05:42:32+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2018/jan/04/tory-members-a-breed-apart-from-other-main-parties-study-finds
asterisk2aDonaldTrump Brexit Donald Trump authoritarianism Psychology Sociology Political Science Tories Conservative Party nasty alt-right right-wing far-right neoNazi Nazi neo-Nazi Germany AfD immigration tyrant history autocracy technocracy technocrat neoliberal neoliberalism globalisation globalization Austerity economic GFC recovery working poor Precariat demagogue No Representation plutocracy oligarchy Super Rich 1% democracy lobby revolving doorhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:3ff2168f7b7f/CDC gets list of forbidden words: fetus, transgender, diversity - The Washington Post2017-12-16T22:50:25+00:00
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/cdc-gets-list-of-forbidden-words-fetus-transgender-diversity/2017/12/15/f503837a-e1cf-11e7-89e8-edec16379010_story.html
asterisk2aDonaldTrump Donald Trump public health Religion abortion birthcontrol contraception HIV AIDS war on drugs CDC USA GOP Republicans Republican BAME post-racial inequality discrimination big pharma pharmaceutical post-antibiotic antibiotic antibiotics lobby revolving door No Representation LGBT Transgender minority Opioid abuse addictionhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:e401056ef892/Globalisation: time to look at the past to plot the future | Joseph Stiglitz | Business | The Guardian2017-12-06T07:12:18+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/dec/05/globalisation-time-look-at-past-plot-the-future-joseph-stiglitz
asterisk2aglobalisation globalization Socialism neoliberal neoliberalism Capitalism GFC recovery economic history Brexit AfD Agenda2010 DonaldTrump Donald Trump Austerity bailout short-term shorttermism profit maximisation pollution self-regulation regulation regulators lobby revolving door vested interest Trickle-down taxation tax evasion avoidance Super Rich 1% Oligarchy Plutocracy Monopoly anti-competitive Union workers trade Precariat working poor trap poverty social income mobility downward welfare state safety net gini Coefficient inequality meritocracy meritocratic American Dream Class No Representation exploitation secular stagnation ZIRP NIRP QE wage growth GDPhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:ab56d15ff3a2/Sugar industry withheld research effects of sucrose 50 years ago, study claims | Science | The Guardian2017-11-22T09:26:32+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/science/blog/2017/nov/21/sugar-industry-withheld-research-effects-of-sucrose-50-years-ago-study-claims
asterisk2aCVD Cancer obesity diabetes overweight Sugar Tax taxation meat public health lobby vested interest revolving door conflict microbiome Stroke Statins Statin S.A.D. processed food food–industrial diet lifestyle sedentary inactive WHO prevention whole-food plant-based Fat Salt book NHS sickcare healthcare demand chronic sick population GPhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:c29e9caa4b4e/Cancer tests in supermarket car parks to be launched by NHS | The Independent2017-11-22T08:42:27+00:00
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/health/nhs-lung-cancer-screening-scheme-car-parks-expands-early-diagnosis-rise-public-health-manchester-a8065916.html
asterisk2aNHS prevention public health screening evidence-based medicine Cancer crisis big pharma pharmaceutical lobby vested interest revolving door conflict medical research profit maximisationhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:67e92d8e6843/Finance trumps patients at every level – UK healthcare needs an inquiry | Aseem Malhotra | Healthcare Professionals Network | The Guardian2017-11-22T08:23:37+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/healthcare-network/2017/nov/21/finance-trumps-patients-uk-healthcare-needs-inquiry
asterisk2aNHS crisis big pharma BMA pharmaceutical lobby vested interest profit maximisation rationing treatment delay waiting times GP A&E prevention public health sickcare healthcare demand chronic sick population demographic bubble obesity diabetes economic damage OECD S.A.D. diet western lifestyle sedentary inactive revolving door conflict research Statins Statin CVD Cancer overweight disabled medical statistics risk patient safety literacyhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:01bfe9a0a137/More than 24,000 Scots hospitalised because of drinking2017-11-22T03:02:03+00:00
https://stv.tv/news/scotland/1402729-more-than-24-000-scots-hospitalised-because-of-drinking/
asterisk2aNHS Scotland Alcohol minimum pricing alcoholism deprivation addiction coping mechanism maladaptive Austerity poverty trap Precariat binge drinking Society class Gesellschaft Sociology working poor Council childhood care Policy public health prevention sickcare demand chronic sick population mental psychology psychiatry depression aussichtslos hoffnungslos hopelessness hopeless Aussichtslosigkeit human condition humanity homeless homelessness abuse substance Opioid war on drugs tobacco food–industrial complex Sugar processed food lobby vested interest revolving door profit maximisation obesity liver overweighthttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:18a9b5b908b1/(4602) How Antibiotics Created Modern Agriculture w/ Maryn McKenna - MR Live - 11/15/17 - YouTube2017-11-17T00:18:08+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHLHAxezfkw
asterisk2aantibiotic antibiotics post-antibiotic food–industrial aggag public health crisis agriculture Superbug WHO mcr-1 big pharma pharmaceutical lobby Revolving door Politics profit maximisationhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:9b5e1196cdc2/(4440) Paradise Papers - Zocker, Trickser, Milliardäre - YouTube2017-11-09T08:17:52+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zseSy5oy_Qk
asterisk2aParadisePapers tax evasion avoidance UK Germany Steuerhinterziehung Steuerbetrug Steuertricks taxation PanamaPapers lobby vested interest neoliberal neoliberalism Capitalism revolving door No Representation Politicshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:13195a9546ff/(4440) Milliarden aus der Staatskasse: Die Steuerräuber | Panorama | NDR - YouTube2017-11-09T08:11:59+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64_Wre2nlHY
asterisk2aParadisePapers PanamaPapers Cum-Ex tax evasion avoidance White-collar crime UK Germany European Union lobby revolving door neoliberal capitalism neoliberalism Steuerbetrug Steuerhinterziehung Steuertricks Steuerhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:5970f2864055/Why George Orwell is returning to the BBC - BBC News2017-11-08T04:49:26+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-41886208
asterisk2aOrwell Orwellian Nationalism far-right right-wing alt-right Fascism Faschịsmus Brexit DonaldTrump Donald Trump post-truth Austerity Capitalism neoliberalism GFC bank bailout Consumerism Consumer Materialism Chomsky Anarchism book Anarchismus economic history Xenophobia Homophobia refugee war Super Rich democracy 1% Oligarchy Plutocracy BBC Journalism Journalismus investigative totalitarianism Facebook filter bubble Corporate corporatism Cult Start-up Technology Ego totalitarian Society Gesellschaft Zivilgesellschaft Zivilcourage PEGIDA AfD btw17 Philosophy Sociology socialism Soziale Marktwirtschaft UK USA Germany technocracy lobby revolving door vested interest globalisation globalization workers trade union rights exploitation Platform tax evasion avoidance offshore transparency No Representation Marx Precariat working poor poverty traphttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:6314c2a6185d/(4387) How the opioid crisis decimated the American workforce - YouTube2017-11-07T05:48:27+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJZkn7gdwqI&feature=youtu.be
asterisk2aaddiction coping chronic stress abuse opioid dopamine crisis epidemic narcotics war on drugs USA painkillers economic damage workforce Precariat working poor structural unemployment food S.A.D. western diet lifestyle insecurity trap poverty inequality American Dream secular stagnation wage income growth Productivity output gap GFC history Super Rich 1% trickle-down Sociology socioeconomic Society Gesellschaft Xanax fentanyl alcohol heroin overdose Consumerism mental health well-being wellbeing Capitalism Consumer Selbstdarstellung consumption Austerity welfare state neoliberalism OxyContin lobby pharma pharmaceutical BigPharma revolving door vested interest Regulation regulators self-regulation substancehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:cdd376708122/The biggest names in tax havens are PWC, Deloitte, EY and KPMG2017-11-06T01:41:21+00:00
http://www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2017/11/05/the-biggest-names-in-tax-havens-are-pwc-deloitte-ey-and-kpmg/
asterisk2aPanamaPapers ParadisePapers tax evasion avoidance taxation offshore loophole UK lobby vested interest revolving door HMRC haven oligarchy Super Rich 1% Plutocracy Aristocracy Elite inequality Austerity economic history neoliberalism Capitalism Exploitation globalisation globalizationhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:6b87a5ddf704/How big pharma's money – and its politicians – feed the US opioid crisis | US news | The Guardian2017-10-19T12:23:26+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/oct/19/big-pharma-money-lobbying-us-opioid-crisis
asterisk2apharma pharmaceutical big lobby revolving door war on drugshttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:f8f36346ee49/(3910) Noam Chomsky (2017) "The History of Neo-Liberalism" [NEW] - YouTube2017-10-12T04:09:06+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_hFIuf-Q3U
asterisk2aChomsky neoliberalism neoliberal Capitalism Individualism Consumerism Centrist economic history IMF World Bank Chicago School Milton Friedman Shock Doctrine Chile book Anarchism Privatisation shareholder value profit maximisation workers trade worker union rights GFC bailout double standard tax evasion avoidance lobby subsidies subsidizing revolving doorhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:db0d08248eaa/Catalonia: Spain issues deadline to separatists - BBC News2017-10-12T02:04:35+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41588819
asterisk2aCatalonia Spain Gesellschaft Society neoliberalism Capitalism Individualism Consumerism Consumer Selbstdarstellung Facebook Twitter mental health globalisation bank bailout double standard indyref indyref2 Scotland Brexit immigration Identity Culture Politics LGBT far-right right-wing alt-right DonaldTrump Donald Trump left-wing Jeremy Corbyn SPD btw17 GE2017 workers union rights trade Community segregation GFC Austerity vulnerable working poor Precariat No Representation poverty trap Deprivation income inequality Super Rich 1% Oligarchy revolving door Corruption social mobility redistribution welfare state Privatisation profit maximisation ZIRP NIRP QE IMF democracyhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:d6938af4231a/Monarch: MP urges change in law to protect pension schemes | Business | The Guardian2017-10-11T21:48:24+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2017/oct/11/monarch-collapse-mp-calls-for-change-in-law-to-protect-pension-schemes
asterisk2apension retirement bailout profit maximisation shareholder value fiduciary responsibility accountability Capitalism tax evasion avoidance neoliberalism Regulation self-regulation regulators oversight lobby revolving door babyboomershttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:69befdb42eec/Should the Government Bring Back Trust-Busting? - Room for Debate - NYTimes.com2017-09-26T20:47:33+00:00
https://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2016/11/14/should-the-government-bring-back-trust-busting?referer=https://t.co/sD47yFJCno?amp=1&nytmobile=0
asterisk2aanti-trust trust-busting monopoly oligarchy oligopol oligopoly Super Rich bank bailout TBTF lobby self-regulation Regulation regulators revolving door vested interest groups Workers Rights Union Trade globalisation globalization Exploitation accountability tax evasion avoidance middle class Amazon Google Microsoft Capitalism neoliberal neoliberalism Facebookhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:3a2667396e24/Millennials spend three times more of income on housing than grandparents | Society | The Guardian2017-09-20T02:06:44+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/sep/20/millennials-spend-three-times-more-of-income-on-housing-than-grandparents
asterisk2aMillennials UK housing crisis affordable social Generation Rent Generationengerechtigkeit babyboomers baby boomers disposable discretionary income Spending Generationy GenY oligopol oligopoly Corruption lobby vested interest bubble underinvestment Austerity debt revolving door asset distortion London Productivity output gap skills student loan GFC mortgage risk recovery secular stagnation lost lostdecade decade history Margaret Thatcherhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:135344ad5c83/Obama Goes Full Clinton Foundation With Series Of $400,000 Wall Street Speeches | Zero Hedge2017-09-18T22:14:30+00:00
http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-09-18/obama-goes-full-clinton-foundation-series-400000-wall-street-speeches
asterisk2aBarackObama Barack Obama revolving door lobby corruption Bernie Sanders BernieSanders 2020 credibility HRC Hillary Clinton HillaryClinton Democrats presidential election 2016 vested interest WallStreethttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:bd400e22314c/Volkswagen, Daimler, BMW unter Kartellverdacht: Einmal Schrottpresse - SPIEGEL ONLINE2017-07-22T12:55:18+00:00
http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/volkswagen-daimler-bmw-unter-kartellverdacht-einmal-schrottpresse-a-1159248.html
asterisk2aAbgasskandal VW BMW Audi Mercedes Diesel CO2 carbonfootprint carbonemission European Union cartel collusion bribery lobby revolving door neoliberal neoliberalism capitalism profit maximisation climate change global warming climatechange globalwarming public health air noise pollution Trust governance corporate welfare self-regulation regulation regulators science big pharma tobacco pharmaceutical vested interest Military–industrial food–industrial conglomerate tax evasion avoidance Glaubwürdigkeit Journalism journalismus Absprache Bundeskartellamt Diesel-Gate Abgas-Affäre Porsche Daimler Dieselskandalhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:3c83eb58b1bf/Tax evaders exposed: why the super-rich are even richer than we thought | Inequality | The Guardian2017-06-14T18:44:00+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/inequality/2017/jun/14/tax-evaders-exposed-why-super-rich-are-even-richer-than-we-thought
asterisk2aUK tax evasion avoidance taxation corporate welfare asset capital Thomas Piketty lobby Delaware USA Luxembourg Ireland offshore banking money laundering Super Rich 1% Plutocracy Oligarchy revolving door KPMG PanamaPapers Switzerland moral ethics crime White-collar HMRC Austerity gini coefficient inequality social mobility income poverty trap state Meritocracy Meritocratichttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:4aa8f2cc9859/(1487) Shane Smith Investigates The True Cost of Climate Denial (VICE on HBO: Season 5, Episode 1) - YouTube2017-06-08T00:37:32+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9suO4jrwfDE
asterisk2aclimatechange globalwarming climate change global warming FEMA economic damage denial science doubt PR language communication public health economics lobby lobbying revolving door Career Politicians Tobacco Debate big pharma pharmaceutical medical–industrial agriculture industry cost fossil fuel shareholder fiduciary responsibility profit maximisation drought flood flash flooding national security vested interesthttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:71a76787a5f2/Netflix is stepping back from the fight for net neutrality - CNET2017-06-01T07:58:44+00:00
https://www.cnet.com/news/net-neutrality-netflix-reed-hastings/
asterisk2anetneutrality net neutrality Netflix Google Start-up barrierofentry zerorating anti-competititve USA UK monopoly oligopol oligopoly Facebook Snapchat capitalism profit maximisation lobby revolving door regulation self-regulation regulators deregulation neoliberalism exploitation competition consumer protectionhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:051427ed4aee/Why don't we elect MPs by proportional representation? - BBC News2017-05-17T13:40:25+00:00
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-39847512
asterisk2aGE2017 FPTP electoral reform UK No Representation lobby vested interest revolving door Capitalism media landscape Generationengerechtigkeit sustainabilityhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:2c29c175f975/Internationaler Währungsfonds: IWF fordert höhere Vermögensabgaben in Deutschland - SPIEGEL ONLINE2017-05-11T04:03:00+00:00
http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/soziales/iwf-fordert-hoehere-vermoegensabgaben-in-deutschland-a-1146929.html
asterisk2aIMF GE2017 Super Rich 1% Plutocracy Oligarchy lobby revolving door Germany UK USA inequality social mobility income gini Coefficient tax evasion avoidance Capital Picketty Kapital no representation Brexit GFC bank bailout recovery trickle-downhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:1625bbd11a22/How Donald Trump Could Build an Autocracy in the U.S. - The Atlantic2017-05-10T01:58:46+00:00
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/03/how-to-build-an-autocracy/513872/
asterisk2aDonaldTrump Donald Trump authoritarian authoritarianism Autocracy Populism demagogue inequality USA UK Turkey France Germany Super Rich 1% Plutocracy Oligarchy American Dream social income mobility gini Coefficient lobby vested interest revolving door structural unemployment long-term underemployed squeezed Middle Class Abstiegsangst Armutsbedroht Angst BarackObama GFC recovery Austerity Precariat working poor poverty traphttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:fcec6507ff3d/Loads of Britain's 100 richest people have donated more than £19 million to the Tories and nobody's at all surprised - Mirror Online2017-05-10T01:39:32+00:00
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/politics/loads-britains-100-richest-people-10375139
asterisk2aTories Conservative Party nasty David Cameron George Osborne Theresa May lobby revolving door UK vested interesthttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:86522014b44f/Oxfam-Studie: Konzerne in den USA schaffen Billionen Dollar in Steueroasen - SPIEGEL ONLINE2017-04-12T18:56:37+00:00
http://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/unternehmen/us-konzerne-schaffen-laut-oxfam-billionen-in-steueroasen-a-1142980.html
asterisk2aUK tax evasion avoidance HMRC crony neoliberal neoliberalism capitalism Lobby WallStreet revolving doorhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:2a0c0cc8b10b/The Dark Side of Fast Food: Why Does It Make You Sick / Fat / Tired / Taste So Good (2001) - YouTube2017-04-02T07:13:17+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PUspRBt7Kp4
asterisk2aProcessed Food Food–industrial complex Lobby public health Standard American Diet western Urbanisation USA chronic sick population Cowspiracy climatechange globalwarming climate change global warming Fast McDonalds sustainability pollution obesity overweight CVD Diabetes care demands Consumerism Consumer Pop Culture Kultur Advertising PR NHS taxation premature death Cancer antibiotic antibiotics antitrust Katel poisoning Cartel GOP Republicans self-regulation regulation regulators E.coli revolving door Oligopoly Oligopol Duopolyhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:1ac41e4909f1/Labour to oppose 'Henry VIII powers' being used to rewrite EU laws | Politics | The Guardian2017-03-26T18:08:16+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/mar/26/labour-opposes-henry-viii-powers-rewrite-eu-laws-great-repeal-bill
asterisk2aBrexit Theresa May far-right alt-right right-wing nasty party Conservative Tories House of Commons Opposition Labour Jeremy Corbyn JAM neoliberalism democracy No Representation workers trade Union rights Whitehall Westminster Parliament lobby revolving door interest groups UK FPP Populism Nationalism DailyMail Daily Mail Oligarchy Plutocracy Super Rich Austerity NHS 1% 10% Privatisation Prison Police Surveillance-Industrial complex Military–industrial crony capitalism tax evasion avoidance HMRC corporatism technocrat technocracy accountability debate Transparency Article50 Article 50https://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:74f521d8319c/George Osborne is a failure of a politician who is laughing in our faces | Owen Jones talks... - YouTube2017-03-23T14:43:15+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l26mMu9F2Mo
asterisk2aWestminster Whitehall Austerity George Osborne Tories nasty party Conservative Theresa May revolving door lobby No Representation Expense Scandal neoliberalism crony Capitalism welfare state BlackRock tax evasion avoidance neoliberal lost generation Brexit David Cameron Rupert Murdoch backbench gini Coefficient social mobility inequality poverty trap UK rigged JAMhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:e04a3146fecd/Trump Care - Your Cancer, Your Problem: Russell Brand The Trews (E415) - YouTube2017-03-18T11:16:01+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7qiLPpsjxY
asterisk2aACA Paul Ryan Republicans GOP Obamacare DonaldTrump Donald Trump AHCA USA insurance cartel medical–industrial complex bribery Preisabsprache corruption crony neoliberal capitalism neoliberalism oligopol oligopoly lobby revolving doorhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:73f432edf828/USA: 14 Millionen Menschen droht Verlust der Krankenversicherung - SPIEGEL ONLINE2017-03-14T08:10:31+00:00
http://www.spiegel.de/politik/ausland/usa-14-millionen-menschen-droht-verlust-der-krankenversicherung-a-1138610.html
asterisk2aACA ObamaCare DonaldTrump AHCA Donald Trump Republicans Paul Ryan USA healthcare health care demand babyboomers ageing chronic sick population discretionary disposable spending income Demographic bubble insurance collusion cartel lobby Preisabsprache bribery revolving doorhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:e14c2e6bf18f/"The Untouchables (2013)" PBS documentary - YouTube2017-03-07T04:09:00+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsNmU3QtuNQ
asterisk2aBarackObama HRC Hillary Clinton bank bailout GFC Democrats lobby revolving door Washington Bill NAFTA globalisation globalization Globalist self-regulation Regulation regulators Fed Eric Holderhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:2933907bfa02/How Democrats Are Already Planning To Lose In 2018 - YouTube2017-02-25T13:18:09+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XZiZ3YR8gI
asterisk2aMatt Taibbi Democrats HRC Hillary Clinton Centrist BarackObama BillClinton Bill USA economic history welfare Trickle-down presidential election 2016 Bernie Sanders book Thomas Frank lobby revolving door GFC corporatism crony capitalism neoliberalism 1% 10% Super Rich Plutocracy Oligarchy antitrust ACA bank bailouthttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:4ce7ae54c709/How The Democratic Party BETRAYED Workers & Its Base - THOMAS FRANK Interview Part 1 - YouTube2017-02-21T07:23:10+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9u2aR19P3g
asterisk2aDNC Democrats Bill Clinton Hillary HRC BarackObama NAFTA TTIP TPP TISA neoliberalism deregulation book corporatism Journalism journalismus bank bailout recovery GFC USA working poor taxation Trickle-down 1% 10% Super Rich Oligarchy Plutocracy lobby squeezed middle class Bernie Sanders revolving door Drone Warfare Mark Blyth Thomas Frank wage growth income inequality Poverty gig Economy 1099 social mobility gini Coefficient WallStreethttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:de6245a080b5/Naomi Klein on Trump Election: "This is a Corporate Coup d’État" - YouTube2017-01-27T07:21:32+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_mnyyBsjYY
asterisk2aUSA presidential election 2016 DonaldTrump Donald Trump Cabinet GOP Republican neoliberalism crony Capitalism Net Neutrality Climate Change Global Warming military–industrial complex self-regulation deregulation Washington pollution Labour Union Workers minimum wage lobby fracking revolving doorhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:0e49bf7b49b0/Osborne met investment firm FIVE times while Chancellor | Daily Mail Online2017-01-26T04:15:24+00:00
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4157848/Osborne-met-investment-firm-FIVE-times-Chancellor.html
asterisk2aUK revolving door George Osborne Austerity Whitehall Westminster self-regulation Establishment Elite 1% 10% Super Rich Plutocracy Oligarchy Tories nasty party Conservativehttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:f1eb5ebf9cb7/Mark Blyth on the Brexit vote - YouTube2016-10-27T22:07:22+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nwK0jeJ8wxg
asterisk2aTrumpism Brexit UKIP Centrists Donald Trump AfD Front National Italy Germany France UK USA economic history gini Coefficient tax avoidance evasion income inequality growth working poor Elite Plutocracy SNP indyref indyref2 Nationalism austerity wage Productivity technocrat Greece PIGS democracy 1% 10% 20% lobby revolving door output gap skills Mark Blyth crony capitalism neoliberal neoliberalism insecurityhttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:112153887d70/Theresa May’s first test is to stand up to the lobbyists | Simon Jenkins | Opinion | The Guardian2016-08-09T09:00:06+00:00
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/jul/21/theresa-may-lobbyists-trident-heathrow-business
asterisk2aTheresa May Lobby Westminster Whitehall Political Class no Representation David Cameron Revolving Door nepotism Establishment Toff Privileged social mobility crony capitalism gini Coefficient inequality spin doctor minimum wage Brexit GFC austerity bank bailouthttps://pinboard.in/https://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:0d9ee56a03dd/Mitsubishi admits cheating fuel efficiency tests2016-04-21T18:01:10+00:00
http://www.theverge.com/2016/4/20/11466320/mitsubishi-cheated-fuel-efficiency-tests
asterisk2aAbgas-Affäre Consumer Protection lobby revolving door self-regulation regulation regulators automotive industry Car Greed profit maximisation maximization shareholder capitalism crony Wall Street False Advertising and Misleadinghttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:e1e4fe482549/Question Time (2/4): Can we have a just society when only the little people pay tax?2016-04-21T03:36:05+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EW2I9Bp2Mp0
asterisk2aPanama Papers tax evasion amnesty avoidance Super Rich 1% plutocracy oligarchy No Representation Career Politicians constituency Party Funding revolving door offshore banking UK loopholes Greed shareholder capitalism crony Wall Street income receiptshttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:19f8688b7ba8/Revolutionary politics in the UK2016-04-21T03:24:39+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oE5aocymrg
asterisk2aYanis Varoufakis Paul Mason Labour Party Jeremy Corbyn Bernie Sanders Marxism democracy No Representation Super Rich 1% oligarchy plutocracy tax evasion amnesty avoidance Soziale Marktwirtschaft fairness Social Justice economic bank bailout GFC austerity Generationengerechtigkeit revolving door lobby Greed crony capitalism shareholder profit maximisation maximization value Wall Street Main squeezed middle class working poor Precariat poverty trap history UK globalisation globalization global economy self-regulation deregulation regulation regulators secular stagnation trickle-down economics free market exploitation liberal reform self-employment job security insecurity Zero Hour Contract antitrust winner take all gini coefficient inequality deprivation John McDonnell aggregate demand Richard Koo Joseph Stiglitz Schuldenbremse Fiscal Pact neoliberal neoliberalism OBR Chicago School neoclassical infrastructure investment liquidityhttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:57c95a0a8c95/Superbugs are on track to kill 10 million people by 2050 if things don’t change—fast2016-04-16T21:48:08+00:00
http://qz.com/657514/superbugs-could-kill-10-million-people-by-2050-if-a-lot-of-things-dont-change-fast/
asterisk2apost-antibiotic era antibiotic resistance antibiotics economic damage health care cost Food Politics industry Industrial Farming Meat Production Poultry livestock agriculture self-regulation MCR-1 E. coli C. diff pneumonia tuberculosis ESBL MRSA Hospital-acquired infection born pathogen borne illness poisining poisoning sepsis septicaemia gut bacteria Flora microbiome public perception awareness opinion debate Zoonotic Diseases zoonosis regulation regulators profit maximisation maximization shareholder capitalism value Wall Street Lobbying lobby lobbyist revolving door Career Politicians No Representation democracy Super Rich 1% plutocracy oligarchy pharma pharmaceutical bighttps://pinboard.in/u:asterisk2a/b:0ba8ac467fee/