Apple’s Exclusionary App Store Scheme: Will the EU Tolerate Gaming of the Digital Markets Act?
Yves here. Anti-trust enforcement and legal restrictions on excess market power is an overly target rich environment. This post describes how Apple’s new apps store
Victoria Nuland, Major Force Behind Failed Project Ukraine, Retires Unexpectedly
It is a cause for celebration that behind-the-scenes neocon mover-and-shaker Under Secretary of State, Victoria Nuland, is retiring at the end of March. Her replacement
Links 3/6/2024 | naked capitalism
Dear patient readers, A malicious reader yesterday posted a comment falsely stating that I had been hospitalized for Covid (and having dealt with this troll
Ralph Nader: Real Gaza Death Toll at Least 200,000
Yves here. Ralph Nader’s estimate of the actual fatalities in Gaza is important in and of itself, for its political and humanitarian implications, but also
How Facebook Contributes to the Demise of Endangered Species
Yves here. I must confess to be lacking in imagination. It never occurred to me that social media sites would be major platforms for illegal
Restaurants: Canaries in the Coal Mine of the Covid Labor Reset?
Early in the Covid pandemic, some economists thought to raise the issue of whether it might have a serious enough impact on the labor market
Links 3/4/2024 | naked capitalism
The End of the Future– Each new day’s worth of Links is a testimony to the fact that we’re stuck as a society, unable to