Tag: Insurance

  • China Changes Everything: A Book Review

    A new book edited by Kyle Ferrana, China Changes Everything, bills itself as an anthology by “social justice activists, journalists, and commentators” and brings together chapters about the People’s Republic of China written by prominent left-wing analysts, including Arnold August, Roger Harris, Radhika Desai, Carlos Martinez, Gerald Horne, Lee Siu Hin, Margaret Kimberley, Danny Haiphong, […]

  • Climate Change Kills Capitalism

    Capitalism, like Antarctica and like the Amazon rainforest, is under threat of destruction by excessive levels of CO2 emissions which cause radical climate change. Risk of some level of extinction of capitalism goes to the heart of a recent article written by Gunther Thallinger, Member of the Board of Management of Allianz Group (est. 1889, […]

  • What US Seeks is to Maximize Its Exploitation of Taiwan’s Interests

    What US Seeks is to Maximize Its Exploitation of Taiwan’s Interests

    Illustration: Liu Rui/GT The Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) authorities of Taiwan should be trembling now. Former US president Donald Trump, who is the Republican Party’s official 2024 presidential nominee, accused Taiwan of stealing US chip business and claimed that Taiwan “should pay” for US protection, according to Bloomberg on Tuesday. Trump’s words reflect the strong […]

  • The Weaponization of Health Care and Education is Incompatible with Democracy

    Terror: noun ter· ror ˈter-ər  ˈte-rər plural: terrors Violence or the threat of violence used as a weapon of intimidation or coercion — Merriam-Webster, 1828 While the Western elites continue to pour money and materiel into their terrorist proxies in Kiev and Tel Aviv American society is grappling under the iron heel of a different kind […]

  • Unbecoming American: Risky Business

    Unbecoming American: Risky Business

    Risk and fraudulent mutuality Thirty years ago, having just successfully completed a international congress on environmental consciousness and mass media which I had organized on behalf of the Deutsche Hygiene-Museum, Dresden, a legacy of an early German pharmaceutical magnate, the inventor of the mouthwash Odol; I was asked to prepare the framework for a subsequent […]

  • Hell’s Endless Trails from the USA

    Hell is probably one of the most universal concepts of our species. In this article I describe “Hell at Home” and “Hell Away.” Hell at Home Gazette Sampler Beware of Your Medicine Cabinet Several years ago, I collected many descriptions of incidents of wrongdoing in industry and government. Here is a small sample of wrongdoing […]

  • Degrowth: How Anti-Worker Would It Be?

    Degrowth: How Anti-Worker Would It Be?

    The year 2023 saw the hottest Summer on record in the northern hemisphere while those in the southern hemisphere felt the hottest winter on record. It was followed by a Fall with terrifying storms and floods across the globe. The number of people attributing climate catastrophe to economic growth is mounting. Not all agree that […]

  • Insurers Can Be Sentinels for Health and Safety

    For nearly thirty-five years, a small nonprofit organization in Washington, D.C. has been having an outsized impact on highway and auto safety. It is Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety and it is funded by a dozen or more property-casualty insurance companies; with a board composed of consumer leaders and insurance company representatives. Its origins […]

  • Corporate Criminal Behavior Almost Exposé Proof

    Corporate law firms have taught their wayward corporate clients how to use accretions of privileges and immunities to ward off or wait out the most devastating books, documentaries and media exposés. Corporate P.R. firms know that the media doesn’t follow the efforts of civic advocacy groups as a regular beat. Feature exposés are prime candidates […]

  • Second and Third-Stage Consequences of Fossil-Fueled Climate Disruptions Emerging Fast

    Second and Third-Stage Consequences of Fossil-Fueled Climate Disruptions Emerging Fast

    The headlines on climate catastrophes are becoming more informative as they become more ominous. For years the media headlines have been describing record floods, droughts, wildfires, heatwaves, hurricanes and other fossil-fueled disasters of an abused Mother Nature. The immediate human casualties are devastating. Very recently, the headlines have been steering us toward what happens in […]

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