U.S. officials have banned fertilizer imports from key overseas competitors while domestic firms fork over billions in stock buybacks.
Money Politics & Power
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Eight Congressmen Subverting the SEC’s Crypto Investigation
Call them the ‘Blockchain Eight.’
Posted inPolitics
Altercation: The Dark Money Funding a Times Columnist’s Magazine
Just who is paying Bret Stephens to edit Sapir?
Posted inEconomic Policy
The Gulf States’ Tech Play
Saudi Arabia and the UAE use prodigious investments in technology firms as a political weapon.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Why Has the Biden Administration Hired 28 People With Ties to Saudi Arabia and the UAE?
The D.C. Blob just can’t quit Gulf cash.
Posted inHealth and Social Policy
Envision Healthcare Hits the Skids
Backed into a corner financially, the private equity–owned physician staffing company could put doctors and patients at risk.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Another Possible Stock Trading Loophole
Members of Congress would be allowed to continue trading industry funds under the two leading stock trading ban bills in Congress.
Posted inAmerica and the World
Putin’s Invasion and the Privatization of Political Power
Rather than pressuring oligarchs to get Russia to stand down, we must look at the system that props up oligarchical power.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
The Real Reason Republicans Are Blocking Biden’s Fed Nominees
It has to do with Sen. Cynthia Lummis and special Wyoming-chartered depository institutions that take cryptocurrencies.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Michelle Childs, Jim Clyburn, and One Man’s Love of Hunting Quail
A South Carolinian scion was facing stiff penalties for killing federally protected hawks. Rep. Clyburn asked Judge Michelle Childs to consider his character.
