Moderna sues Pfizer-BioNTech over COVID-19 vaccine technology patents
Moderna is seeking compensation from Pfizer but not looking to end the use of their vaccine.
Consumer Sentiment Improved in August but Remains Low
The final August results from the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers show overall consumer sentiment improved versus the prior month but remains very low by historical comparison (see first chart). The composite consumer sentiment increased to 58.2 in August, up from 51.5 in July and the record low of 50.0 in June. The increase…
Risk Analysis for Children’s Health
The federal government officially embraced risk assessment in 1983 with publication of Risk Assessment in the Federal Government, followed by the use of cost-benefit analysis with President Carter’s Executive Order in 1978 (EO 12044). Despite their long use, there are hints that at least two federal agencies, the FDA and EPA, may be making public…
Criminal Code
Note: This article was originally published by the Bitcoin Policy Institute. On August 8, the U.S. Treasury Department banned Americans from using a cryptocurrency mixer called Tornado Cash. Four days following the ban, the suspected developer of Tornado Cash was arrested in Amsterdam. The government justified the ban on the grounds that it helps people…
Complexity, Scientism, and Contemporary Politics
Relatively late in his long career, the famed economist F. A. Hayek developed a distinction that can help us understand the state of our politics and many of the problems we confront as a society. At least some of these problems – think of the economic, sociological, and psychological problems we now confront thanks to…
NY Times freelancers caught making antisemitic posts, again
Justine Brooke Murray, DCNF Two Palestinian journalists who freelance with the New York Times were caught praising Adolf Hitler and expressing support for terrorism, marking a number of three NYT freelancers who have published social media posts deemed antisemitic, according to Fox News. “How great you are, Hitler,” wrote NYT freelance filmmaker Soliman Hijjy in…
What Droughts Have Revealed
What Droughts Have Revealed Severe droughts are happening all around the world at the moment, and as Statista’s Katharina Buchholz details below, as rivers and lakes are drying up and reservoirs grow emptier, droughts have revealed historical sites that have long laid underwater as well as new discoveries – some relevant to scientist and others…
The UK Has Europe’s Biggest Unicorn Stables
The UK Has Europe’s Biggest Unicorn Stables Even with the recent additions to the unicorn club by Germany and France, the UK still has the most billion-dollar start-ups in Europe. As Statista’s Florian Zandt explains below, 47 companies have passed this magic mark according to data from CB Insights. As Zandt’s chart shows, the rest of…
Take Action Against Biden’s College Loan Redistribution
President Biden is going to force every American taxpayer to pay off $10,000 of student debt for individuals making less than $125,000.00 a year or $250,000.00 for couples. The upfront cost of this debt transfer from private citizens to the taxpayer will exceed all the inflationary reductions made in the Inflation Reduction Act. It will…
Does Twitter Fudge The Numbers?
Does Twitter Fudge The Numbers? by David Reavill At the beginning of the Academy Awards, a person dressed in a business suit carefully hands the host a sealed envelope. This person is the Auditor. If you’ve ever noticed those are the award tallies. Hired by the Academy, it’s the Auditors responsibility to ensure that the…