Part III of BuzzFeed’s investigative Free Trade series, plus critique of President Obama’s TPP push

By Robert A. Vella Here’s an excerpt from the third installment of BuzzFeed‘s investigative series on free trade, titled “LET’S Continue reading →

The Anthropocene epoch: scientists declare dawn of human-influenced age

Humanity’s impact on the Earth is now so profound that a new geological epoch – the Anthropocene – needs to Continue reading →

New economic studies verify our 5-year old report about the cause of Middle Class decline

By Robert A. Vella In 2011, I statistically linked the cause of middle class decline in the U.S. to a Continue reading →

Apple Ordered to Pay $14.5 Billion in Back Taxes

BRUSSELS- E.U. antitrust regulators ordered Apple on Tuesday to pay up to 13 billion euros ($14.5 billion) in taxes plus Continue reading →

Part II of BuzzFeed’s investigative Free Trade series, plus TTIP negotiations update

By Robert A. Vella Here’s an excerpt from the second installment of BuzzFeed‘s investigative series on free trade, titled THE Continue reading →

BuzzFeed begins Investigative Series on the global corruption of Free Trade

By Robert A. Vella Yesterday, BuzzFeed published the first installment of its comprehensive investigative series on how neoliberal free trade Continue reading →

GM quest for cheaper air bag led to Takata and a deadly crisis

In the late 1990s, General Motors got an unexpected and enticing offer. A little-known Japanese supplier, Takata, had designed a Continue reading →

EpiPens cost just several dollars to make. Customers pay more than $600 for them

A two-pack of EpiPens, the lifesaving anti-allergic reaction device, can cost $600 or more for some customers, but the device Continue reading →