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CA Uber ruling prompts sharp, varied reaction
The ruling of the California Labor Commission last week that an Uber driver is an employee of the company — not a contractor — prompted national and international reaction from economists and other close observers of the growing “sharing” economy.
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How’s Obamacare working in Canada?
Canada has injected its version of Obamacare into its body politic for more than 40 years. How’s it working? The following video is from the CBC, Canada’s government-run media system. The video reports that, in British Columbia, “wait times are
Read MoreFracking watch: Britain figures out what CA hasn’t
May 9, 2013 By Chris Reed The 13th chapter of fracking watch will be the last installment for a while until some more nations around the world take up the issue of whether hydraulic fracturing is a bad or good
Read MoreFracking watch: Indonesia figures out what CA hasn’t
May 8, 2013 By Chris Reed Nations that are energy giants without being particularly affluent are the least likely places for environmental alarmism to drive public policy. They’re used to aggressively developing natural resources, and they don’t have the large
Read MoreFracking watch: Algeria figures out what CA hasn’t
May 7, 2013 By Chris Reed Hydraulic fracturing — the use of underground water cannons to blast open access to energy reserves — has been around since the 1940s in the United States and Canada and for nearly as long
Read MoreFracking watch: Poland figures out what CA hasn’t
May 6, 2013 By Chris Reed Last week, the state Legislature took a first step toward blocking fracking in California. An Assembly committee passed three anti-fracking measuers. The first coverage of the Assembly votes by the Ventura County Star did not note
Read MoreFracking watch: Mexico figures out what CA hasn’t
May 4, 2013 By Chris Reed In much of Europe and in California, greens wield such power in politics and the media that the debate over whether a nation or state should pursue hydraulic fracturing of energy reserves seems like
Read MoreFracking watch: Argentina figures out what CA hasn’t
May 3, 2013 By Chris Reed The “brown energy” revolution is under way and nothing is going to prevent it from transforming world energy markets — especially not childish denial and petulance by California greens. Fossil fuels will be the
Read MoreFracking watch: Canada figures out what CA hasn’t
May 2, 2013 By Chris Reed Hydraulic fracturing has been around for decades in our northern neighbor, just as it has been in the U.S. And what do you know? Canadian enviros only began complaining about fracking in recent years
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