The best single piece I have seen on the drug overdose problem in the US is a column by Megan McArdle, which ends as follows: "Drug users must understand that if they cannot take drugs without a… (View Post)

viewcode said: "Surely [Oppenheimer is] going to sweep the board at the Oscars." So, probably even worse than I have been fearing. (In recent years, I have come to the unhappy conclusion th… (View Post)

How large are those rewards? The largest, so far, according to a quick search, is $279 million: https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2023-89# (Judging by that press release, the whistleblower may h… (View Post)

Three practical thoughts: Over the years, the US has tried, in a number of ways, to mitigate these bureaucratic problems. One way, often used by large police departments, is to establish an internal … (View Post)

From Martin Mayer, again: ". . . bureaucracies are fundamentally motivated by the fear of discovery of error." That insight, from his book, "Today and Tomorrow In America", explai… (View Post)