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View this email in your browser • Links 11/7/2022 • Has this Contorted Labor Market Forced Companies to Change their Thinking about Layoffs? • The Public Shouldn't Pay for Drugs Twice • Collateral Damage From Higher Interest Rates • #Musk + #Twitter, Liberal Democrat Aghastitude, and Social Capital on Social Media • Links 11/6/2022 • Centene Showers Politicians With Millions as It Courts Contracts and Settles Overbilling Allegations • Links 11/5/2022 • A Brief History of the Mortgage, From Its Roots in Ancient Rome to the English 'Dead Pledge' and its Rebirth in America Links 11/7/2022 07 Nov 2022 06:55 AM EST Has this Contorted Labor Market Forced Companies to Change their Thinking about Layoffs? 07 Nov 2022 06:45 AM EST There is now mounting anecdotal evidence that many employers are having second thoughts about laying off people at the first signs they see their revenue growth get into trouble. The Public Shouldn't Pay for Drugs Twice 07 Nov 2022 05:41 AM EST Taxpayers foot the bill for medical research, but drug companies profit. We need a new R&D model to stop this rentierism. Collateral Damage From Higher Interest Rates 07 Nov 2022 03:55 AM EST Why to be wary of Larry Summers selling another Volcker-type "kill the economy to save it" interest rate jihad. #Musk + #Twitter, Liberal Democrat Aghastitude, and Social Capital on Social Media 06 Nov 2022 02:55 PM EST Is Twitter really a hellscape of hate and bigotry? And what will happen to Twitter now that Musk has taken it over? Links 11/6/2022 06 Nov 2022 06:55 AM EST Centene Showers Politicians With Millions as It Courts Contracts and Settles Overbilling Allegations 06 Nov 2022 06:25 AM EST Centene earns billions of dollars from governments and then uses its profits to back the campaigns of the officials who oversee those government contracts. Links 11/5/2022 05 Nov 2022 06:59 AM EDT A Brief History of the Mortgage, From Its Roots in Ancient Rome to the English 'Dead Pledge' and its Rebirth in America 05 Nov 2022 06:57 AM EDT The backstory of what is now arguably the most widely-used form of lending in principal terms, the mortgage. Copyright © 2022 Aurora Advisors Incorporated, All rights reserved. You are receiving this mail because you subscribed to Naked Capitalism's daily list of links. Our mailing address is: Aurora Advisors Incorporated 164 Peachtree Circle Mountain Brook, AL 35213 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.