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Price Gouging and Research Costs in the Pharmaceutical Industry ERALD KOLASI

May 18, 2025 Mark Orton 0

https://technodynamics.substack.com/p/price-gouging-and-research-costs Excellent piece. See this iconic examination: Lazonick, William, Matt Hopkins, Matthew Frye Jacobson, Mustafa Sakinc, and Oner Tulum. “US Pharma’s Financialized Business Model.” Institute […]

How to end the financialization of corporations

April 29, 2025 Mark Orton 0

ending the tsunami of money into the hands of the rich As I have noted many times here, the financialization of corporations, that is the […]

Extraction Capitalism – the latest phase

April 29, 2025 Mark Orton 0

a more descriptive name than neoliberal capitalism There is no single entity called “capitalism”. Such a concept exists only as an academic construct (see orthodox […]

Financialization and going off the rails with Norfolk Southern

April 18, 2025 Mark Orton 0

a revisit with this 3.8.2023 post From Production to Extraction The financialization of corporations is one of the most important developments in capitalism over the […]

Air Travel and Financialization

March 25, 2025 Mark Orton 0

Financialization can seem an abstraction too far. The sheer length of the word suggests an academic boondoggle is at hand. But anyone who has taken […]

Financialization and going off the rails with Norfolk Southern

February 18, 2025 Mark Orton 0

Financialization is an awful word. It sounds clumsy in the mouth and refers to a process that has been underway for over 40 years but […]

What is financialization and why does it matter? – part 3

February 11, 2025 Mark Orton 0

Changes in Economic Policy and Regulation In two earlier posts, “What is financialization and why does it matter? – part 1” and “What is financialization […]

What is financialization and why does it matter? – part 1

February 6, 2025 Mark Orton 0

Financialization is one of the most important drivers of changes in the last 50 years in American capitalism, and consequently in our society. As noted […]

Elon Musk, $50 billion, and Financialization – from production to extraction

January 31, 2024 Mark Orton 0

Much is being made of a Delaware court blocking Musk’s $50 billion compensation contract. See the reporting in the NYTimes: Elon Musk’s Tesla Pay Package […]

The Implosion of Southwest Airlines and Financialization

December 29, 2022 Mark Orton 0

Southwest Airlines canceled thousands of flights representing more than 80%of all cancellations during the Christmas 2022 snowstorm. The scale of this service implosion led to […]

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