Healthcare spending accounted for close to 18% of the U.S. economy in 2017, far more than in any other developed nation.1 “Compared to 35 other [developed] countries, Americans have spent more on their health every year since 2000.”2 But in spite of all that spending, the U.S. continually ranks below even its most frugal peers…
Author: Kevin Kenney
Equifax and the Unsustainable Status Quo
On Thursday, September 7, 2017, the credit reporting giant Equifax Inc. revealed that “highly sensitive personal and financial information for around 143 million U.S. consumers was compromised in an [ongoing] cybersecurity breach” that started as early as mid-May of 2017.1 According to Equifax, criminals were able to access, among other things, “the social security numbers,…
The Bayer-Monsanto Merger – Antitrust Concerns and What’s at Stake
On September 14, 2016, Monsanto Co.—a St. Louis based agribusiness giant and seed company—announced its agreement to be acquired by the German chemicals multinational Bayer AG in a deal that would ultimately be worth $63 billion.1 From the start, the deal “that would create the world’s largest integrated pesticides and seeds company” has raised critical…