I thought our readers might be interested in this article by Peter Holley, which does a short survey of the state of the self-driving truck industry. While explaining that Uber is getting out of the self-driving business for now, the article suggests that we can expect seeing driverless trucks pretty soon. One company is planning to make […]
Author Archives: Brian Wolfman
As most of you likely know, Trump's Treasury Department has floated the idea of indexing capital gains to inflation, thereby reducing the tax due from owners of stocks and other investments when they sell those investments at a gain. (The administration has even suggested that this change could be done administratively, without congressional approval.) As this […]
That's the name of this LA Times article by David Lazurus, which explains that Americans of all political stripes support a strong Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. A survey conducted for Americans for Financial Reform and the Center for Responsible Lending shows "that an overwhelming majority of Americans — at least 80% — are concerned about the Trump administration’s […]
The class counsel in the NFL football class-action concussion settlement has submitted a status report (with accompanying expert analysis) indicating that, so far, the settlement is providing more benefits to more ex-NFL players (and their families) than had been anticipated when the settlement was approved by the federal courts. Among other data reported, in the […]
That's explained by columnist Michael Hiltzik in Trump's own figures show that Obamacare is working well for the vast majority of enrollees: President Trump brags that he has “gutted” the Affordable Care Act, but statistics released this week by his own Department of Health and Human Services show that it’s holding up well against his onslaught, […]
Our readers are likely aware of the recent controversy about plastic straws. They are bad for the environment (go, for instance, here and here). Seattle recently banned their use (along with the use of plastic utensils) at bars and restaurants. As one advocacy group puts it: Plastic straws are really bad for the ocean. We use over 500 million every day in […]
This article by Michele Lerner discusses the significant impact of a low credit score on the cost of credit (with a focus on home-mortgage credit). So, consumers should remove harmful (and false) information from their credit reports, which are shockingly inaccurate. The FTC says this about how consumers can dispute credit-report errors.
You know that New York has sued Trump's Foundation, and Trump and his kids individually, alleging that the Foundation was little more than a checkbook for payments to not-for-profits from Mr. Trump or the Trump Organization. This resulted in multiple violations of state and federal law because payments were made using Foundation money regardless of […]
Following up on Jeff's post from yesterday, Ben White and Katy O'Donnell at Politico write that Mulvaney OMB associate said to be likely pick to head consumer bureau. Here is an excerpt: President Donald Trump is likely to pick Kathy Kraninger, who works under Mick Mulvaney at the White House budget office, as the next director of the Consumer […]
The CFPB has dropped its RESPA enforcement action against PHH — the case in which the en banc D.C. Circuit upheld the constitutionality of the CFPB's structure. Read about it here.