What The Lever Reported This Week:
• Internal Doc Reveals Biden’s Troubling Climate Summit Plan — Government memo suggests the Biden administration is angering allies by undermining strict standards for a new global carbon market.
• Why Drugs Are Disappearing From Your Insurance Coverage — Powerful companies are removing hundreds of medicines from insurance plans — and they’re spending millions to stop attempts at reform.
• “Life-Threatening” Failures To Communicate — Public advocates say telecom companies aren’t meeting standards designed to keep phones and internet working during disasters.
• The King Of Wall Street B.S. — A new biography of Ray Dalio, founder of the world’s largest hedge fund, offers a damning indictment of the elite compulsion to conflate wealth with genius.
• YOU LOVE TO SEE IT: Mining Towns Get Clean Energy Boost — Plus, California farmworkers leverage new labor bill, New York will seal criminal convictions, regulators aim to crack down on overdraft fees, and workers strike on Cyber Monday.
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Stuff To Watch Or Listen To:
• LEVER TIME: Artificial Intelligence Is Denying Americans Health Care — The Lever breaks down how the country’s largest health insurer uses artificial intelligence to deny rehabilitation services for older and disabled Americans.
• LEVER TIME PREMIUM: Affordable Housing Is Saving Paris — The Lever speaks with journalist and author Cole Stangler about his new book, which explores how housing affects the economic and cultural character of Paris.
• MOVIES VS. CAPITALISM: Ask MVC Anything — The MVC team answers questions from listeners about the inner workings of Hollywood.
• MOVIES VS. CAPITALISM PREMIUM: The Killer, The Curse, Rustin, Britney Spears, Band Of Brothers — The MVC team chat about David Fincher's new film The Killer, and other media-related topics.
