How McKinsey Got Greedy
How McKinsey put money over its once vaunted firm values.
Read more...Yearly Archives: 2020
Why the Coronavirus Pandemic Could Weaken the School Privatization Agenda
Coronavirus-generated suspensions of testing throws a monkey wrench into the charter school agenda.
Read more...Low-Cost Ventilators Could Be Available Next Year. But Will It Happen?
Will the US get serious about getting more ventilators?
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 3/19/2020
Today’s Water Cooler: More musing on the Sander canvassing operation, among other things. Also, knitting!
Read more...Prisons and the COVID-19 Pandemic: What Must Be Done NOW to Prevent Catastrophe
Interview with prison expert Michele Deitch about what can be done to reduce the impact of COVID-19 in prisons: NOW!
Read more...Links 3/19/2020
A View From The Front Lines Of California’s COVID-19 Battle
California braces for the COVID-19 storm.
Read more...The Coming Fiscal Crisis Of State And Local Governments
State and local governments will soon be in a world of hurt.
Read more...IMF Refuses Aid to Venezuela in the Midst of the Coronavirus Crisis
The IMF dons its enforcement brass knuckles.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 3/18/2020
Today’s Water Cooler:
Read more...There’s Nothing So Political as a Pandemic
a line has been drawn around political process, cameras have been pointed at it, and we’ve been taught that it’s something for us to watch from afar, a hobby to buy into, or not.
Read more...Links 3/18/2020
Why Sending $1,000 Checks to Everyone Won’t Solve the Coronavirus Crisis (Updated)
Why the Republicans’ planned coronavirus bazooka isn’t big enough.
Read more...Debt and Financial Crises: Will History Repeat Itself?
Unhappy families may all be different, but financial crises are pretty much the same, rooted in debt overhangs, and one has been brewing.
Read more...Triggering a Global Financial Crisis: Covid-19 as the Last Straw
An ambitious deleveraging plan as a Covid-19 response.
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