Yearly Archives: 2020
Local Climate Policy Run Amok, Bellingham Edition
Bellingham, Washington tries to take on climate change….and their well-intentioned plan misses an elephant in the room.
Read more...Another Great Depression or Tax Justice and Transparency? The Tax Justice Network January 2020 Podcast
TaxCast ranges well beyond tax today, with topics including IMF warnings, the Brexit rogue UK vision, and looting in Angola.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 1/24/2020
Today’s Water Cooler: Damage from the Trade War, new national polls, Biden, Bloomberg, Buttigieg, Klobuchar, Sanders, Warren, impeachment, anti-war movement, Africa DNA, HFC-23, Parchman State Penitentiary, globalist social butterflies, liberalism, abortion, Gibson’s “Agency”, Stoic problem-solving
Read more...Dark Satanic Mills Are Not Just a Historical Artifact: MP Castigates Leicester Fast Fashion Factories
North West Leicesteshirer MP Andrew Bridgen demands answer on contemporary working conditions at local fast fashion factories.
Read more...Links 1/24/2020
War on Cash: New York City Businesses Must Accept Cash, City Council Decides
New York City Council passes legislation requiring businesses to accept cash to take effect nine months after signing by mayor Bill DiBlasio.
Read more...Wolf Richter: The Great American Shale Oil & Gas Bust: Fracking Gushes Bankruptcies, Defaulted Debt, and Worthless Shares
A surge in frcking bankruptcies is fueled by collapsing prices for oil and natural gas; no end to the pain is in sight.
Read more...Could Sleeper Trains Replace International Air Travel?
After years of decline, night train services are again expanding, in part to cater to passengers who try to avoid air travel for environmental reasons.
Read more...Why I Am Worried About the Legitimacy of the 2020 Election Balloting Process
Potential 2020 trainwreck at the ballot box.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 1/23/2020
Today’s Water Cooler: Open thread.
Read more...STATEMENT: House Budget Committee, “Reexamining the economic costs of debt”, Nov 20, 2019
It is hard to imagine a scenario in which rising deficits and the debt ratio will create a financial crisis, lead to government insolvency, generate high inflation, or trigger an attack by bond vigilantes.
Read more...Links 1/23/2020
China Coronavirus Watch: Updated – Another Chinese City Locked Down to Prevent Spread
A compilation of what seems to be known about the new Chinese coronavirus.
Read more...Is Secondhand Screen Time the New Secondhand Smoking?
Internet screen use starts early, and there’s ample evidence that it isnt healthy for young brains. But what if anything should be done?
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