Big Pharma Won’t Let Us Import Drugs From Canada, But Insists on Sending Carcinogen-Contaminated Pills to the Public
Overpriced and even contaminated drugs prove US policies are deadly.
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The 2020 Election in Three Graphs
Following the all-important election money.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 1/10/2020
Today’s Water Cooler: UK trade deal and chlorinated chicken, Biden, Bloomberg, Buttigieg, Sanders, Trump, Warren, Williamson, articles of impeachment next week (maybe), employment situation, retail still shifting online, California’s AB-5 law, Australia fires, minimum wage and suicide, knitting, exercise
Read more...Inequality and Trade: Simulation Evidence for 54 Developing Nations
A full-throated defense of more liberalized trade for developing nations…when the data is somewhat mixed.
Read more...Links 1/10/2020
Brexit: The End of the Beginning?
Brexit jockeying is underway.
Read more...Can The US Assassination Of Qassem Soleimani Be Justified?
A useful high level discussion of the Soleimani killing.
Read more...Jane Fonda Is Pitching For Our Future. Lend an Ear.
Jane Fonda gave an engaging yet forceful talk on climate change at the Press Club.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 1/9/2020
Today’s Water Cooler: Strait of Hormuz, Biden, Bloomberg, Buttigieg, Sanders, Warren, impeachment, Ballot Marking Device hearings, debates, rail freight, Walmart, Grubhub, Amazon’s Ring, auditing, kelp and carbon, bees, zip code 48217, stolen gospels, class and intersectionality, Twitter
Read more...Climate Change: Bad News from Australia, Indonesia, and the US
NOAA releases summary of US climate data from 2009, including catastrophes, while Australian burns and Indonesia floods.
Read more...Links 1/9/2020
Oil and Gas Emissions Are Reversing Progress from Coal’s Decline
More grim emissions news….
Read more...‘Make No Mistake: Harvard Has the Money to Pay Us Livable Wages’
Harvard graduate students are on strike demanding fairer wages, adequate healthcare, and protections from discrimination.
Read more...Debt Has Not Been Caused by Low Interest Rates, but Higher Rates Would Topple the Whole World Economy
Yet more official hand-wringing about interest rates…when they aren’t the core economic problem.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 1/8/2020
Today’s Water Cooler: Biden, Bloomberg, Warren, Sanders, Trump, text-messaging, Iran crisis updates, California startups, unicorns, SHA1 exploit, AirBnB, Starbucks, Australian bush fires, tomatoes, abandoned farms and carbon, tomorrow’s fossils, itemizing ER bills, good news on cancer, urban renewal, Robert Johnson
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