2:00PM Election Day Water Cooler 11/3/2020
~ Happy Election Day ~
Read more...Yearly Archives: 2020
Notes Toward a Definition of the Democrat Party
The Democrat Party is a rotting corpse that can’t bury itself. Why is that?
Read more...How Lack of Wealth Is a Wage Trap
How wealth inequality influences income inequality, particularly at low wage levels.
Read more...Links 11/3/2020
McKinsey, Deloitte Charge Big Bucks to States for Botched Covid Projects
McKinsey and some other big consulting names are taking advantage of Covid-overwhelmed state governments.
Read more...Trump or Biden, Trade Deals Still Threaten Britain’s NHS
Regardless of who wins the US presidential election, Britain will be hard pressed to protect the NHS from higher drug prices.
Read more...Affluent Authoritarianism: New Evidence on Public Opinion and Policy
New research shows once again that it’s large firms and the 1%—not the “median voter”—who drive U.S. policy.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 11/2/2020
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Read more...Voting Turnout: Three Simple Ways to Get Out the Vote
Three simple measures to increase our sorry rate of voter turnout, some borrowed from other countries; readers chime in with your own.
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As the World Watches US Election, the Appeal of America is Diminished
Thoughtful take on how the rest of the world percevies US flaws after 4 years of Trump; even the Biden’s election is unlikely to reverse this.
Read more...One Trump Voter Explains Why Trump Will Win
An astute Trump backer argues that Trump is closer to a win that you think.
Read more...Stop Girdling the Post Office
A pre-election reminder of the importance of saving the Post Office.
Read more...Plastic Watch: Plastic Pushers Seek to Use Trade Negotiations to Rescind Plastic Bans
Plastic pushers attempt to strongarm Kenya and the UK into using more plastic under the guise of free trade as world oil prices collapse.
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