Yearly Archives: 2020

The East Mediterranean Crisis Could Ignite a Greek-Turkish Proxy War

Greek-Turkish relations are more rocky than usual. A look at some of the drivers.

Live Blog: Presidential Primary Debate #2 in Nashville, TN

Closing arguments…

2:00PM Water Cooler 10/22/2020

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Waste Watch: Right to Repair as Remedy for School Computer Shortage?

A right to repair can reduce the digital divide and mitigate global warming, by reducing energy costs of waste disposal and production.

Links 10/22//2020

What Developing Countries Can Teach Rich Countries About How to Respond to a Pandemic

Developing countries on various continents have had greater success in managing the pandemic. Why are rich countries not following their examples?

CalPERS: Poster Child of Private Equity Cargo Cultism

CalPERS’ zealous defense of private equity looks pathological. So we hazard a diagnosis.

Will There Be a Second Dust Bowl? And What Happened to the Topsoil From the First One?

A rise in airborne dust over the Great Plains has scientists worried, and rightly.

2:00PM Water Cooler 10/21/2020

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COVID Testing and Contact Tracing in RI, the UK, and NYC: a Personal Anecdote/Saga

Pandemic theatre?

Links 10/21/2020

UVA Health Still Squeezing Money From Patients — By Seizing Their Home Equity

Property liens are the hidden icebergs of patient medical debt, legal experts say, lying unseen, often for decades, before they surface to claim hard-won family savings or inheritance proceeds.

The Fed’s New Policy Framework: A Major Improvement But More Can Be Done

The Fed’s new policy strategy of average inflation targeting is an unambiguously a positive step, but may not – under all circumstances – subscribe to a sufficiently aggressive make-up strategy when the zero lower bound is binding.

2:00PM Water Cooler 10/20/2020

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