Yearly Archives: 2020

The Wealth of Corporations: Why Firms Have Zero Net Worth, and Why It Matters

A theory of net worth and what that means for measurements of wealth.

Foreign Direct Investment and Supply Chains in a Risky World

More forecasts on the future of supply chains.

Former Board Member Jelincic: CalPERS Claims It Is Protecting Confidential, as in Criminal, Informants in Hiding Details About Lending

CalPERS made damaging statements to justify withholding information about private loans. That suggestswhat it was hiding is even worse.

2:00PM Water Cooler 8/24/2020

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Koch Influence Taints New Tufts-Based Think Thank: The Tentacles of the Mercatus Center

A timely reminder that despite the raging pandemic, Koch interests keep up their efforts to influence politics and academia.

Links 8/24/2020

A Levels: Government’s U-Turn Has Left Universities in the Lurch

The A-level crisis is increasing pressures on UK universities already stressed by COVID-19, as are their US and Australian counterparts.

New York City Faces Another “Drop Dead”: How Many Other Cities Will Wind Up in Distress?

We are at best only at the end of the beginning of big cities’ Covid-19 pain. What comes next?

Covid-19: Carmageddon Beckons Unless Work from Home Continues

Another way Covid-19 is wreacking havoc on major cities.

Paltry Flint Toxic Water Settlement: Let’s NOT Kill All the Lawyers (at Least Not Some of Them)

Michigan gets off easy with its $600 million settlement of allegations that lead-tainted water in Flint has caused permanent brain damage for its victims.

Links 8/23/2020

Links 8/22/2020

Earl Katz: Regenerative Agriculture and Massive Planting of Trees is Our Only Hope

Earl Katz, an early climate change warrior, looks at the dwindling number of options humans have for alleviating global warming.