Can Davos Man Punch the “Great Reset” Button?
The World Economics Forum asks for trouble next year, both ideologically and institutionally.
Read more...Yearly Archives: 2020
Exiting the Vampire Castle
We need to learn, or re-learn, how to build comradeship and solidarity instead of doing capital’s work for it by condemning and abusing each other
Read more...Links 7/6/2020
Hubert Horan: Can Collateralizing Frequent Flyer Programs Help Save the US Airlines?
Dissecting the latest airline gimmick to separate investors from their money: pledging their frequent flyer programs.
Read more...Risking Nuclear War for Dollars
Why the risk of nuclear war has been and remains much higher than you realize.
Read more...2020’s Plague of Locusts Spreads to Indian Subcontinent and South America
State of play for locust infestations in Nepal, Pakistan, India, Argentina, Brazil…. and the United States.
Read more...Links 7/5/2020
Three Strikes against the Fed
Until the results of new stress tests are known, the uncertainty principle calls for extreme caution in the regulator’s approach to the capital adequacy of systemically important banks (and indeed of banks in general).
Read more...Links 7/4/2020
How Largely Hidden Trends Are Shattering the Global Trade System
Howy national conflicts, new concerns about security and supply chain risk, and technology are reshaping trade networks to be closer to home.
Read more...Is Donald Trump Likely to Resign?
Looking at some underrated Trump weaknesses.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 7/3/2020
COVID-19 problem states ~ Obama on Biden ~ Turner on Biden Veepstakes ~ Biden as Nerva ~ Trump’s polling ~ Tucker Carlson trial balloon ~ Trillbillies’ Booker post mortem ~ Rail ~ Employment situation ~ Recover by 2027 ~ Hydroxychloroquine once more ~ Ghislaine Maxwell ~ Identity politics
Read more...Links 7/3/2020
“A Scandal’: Contracts Show Trump Giving Big Pharma Free Rein to Price Gouge Taxpayer-Funded Coronavirus Drugs
Drug price gouging is so widespread in the US that it seems unlikely that there will be enough outrage to limit coronavirus drug price gouging.
Read more...Education 101: Don’t Open a New Charter School in the Middle of a Pandemic
A hard look at charter school misleading ads, racial segregation, and dodgy economics.
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