Yearly Archives: 2020

2:00PM Water Cooler 6/19/2020

COVID-19 in the West ~ Klobuchar knifes Warren ~ Could Biden be running a genius-level campaign ~ Empathy ~ Who lost China? ~ Trump in Tulsa ~ Trump the undefeated ~ Amy McGrath ~ Rail, trucking, tankers ~ Go long Plexiglass ~ Ocean rise and the 30-year mortgage ~ Juneteenth ~ CHOP/CHAZ v. the Commune ~ R.I.P. Ian Holm ~ Smell and the brain

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The Bank of England Votes for More QE – But This Is a Road That Will Run Out

Yves here. Richard Murphy’s observations about QE hitting its limits are clearly relevant to the US. Sadly, things will have to get worse before ideas like a job guarantee or Green New Deal-type work schemes even get a hearing. By Richard Murphy, a chartered accountant and a political economist. He has been described by the Guardian […]

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