Covid-19 Straw Breaks Free Trade Camel’s Back
Multilateral trade negotiations under WTO auspices have gone nowhere since the late 1990s,, and COVID-19 may be the final straw.
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2:00PM Water Cooler 5/19/2020
COVID CHART EASTER EGGS ~ BIDEN VEEPSTAKES ~ TRUMP AND HIS SWING STATE VOTERS ~ WARREN AND BIDEN SHARE A BOND ~ GDP PLUMMETS ~ SIGNS OF LIFE IN THE AIR ~ “PLANTISH” ~ ROBOT CARS RECALIBRATE EXPECTATIONS ~ CONTACT TRACING AND PROFIT ~ MAX ERNST AND THE ZEITGEIST
Read more...Exclusive: Countries To Face a ‘Wave’ of Corporate Lawsuits Challenging Emergency COVID-19 Measures
Will Covid-19 trigger reprehensible investor-state dispute settlement suits?
Read more...Links 5/19/2020
The Lockdown Protestors Are Not Working Class
Contesting the messaging about lockdown protests.
Read more...How Germany’s Courts Might Destroy the Eurozone
Without an agreed set of rules, the eurozone cannot be sustained. Ironically, as the EU’s biggest creditor, Germany stands to lose the most from its court’s ruling.
Read more...Medicaid Providers At The End Of The Line For Federal COVID Funding
Neglecting facilities that serve Medicaid patients in the Covid-19 rescues puts health infrastructure for the poor at risk of collapse.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 5/18/2020
Today’s Water Cooler: This is a very odd-feeling Monday, and I don’t want to edit a snippet for Google.
Read more...U.S. COVID-19 Contact Tracing Programs Designed for Failure, Despite Bloomberg Money; Why Can’t the U.S. Copy the Lessons of Hong Kong’s Success?
The US has turned to contact tracing as the latest panacea for slowing the spread of COVID-19. Major flaws in the design of these programs will limit their success.
Read more...Links 5/18/2020
Storks Hatch in UK for First Time in 600 Years – Why That’s Great News for British Wildlife
In this time of worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, stork chicks hatch in the United Kingdom for the first time in 600 years.
Read more...Brexit: Yet More Chicken
The same bad Brexit dynamics are very much in place.
Read more...The Economics and Politics of Social Democracy: A Reconsideration
The inescapable dilemma facing social democracy
Read more...Trump CFPB Appointees Use COVID-19 Crisis as Rationale to Weaken Consumer Protection
Trump appointees use the COVID-19 crisis to rollback consumer protections against financial predation put in place by the CFPB.
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