Yearly Archives: 2023

Henry A. Kissinger at 100, Still a War Criminal

Some of the major entries in Kissinger’s rap sheet.

2:00PM Water Cooler 8/24/2023

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BRICS’ Expansion Is Beneficial But It Also Isn’t Without Strategic Challenges

BRICS is set to add important new members…but will their diversity complicate coming to common policy stances?

Links 8/24/2023

Medicare for All, Not Medicare Advantage

How Medicare Advantage plans raid taxpayer funds and routinely fail to deliver the care that patients expect and deserve.

Jonesing on Carbon

A reminder that the rich are grossly dispropirtionate carbon fuel users.

China And U.S. Lock Horns Over New 122.5% Steel Tariff

Yet another US/China trade row, this one over steel.

2:00PM Water Cooler 8/23/2023

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The Scourge of Corporate Financialization: Income Inequity, Employment Instability, Productive Fragility

Stock buybacks, aka corporate financialization, as a mode of predatory value extraction

Links 8/23/2023

China Schizophrenia: Jake Sullivan Makes Demands, Press Fulminates Its Ambitions as While Overhyping Current Economic Wobbles

The West’s discomfort over China’s influence and economic stature is sometimes a bit too obvious.

Ann Pettifor Explains Why Neoclassical Economists Are the Last People To Listen to on Climate Change

A well-warranted takedown of the irresponsible and destructive record of mainstream economists on climate change.

Private Equity on Campus: Why College Students Are Sleeping in Cars

College students are still unable to find housing despite enrollment dropping since the start of the pandemic, and a major price-fixing lawsuit against corporate landlords sheds light on why.

2:00PM Water Cooler 8/22/2023

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As Offshore Wind Ramps Up, Scientists Flag Potential Impacts

Offshore wind farms can create their own local climates and may alter currents. How does that affect marine ecosystems?