Out of Africa: Why the Migration Wave?
Why are so many risking their lives to flee Africa?
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The Boring Story of the 2016 Election
The most accurate story of why Clinton lost in 2016 is the simplest and most obvious: many people really really didn’t like her.
Read more...Reminder: Kansas City Meetup This Friday, September 22
Looking forward to seeing Kansas City readers and perhaps some attendees from the MMT conference at our meetup this Friday!
Read more...The Sickness of American Healthcare
Some key facts that have been omitted from the debate over Obamacare and healthcare generally, apparently by design.
Read more...Google Betting Big on Being Able to Overturn EU Antitrust Decision; Effectively Thumbs Its Nose at Compliance
Google got hit with a huge EU fine and faces even bigger charges for non-compliance. So why is it playing hardball?
Read more...Catalonia’s Defiance of Spanish Authority Turns into Rebellion
Catalonia and the Spanish government are in a power struggle, with Madrid moving to strip Catalonia of its autonomy. What are the stakes?
Read more...Climate Change Enabling US Military to Play Greatly Enlarged Domestic Role
Why climate change is great for the Pentagon’s budget and bad for Americans’ freedom.
Read more...CalPERS Illegally Trying to Hide Its Scheming to Hand Over Private Equity to BlackRock
oard candidate Margaret Brown objects to CalPERS’ illegal secret discussions, most importantly, of outsourcing private equity to BlackRock.
Read more...Links 9/16/17
The Midlife Low in Human Beings
Are midlife blues an underrecognized feature of the human condition?
Read more...Rumors of Japan’s Imminent Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated
Why you should not believe media accounts that depict Japan as a basket case in the making.
Read more...Ripping up the Yellow Pages
Bye bye Yellow Pages….you will be missed.
Read more...Corporate Contractors: The High End of the Precariat (Updated)
The stressful life of downwardly mobile corporate contractors.
Read more...Will the Great Taper Bring on GFC 2.0?
If you believe asset prices are bubbly, the soon-to-start central bank taper looks likely to pop them.
Read more...Wall Street Journal Reports on SoftBank Offer for Uber….Yet No Other Press Outlet is Picking the Story Up
Why are major media outlets uncharacteristically ignoring a big SoftBank-Uber story that the Wall Street Journal broke yesterday?
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