Eating More Chocolate: A Cure for Pandemic Fatigue?
Europe and the USA succumb to pandemic fatigue. Vigilance is the only known counter to spread of the virus. Practice small pleasures.
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How To Break the Covid Doom Loop
Are repetitive short lockdowns a viable way to tame Covid-19?
Read more...Brexit: Standoff
Will Johnson pull the Brexit plug today, or decide to fight another day?
Read more...Pandemics and Inequality: A Historical Overview
The record of pandemics past shows that only devastating mortality rates reduce inequality.
Read more...Why Saudi Arabia May Be Forced To Start Another Oil Price War
Poor oil price prospects may lead to another race to the bottom.
Read more...Citi’s Recidivist Rule-Breaking and Incompetence Shows Persistence of Too Big/Complex to Fail Problem
Citi’s latest run-in with regulators shows why comparing big banks “too big/complex to fail” problems to those of Big Tech is all wet.
Read more...Michael Klare: How the US Plays Nuclear Chicken with Russia and China
eeping tabs on US nuclear provocations of Russia and China.
Read more...Rana Foroohar and Mark Blyth: How Deep Will the Depression Get?
Rana Roroohar and Mark Blyth discuss the elections, tech, China, and Covid v. recovery with Paul Jay.
Read more...New York City Seeks to Shortchange Teachers on $900 Million of Back Pay
Another sign of increasing budget problems in New York City.
Read more...Burning Injustice: Why the California Wildfires Are a Class Crisis
The rich paid for protection from wildfires while the poor burned. A harbinger of the class divide in coming climate disasters?
Read more...Bleak Views of Melting Antarctic Ice, From Above and Below
Two troubling recent studies clarify projections of glacial ice loss, sea-level rise, and the need to act on climate.
Read more...Pandemics and Inequality
Pandemics have a long tail, including their impact on inequality.
Read more...Top Law Firms Called Out for Serving Fossil Fuel Industry Clients in New Climate ‘Scorecard’
Law students call out leading law firms for facilitating policies that promote fossil fuel clients and exacerbate climate change.
Read more...Why Don’t We Study Countries That Have Had COVID-19 Success?
Hong Kong, Vietnam, Taiwan, and New Zealand have recorded low COVID-19 deaths. Why do we hear so little about the reeasons for their success?
Read more...How Three Prior Pandemics Triggered Massive Societal Shifts
Some past pandemics ushered in massive changes….but only with massive death levels. So can the powers that be rest easy with Covid?
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