As toxic as political discourse has become, it seems almost quaint that a little over a decade ago, many social scientists were hopeful that by allowing political leaders and citizens to talk directly to one another, nascent social media platforms would improve a relationship tarnished by distrust.
Read more...Pulling on my yellow waders for Hillary Clinton…
Read more...Janet Yellen’s idea that Russia will sell oil to the collective West at a super duper discount looks pretty unhinged.
Read more...Thane Gustafson in Klimat, Russia in the Age of Climate Change, says a lot about Russian energy and metals despite not consulting any experts
Read more...KR is at it again! And of course, not in a good way.
Read more...Accounts furnished by aspiring YouTubers and Instagram influencers resonated deeply with my experiences as a then-junior academic.
Read more...FTI Consulting 2015 slides tout “discrediting” science, “debunking” documentaries, and hype its fracking industry project Energy In Depth
Read more...CalPERS digs its hole even deeper in its effort to keep parts of a board transcript secret. What dirt does it contain?
Read more...Forests are far superior to tree plantations at carbon removal. Unfortunately, the world is planning for tree plantations.
Read more...CalPERS’ leadership has such an advanced case of Dunning Kruger effect that they can’t recognize when they are making fools of themselves.
Read more...Yet more underhanded-looking dealing, this time by the Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, in the landmark pension case Mayberry v. KKR.
Read more...Koch influence in the academic sphere is far ranging. Koch money funds individual courses, professorships, fellowships, and even energy research and policy programs. These are significant investments in the “intellectual raw materials” of free-market advocacy.
Read more...Rant, annotated.
Read more...The World Economics Forum asks for trouble next year, both ideologically and institutionally.
Read more...Schumer’s “Heroes Fund” would create a new labor aristocracy
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