Why Does Inequality Produce High Crime and Low Trust?
Why bad conduct is more prevalent in societies with high inequality.
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A Healthy Microbiome Builds a Strong Immune System That Could Help Defeat COVID-19
A happy gut = better immune responses = higher odds of beating back Covid. Eat more pickles!
Read more...The Organizational Capacity and Behavioral Characteristics of the Capitol Rioters (First Cut)
What did the Capitol rioters actually do?
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 1/22/2021
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Read more...COVID-19 Is Pushing Migrants Back to Their Home Countries
With Covid-19 driving many migrants to return to their countries of origin, governments need to implement better reintegration plans.
Read more...The Next Neoliberal President…
A clear eyed and therefore not cheery look at where President Biden is set to take the US.
Read more...What Can Sanders Do as Budget Chair? – Rob Johnson
Sanders is about to have considerable influence on spending priorities. Where and how does he have leverage?
Read more...Ins and Outs of Congressional Review Act and Climate Change Rules
The Biden administration could use the Congressional Review Act to reverse Trump rulemaking. But it’s easier said than done.
Read more...How Capitalism’s Dogged Defenders and Propagandists Shield It From Criticism
Richard Wolff takes on pro-capitalism propaganda.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 1/20/2021
~ Today’s Water Cooler, featuring the Biden inaugural ~
Read more...Central Bank Machinations with No Exit: ECB Leaks New Thingy, It’s Doing Yield Spread Control
Not your grandmother’s “yield curve control.” Only one thing that could force this ECB absurdity to end: a big bout of inflation.
Read more...Links 1/20/2021
Wikipedia: The Overlooked Monopoly
Low-quality anonymous “editors” combined with a Google tie-up turned an interesting experiment into an overlooked but destructive monopoly.
Read more...The American Rescue Act: Do Whatever It Takes
The economy is likely to be crippled for months and fiscal rescue on a large scale, once again, is very much necessary.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 1/19/2021
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day Sadly, the state bird of Delaware, the Blue Hen, is not a distinct species. #COVID19 At reader request, I’ve added this daily chart from 91-DIVOC. The data is the Johns Hopkins CSSE data. Here is the site. I feel I’m engaging in a macabre form […]
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