Today’s Water Cooler: Tariffs and apparel,Trump in Duluth, MO, ME, WV Senate, immigration policy, I-95 stops, voting shenanigains, manufacturing, vanilla, hedgies, alcoholism, warrants for cellphone location information, sociology of science
Read more...The Bank of England is being readied to print, as in deficit spend, in the face of a hard or crash out Brexit.
Read more...Gandhi’s overlooked message on the importance of courage and commitment.
Read more...The proliferation of military weapons and gear corresponds to that of para-militarized law enforcement officers.
Read more...Seyrmour Hersh’s retrospective demonstrates how much nerve it takes to do reporting, and how few reporters have it.
Read more...As the rich in America get richer, the poorest fall further behind.
Read more...How “financial repression,” as in negative real interest rates, whacked Italy and boosted Spain.
Read more...How Democrats have failed either to oppose or capitalize on the democracy-thwarting Hastert Rule.
Read more...A light-hearted economic analysis of the World Cup
Read more...Another area where bitcoin hype exceeds reality.
Read more...Today’s Water Cooler: China trade, semiconductors, mid-terms, immigration, Kobach and voting, housing, shipping, trucking “sweet spot,” Uber, Tesla, Juneteenth, Enoch Powell, F-35
Read more...Japan and the United States decline to endorse G-7 Ocean Plastics Charter– a voluntary effort inadequate to the scale of the problem but better than outright neglect.
Read more...Why Germany is not the solution to the Eurozone’s woes.
Read more...Why North Korea will be unable to accept any deal the US offers.
Read more...Planned Parenthood shows its true colors, which is loyalty to the top 10%.
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