Category Archives: Guest Post

Jim Chanos: China’s “Leveraged Prosperity” Model is Doomed. And That’s Not the Worst

Famed short-seller Jim Chanos is more concerned with political fallout from China’s Evergrande than economic/financial woes.

2:00PM Water Cooler 10/18/2021

~ Today’s Water Cooler ~

Links 10/18/2021

Insurance Focused on Virtual Visits? The Pros and Cons of a New Twist in Health Plans

The pandemic has made patients more comfortable with telemedicine for doctor visits. Insurers are betting that some patients will now embrace new types of health coverage that encourages video visits — or outright insists on them.

Bad Biden Foreign Policy

Biden is as bad as Trump on foreign policy. The press has been absent save ampllifying the arms merchants’ hissy over the Afghanistan exit

Swimming With Sharks in the Maldives

Maldivians are changing their attitudes towards sharks, sparking a tourism boom. Tourists bring plastic, creating a waste disposal problem.

Wolf Richter: The Amazing Explosion of New Businesses Continues as Americans Strike Out on their Own

Including Wolf’s 2 cents about the high “failure rates” of new businesses, being a small-business owner himself.

Links 10/16/2021

2:00PM Water Cooler 10/15/2021

~ Today’s Water Cooler ~

Moving Beyond America’s War on Wildfire: 4 Ways to Avoid Future Megafires

Under a changing climate, we will have to learn to coexist with wildfires in the U.S. West.

Bayer Loses Plot As Mexican Government Enforces Ban on GMO Imports

Bayer branded the Mexico’s behaviour as “unscientific”, a popular term of insult these days.

Central Asia’s Neoliberal Tragedy

How the post-USSR neoliberal land grab played out in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan. Needless to say, not pretty.

10,000 John Deere Workers Reject Contract, Strike 14 Plants

A round-up on the John Deere strike: The contract dispute, and the correlation of forces between labor and management.