2:00PM Water Cooler 8/22/2023
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As Offshore Wind Ramps Up, Scientists Flag Potential Impacts
Offshore wind farms can create their own local climates and may alter currents. How does that affect marine ecosystems?
Read more...The Moment of Truth Arrives for Mexico’s Anti-GM Corn Laws
This may be an important battle for Big Ag lobbies and biotech companies but it is an existential one for Mexico, for whom corn is the cornerstone not only of its cuisine and diet but also its culture.
Read more...China And Russia Execute A Pincer Movement Around Iraq’s Biggest Oil Assets
China and Russia oil plays in and around Iraq provide further evidence that the US has lost its touch in the hegemony game.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 8/21/2023
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Read more...Stigler Center/ProMarket Hypocrisy: Published, Then Removed Post That Justified Anti-Trust; Bogus Excuses Demonstrate University of Chicago Failed Econowashing of Hard Core Neoclassical Stance
ProMarket and the Consumer Welfare Standard: Output increase is not sufficient to increase welfare. Allocation, aka distribution, matters.
Read more...Links 8/20/2023
Memes About Animal Resistance Are Everywhere — Here’s Why You Shouldn’t Laugh off Rebellious Orcas and Sea Otters Too Quickly
Are human and nonhuman animals’ struggles against oppression intertwined?
Read more...A Peek at Big Pharma’s Playbook That Leaves Many Americans Unable to Afford Their Drugs
The Biden Adminstration has implemented some modest curbs on drug prices. Big Pharma is fighting a rearguard action in court.
Read more...Interview: Treating Gun Violence as a Public Health Crisis
Some promising approaches to reducing gun violence.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 8/18/2023
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Read more...“Venture Capital Funds Are Mostly Just Wasting Their Time and Your Money”
Yet more evidence that venture capital is good for the fund managers, not so much for anyone else.
Read more...Links 8/18/2023
Better Late Than Never? Spain’s El País Sounds Alarm Over Consequences of Ukraine “Proxy War” for EU’s Future
After enthusiastically selling the war since its inception, the mainstream media in Europe may be beginning to change its tune.
Read more...How Javier Milei Upset Argentina’s Political Status Quo
Yves here. We’re featuring a post from openDemocracy on Argentina’s primary results that had far-right candidate Javier Milei beating the candidates of the two parties that have been in power for two decades. The post is telling, and not in a good way. Milei does advocate extreme views (not that he can go as far […]
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