Category Archives: Guest Post

2:00PM Water Cooler 8/28/2023

~ Today’s Water Cooler: Open Thread ~

Links 8/28/2023

Danny Haiphong: Pepe Escobar and Michael Hudson Join on BRICS Plus Six, Ukraine, and the Multipolar World Economy!

Danny Haiphong talks to Michael Hudson and Pepe Escobar about hot mulitipolarity topics, particularly BRICS and its “currency” plans

Testing Marx

The findings highlight the role of historical, institutional, and technological factors in shaping capitalist trajectories, suggesting that a one-size-fits-all approach may be insufficient.

As Covid Surges, Los Angeles County Public Health Takes a Minimalist Approach

Mask up, Taylor! FFS.

Links 8/27/2023

Book Review: Two Critiques of America’s Ailing Health Care System

Two new books chronicle the shortcomings of the nation’s health care system, if you can call it that.

The NYT & WSJ’s Critical Articles About Kiev’s Counteroffensive Explain Why It Failed

It’s now in the open that US and Ukraine were at odds about the much vaunted counteroffensive, even when it was clear it would not get far

2:00PM Water Cooler 8/25/2023

~ Today’s Water Cooler ~

Despite 4 Indictments, Trump Will Still Be the GOP Nominee

Trump won’t be over until he is over, and that will not be before the Republican convention.

Could New BRICS Member Argentina Become First Country to Receive a Full-Scale BRICS Bailout?

The country is once again in deep crisis mode, with decades high inflation, a crumbling currency and no foreign currency reserves. It is shackled to the IMF but now faces the possibility of being able to tap alternative sources of finance.

Henry A. Kissinger at 100, Still a War Criminal

Some of the major entries in Kissinger’s rap sheet.

2:00PM Water Cooler 8/24/2023

~ Today’s Water Cooler ~

BRICS’ Expansion Is Beneficial But It Also Isn’t Without Strategic Challenges

BRICS is set to add important new members…but will their diversity complicate coming to common policy stances?

Medicare for All, Not Medicare Advantage

How Medicare Advantage plans raid taxpayer funds and routinely fail to deliver the care that patients expect and deserve.