Bankman-Fried, Political Money, and the Crash of FTX
How FTX showering money on both parties to try to paralyze regulators.
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2:00PM Water Cooler 12/15/2022
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Read more...Arctic Report Card 2022: The Arctic Is Getting Rainier and Seasons Are Shifting, with Broad Disturbances for People, Ecosystems and Wildlife
An update on the impact of global warming in the Arctic.
Read more...US Heavy-Handedness Forges Russia-Iran-India Ties
This Asian north-south bloc grows stronger in response to Washington’s efforts to maintain hegemony, and as Sir Halford John Mackinder said, “Who rules the world island commands the world.”
Read more...Hungary Asks the War Questions and Probes Merkel’s Minsk Deception
On Merkel’s and Germany’s posture toward the war in Ukraine and Russia generally.
Read more...Needed Global Financial Reforms Foregone Yet Again
The pathologies that produced the financial crisis are still circulating.
Read more...Reviewing WHO’s Draft “Respiratory Pathogens: Pandemic Preparedness Guidance” [Pounds Head on Desk]
Needs a rewrite.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 12/14/2022
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Read more...The Economic Consequences of War
On the economic effects of wars, drawing on a novel database of nearly 400 wars over the past two centuries.
Read more...New York Times Strike: From Reporters to Rabble-Rousers
Workers at the New York Times stopped working to demand better pay and labor rights—but only for a day. What if they flexed their power?
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 12/13/2022
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On Bicentennial of US-Mexico Diplomatic Relations, Former US Ambassador to Mexico Accuses AMLO of “Goading” Washington
The thorniest issue remains, of course, the Russia-Ukraine conflict, on which AMLO’s government has tried to stay firm to its neutral position.
Read more...Japan and the Netherlands Join US Efforts to Cut Off China from Advanced Chips
Japan and the Netherlands are joining the US in tightening controls over the export of advanced chip-making machinery to China.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 12/12/2022
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