Category Archives: Guest Post

What to Know about Monkeypox (So Far)

Symptoms and progression, spread, clades, mortality, R, community spread, mode(s) of transmission. And summer festivals.

‘Public Bank’ Bill Blocked From State Senate Vote After Industry Pushback

Why is a modest public bank plan for New York going nowhere?

Book Review: An Urgent Plea to Save the World’s Megaforests

In “Ever Green,” two conservationists present a surprisingly hopeful look at the five five remaining megaforests.

2:00PM Water Cooler 5/20/2022

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Michael Hudson on the Ongoing Economic War

Michael Hudson looks at the long game of fundamental ecomomic restructuring of trade and financial relations among great powers.

Links 5/20/2022

Mastercard Pushes Biometrics Even Harder on Consumers in Increasingly Cashless UK

The roll-out of biometric-authenticated payments is merely the latest example of the accelerating encroachment of biometrics into everyday life. But a global push back is gathering.

The Tory Guide to Surviving the Cost of Living Crisis

From moving into your parents’ annex to getting a better-paid job, the government has some savvy little tips for cost savings.

2:00PM Water Cooler 5/19/2022

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Your Money and Your Life: Private Equity Blasts Ethical Boundaries of American Medicine

In a harrowing new book, Laura Katz Olson exposes how private equity is taking over health care companies – and preying on human lives.

Bad Breath of Inflation Sinks Target, Walmart, Other Retailers on Surging Costs of Products, Labor, and Transportation

Mr. Market had a meltdown because retailers were unable to pass on all their cost increases. What’s a capitalist to do?

How America Can Stop Violence Against Health Care Workers

Congess is rousing itself to make health care employers Do Something to protect staff from violence….but is the legislation adequate?

2:00PM Water Cooler 5/18/2022

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Hydropower’s Future Is Clouded by Droughts, Floods and Climate Change – It’s Also Essential to the US Electric Grid

Why the hydropower magic bullet may come up short.

How the Options Tail Has Come to Wag the Market Dog: A Simple English Language Explanation of How Structural Changes in the Stock Markets Contribute to Whipsaw Movements in Prices

Why the use of options may be the risk bomb that blows a big hole in our financial system.