Category Archives: Guest Post

2:00PM Water Cooler 2/11/2022

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Update: Supreme Court to Weigh EPA Authority on Greenhouse Pollutants

Additional briefs shed light on possible outcomes of major Supreme Court case scheduled for oral arguments this month.

Resource Nationalism on Rise in Latin America, As Fever for “White Gold,” aka Lithium, Grips the World

Countries in the region are taking greater control of the revenues generated by the minerals and hydrocarbons produced within their borders, in particular when it comes to lithium.

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Hubert Horan: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Twenty-Nine: Despite Massive Price Increases Uber Losses Top $31 Billion

Uber burns through yet more cash, but analysts and reporters fail to question its extremely misleading financials.

Resource Limits to American Capitalism & The Predator State Today

James K. Galbraith discusses the shift of the US from industrialism to his so-called predator state: finance-led, military-centered corporatism

2:00PM Water Cooler 2/10/2022

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Thoughts on the Canadian Trucker “Freedom Convoys”

Who are they, and what are their demands?

Links 2/10/2022

SEC Set to Lower Massive Boom on Private Equity Industry

Private equity is about to get a big wake-up call. Expect shoes to drop when industry has to make basic disclosures about fees and returns.

Revealed: New Insight into What Really Drives the Stock Market

In How Novelty and Narratives Drive the Stock Market, economist Nicholas Mangee examines how stories influence stock market outcomes

2:00PM Water Cooler 2/9/2022

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The 50 Biggest US Donors Gave or Pledged Nearly $28 Billion in 2021 – Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates Account for $15 Billion of That Total

No, you are not paranoid if you worry about the outsized influence of the Gates Foundation.

Resist Inflation Phobia Coup

Efforts to cure inflation, at least for poorer countries, will prove to be more damaging than the disease.

2:00PM Water Cooler 2/8/2022

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