2:00PM Water Cooler 1/20/2022
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CORBEVAX, a New Patent-Free COVID-19 Vaccine, Could Be a Pandemic Game Changer Globally
Corbevax, a protein subunit vaccine, is easier to produce than current Covid vaccines. But short duration of immunity remains a concern.
Read more...The World’s Food Systems Are in Crisis, and Big Agribusiness Is at Its Heart
Public finance plays a large role in agriculture. Instead of propping up corporate interests, it should learn from local food producers
Read more...Russell 2000 Drops Below Year Ago Level. Collapse of IPOs, SPACs, Housing “Tech” Stocks, ARKK, etc. Progresses
The most-hyped stocks are collapsing, some by 90%, such as EV SPACs, as the sordid underbelly of the stock market comes unglued.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 1/19/2022
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Read more...Remember That the Tories Are Only Getting Rid of Johnson To Make Things Worse
What happens to and after Johnson which is very much in play.
Read more...5 Things You Should Know About ‘Free’ At-Home Covid Tests
The Covid free test program isn’t really.
Read more...Fable of the Squirrels: New Research on Wealth Inequality Among Animals Sparks Debate on Human Economies
Studies of beasts that pass on wealth, um, resources and advantages to offspring may inform whether humans create stratified conditions.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 1/18/2022
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Read more...The Biden Employer Vaccine Mandate: In Defense of National Federation of Independent Business v. Department of Labor
A refreshingly balanced take on why the Supreme Court was correct in shooting down the Biden employer vaccine mandate.
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As Citi Prepares to Leave Mexico, the Hunt Is On for Its Assets
Big global lenders, including Spain’s Santander and Canada’s Scotiabank, are interested, but Mexico’s President Lopéz Obrador would prefer Mexico’s third largest bank to pass back into the hands of Mexican owners.
Read more...Rentier Capitalism and Class Warfare in Kazakhstan
Blame Kazakhstan ‘free’ market reforms that benefit the rich and powerful at the expense of the working class for recent protests.
Read more...Latest Biden Covid Speech Sinks Without a Trace
I don’t think this speech will turn it around for Biden.
Read more...Biden Urged to Fire Covid Response Chief Jeff Zients Over ‘Damning’ Failures
Calls for Zients’ ouster come amid intensifying outrage at the Biden administration’s overall pandemic response—anger that has hardly been limited to Zients.
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