Category Archives: Guest Post

Links 4/25/2021

The COVID-19 Catastrophe in India Keeps Growing

The Covid nightmare in India won’t end soon. Yet the West, despite self-interested reasons for reducing the contagion, is standing pat.

From an Un-Caring Economy to a Caring Economy: The Tax Justice Network Podcast, April 2021

“Caring economy” sounds awfully soft and fuzzy. However, it may finally be time to reject utlitarian views of how we organize our resources.

2:00PM Water Cooler 4/23/2021

~ Today’s Water Cooler ~

Biden’s Appeasement of Hawks and Neocons Is Crippling His Diplomacy

Is Biden’s high testosterone foreign policy a feature or a bug?

2:00PM Water Cooler 4/22/2021

~ Today’s Water Cooler ~

The Coronavirus Crisis Within the Economy Is Far From Over – Because Reopening Creates a Whole New Type of Risk

Whither the post-Covid economy, assuming a “post-Covid”? The answer depends at least in part on where you sit.

Links 4/22/2021

How America Can Curb the Epidemic of Violence Against Health Care Workers

Health care staffers are on the receiving end of violence more often than you might think, yet perilous little is done to protect them.

Privacy Champions Urge Passage of ‘Fourth Amendment Is Not For Sale’ Act

Anti-Big-Tech sentiment has hit the point where it’s not crazy to hope for some recovery of digital privacy.

2:00PM Water Cooler 4/21/2021

~ Today’s Water Cooler ~

Softer Monetary Policy Increases Inequality

Quelle suprise! Asset-goosing loose monetary policy helps the rich more than the poor even in egalitarian Denmark.

Links 4/21/2021

Competition Heats Up in the Melting Arctic, and the US Isn’t Prepared to Counter Russia

Shocker! Russia is end-running the US in the Arctic, even though Sarah Palin has been keeping an eye out. Where have the arm merchants been?