Category Archives: Guest Post

Covid Is Airborne (on Airplanes)

Border controls and quarantine in the United States, as contrasted to Vietnam and Japan

Links 3/21/2021

The End of Closed Democracy?

Corporate and financial capital still dominate, but politics no longer serves them alone, by putting the interests of the market first. Instead, power is having to listen to people everywhere.

New CDC Guidelines to Reopen Schools, Based on Outdated, Cherry-Picked, and Misinterpreted Data, Put Students, Teachers, and Communities at Risk

Pushing to reopen schools based on outdated science is poorly timed in face of coronavirus resurgence.

How Employers Punish Workers for Forming Unions

How employers play dirty tricks even after unions are voted in. The PRO Act, up for a Senate vote, would stop the worst practices.

2:00PM Water Cooler 3/19/2021

~ Today’s Water Cooler ~

We May Be Living in a Moment of Misplaced Optimism

The current bout of optimism looks too close to giddy for my comfort. And yours?

Links 3/19/2021

Scoring the $1.9 Trillion Stimulus Plan and Earlier Covid Relief Programs

How to do a better job of getting relief to those who need it.

Stock Market Leverage Spikes in Historic Manner: Another WTF Chart of a Zoo that Has Gone Nuts

In an investment environment where nothing matters anymore – until old fasioned worries like leverage suddenly do.

Links 3/18/2021

Patent System Often Stifles the Innovation It Was Designed to Encourage

Why the US patent regime is broken and what could be done to fix it.

The Free Press versus Facebook and Google

Are Facebook and Google the new ‘public square’? Or are they publishers swiping content from others?

The Full Case Against Ultra Low and Negative Interest Rates

Why unprecedentedly low and negative nterest rates will probably not stimulate demand and may even threaten financial stability.