Category Archives: Guest Post

Links 3/9/2021

Global Transformation: The Precariat Overcoming Populism

A contribution to debate urging the mainstream left not to be distracted by populism. Aim instead for what we know about the near Future.

SoftBank-Funded Fintech Upstart Greensill Crashes, Carnage Ensues

Supply chain finance disuptor Greensill is undone by its own financial wizardry, putting at risk thousands of jobs in the UK, Australia and the EU. The timing could not be worse for already buckling supply chains.

DSGE, the Standard Economic Paradigm, is Based on Bad Modeling

Why the New Keynesian Dynamic Stochastic General Equilibrium (DSGE) is a straightjacket for macroeconomics.

2:00PM Water Cooler 3/8/2021

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Consider This Pineapple: Some Thoughts on Food Waste

Food waste is a major contributor to global warming, not only the rotten stuff per se, but the carbon expended by moving it hither and yon.

Links 3/8/2021

California Wildfire Smoke Harms Respiratory Health More than Fine Particulates from Any Other Source, Including Vehicle Emissions

Wildfire smoke is more toxic than other sources of fine particles – a worry for COVID survivors.

New Report: U.S. Dams, Levees Get D Grades, Need $115 Billion in Upgrades

Heavier precipitation caused by climate change is straining aging flood-control systems throughout the U.S.

Waste Watch: Europeans Get Right to Repair for Some Consumer Electrical Goods, While John Deere Reneges on Promise to U.S. Farmers to Make Diagnostic Software Freely Available

On March 1, the EU implemented a right to repair for some consumer electrical goods; which U.S. state will wake up and do the same?

Links 3/7/2021

Pointless Pain Is What We’re Enduring. And All for the Sake of Accepting That Money is Not a Constraint on Our Potential, and Never Will Be

Defitic hysteria, UK style, and why misunderstanding what government money is about persists.

The Jobs Recovery, Compared to the “Good Times” Trend

February confirms: V-shaped jobs recovery petered out in October about two-thirds into it.

2:00PM Water Cooler 3/5/2021

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Economists’ Rx: “Sick? Stay Home!”

Economists endorse sick day mandates. Pass the word.