Why It’s Good for San Francisco that Rents Dropped 29% to Multiyear Low. But They Haven’t Dropped Nearly Enough Yet
Rents in San Francisco have taken a beating. But they need to fall further.
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Is the Post-COVID Boom Going to Bust?
Reading the tea leaves of the economy after Covid…..assuming an “after Covid”.
Read more...This Obscure Energy Treaty Is the Greatest Threat to the Planet You’ve Never Heard Of
The Energy Charter Treaty lets fossil fuel companies to sue governments for taking action on climate change. It must be stopped.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 2/24/2021
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Read more...Ilargi: But….Then There’s the [Lithium] Math
EV fans ignores the lack of enough lithium to meet projected sales with current technology. Will the next big thing arrive soon enough?
Read more...Links 2/24/2021
Michael Hudson Discusses the Economic Winds of [Non] Change Under Biden on Radical Imagination
Michael Hudson looks at Biden and his administration and finds not much to like.
Read more...Housing and the American Dream: Is A House Still a Home?
Single-family home-ownership—elusive for many today—is an aspiration we ought to abandon.
Read more...An Ancient Greek Approach to Risk and the Lessons It Can Offer the Modern World
We aren’t all that good at risk assessment.
Read more...Scandal-Splattered UK Outsourcing Giant, Serco, Sets Sights on the Ultimate Gravy Train: U.S. Defense Contracting
The company has been repeatedly caught falsifying records, at times on a gargantuan scale. Now it is seeking opportunities in an industry where money routinely disappears in the trillions. What could possibly go wrong?
Read more...Why Behavioral Economics Needs Behavioral Biology: Avoiding Arms Races
Are behavioral economists really nudging people in the right direction?
Read more...Deathbed Confession: FBI and NYPD Responsible for Malcolm X Assassination
US police forces at a minimum set up the conditions that allowed for Malcolm X to be killed. How far does their culpability extend?
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 2/22/2021
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Read more...FAIR Act: Will Congress Finally Complete the Project the CFPB Fumbled and Ban Mandatory Arbitration Clauses?
With the reported support of Biden, will Congress ban mandatory arbitration clauses in common consumer and employment contracts?
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