Category Archives: Guest Post

New York City Lost a Record 631,000 Jobs to the Pandemic in 2020. So What’s Next?

A look at the raw numbers behind the pain of New York City’s biggest economic downturn since the Great Depression.

Biden Stimulus Plan Shores Up Weakest Multi-Employer Pension Plans Rather than Taking on Private Equity Abuses

A Biden rescue of the sickest private pension plans goes largely under the radar.

2:00PM Water Cooler 3/15/2021

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Links 3/15/2021

‘Disturbing’: Rich Nations Vaccinating Person Per Second While Blocking Effort to Share Recipe With Poor Countries

Rich nations continue to block a propsed waiver of intellectual property rights to allow global sharing of vaccine tecnology and production.

Nomi Prins: To Build or Not to Build? The Infrastructure Question

For all sorts of bad reasons, American has a huge infrastructure spending backlog. But can we even do the job well?

For the Birds: Lights Out Philly

Bird Safe Philly announces voluntary initiative to switch off lights on skyscrapers to prevent migrating birds from crashing to their deaths.

Links 3/14/2021

Meet the “New Koch Brothers” – the Hedge Fund Activists Wrecking America’s Green New Deal

Wealthy predators are playing stock market games with companies needed to develop and produce clean technology.

Brazil’s Catastrophic Management of COVID-19 Threatens the Entire World

Bolosonaro is responsible for Brasil’s botched Covid response. But the consequences extent far beyond the country’s borders.

By Declaring March 11 “Our” Covid Anniversary, the Press Erases Covid’s Origin Story in the U.S.

The hive mind hums happily.

2:00PM Water Cooler 3/12/2021

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Links 3/12/2021

Failed COVID Strategy Leaves Sweden Deeply Divided

Sweden became a symbol for anti-lockdown and no-mask movements across the world. But it’s no longer a source of consensus at home.