2020 Election Night Live Blog/Open Thread
Trump/Pence v. Biden/Harris
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2:00PM Election Day Water Cooler 11/3/2020
~ Happy Election Day ~
Read more...How Lack of Wealth Is a Wage Trap
How wealth inequality influences income inequality, particularly at low wage levels.
Read more...Trump or Biden, Trade Deals Still Threaten Britain’s NHS
Regardless of who wins the US presidential election, Britain will be hard pressed to protect the NHS from higher drug prices.
Read more...Affluent Authoritarianism: New Evidence on Public Opinion and Policy
New research shows once again that it’s large firms and the 1%—not the “median voter”—who drive U.S. policy.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 11/2/2020
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Read more...Voting Turnout: Three Simple Ways to Get Out the Vote
Three simple measures to increase our sorry rate of voter turnout, some borrowed from other countries; readers chime in with your own.
Read more...11/2/2020
As the World Watches US Election, the Appeal of America is Diminished
Thoughtful take on how the rest of the world percevies US flaws after 4 years of Trump; even the Biden’s election is unlikely to reverse this.
Read more...Stop Girdling the Post Office
A pre-election reminder of the importance of saving the Post Office.
Read more...Plastic Watch: Plastic Pushers Seek to Use Trade Negotiations to Rescind Plastic Bans
Plastic pushers attempt to strongarm Kenya and the UK into using more plastic under the guise of free trade as world oil prices collapse.
Read more...Links 11/1/2020
Indian Pharma is Being Squeezed – and It’s Bad News for Drug Access in Developing Countries
The role of Indian pharma in ensuring access to low-cost drugs is important during the age of COVID-19, and not only for developing counries.
Read more...Links 10/31/2020
Michael Olenick: The Real Origins of Trump – The Foreclosure Crisis
The foreclosure crisis was a key element of Trump’s win in 2016, yet the Democrats are still in denial about its costs.
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