2:00PM Water Cooler 2/8/2021
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Myanmar Coup and Fast Fashion: Sanctions Would Harm Poor Textile Workers
Last week’s military coup has reduced Myanmar’s attractiveness as a source of supply for the fast fashion industry.
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‘Unbelievable,’ Says Sanders, That Some Dems Want to Further Limit Eligibility for Covid-19 Relief Checks
Sen. Bernie Sanders denounces Democrats who would narrow eligibility requirements for the next round of stimulus payments.
Read more...America, the Unreliable Superpower: Can Biden Shore Up Its Record?
Biden promises to go back to a US superpower old normal that was still a pretty unsettling ride for our allies.
Read more...Links 2/7/2021
Tim Berners-Lee’s Plan to Save the Internet: Give Us Back Control of Our Data
Tim Berners-Lee endorses data sovereignty, to give individuals the power to control their own data, to counter big tech’s overreach.
Read more...Michael Hudson – Changes in Super Imperialism
Michael Hudson recaps his classic Super Imperalism and extends it to the 21st century struggle for dominance among the US, China, and Russia.
Read more...Negative Interest Rates Are Coming, but There Is No Chance That They Will Work
Negative interest rates: a bad idea that some central banks still can’t resist.
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Read more...Betsy DeVos Is Gone, But Her Education Agenda Is Rolling Out Across the Country
Even though Betty DeVos was depicted as a textbook ogre, her education privatization agenda is advancing as if it were perfectly respectable.
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As COVID Rages, Bankruptcy Cases Fall…..For Now
The good news about bankruptcy under Covid is not likely to last.
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Read more...Citizen Scientists Are Filling Research Gaps Created by the Pandemic
Citizen data gatherers and community science can be important elements of long term research programs.
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