Category Archives: Guest Post

Live Blog: Presidential Primary Debate #1 in Cleveland, OH.

Game on…..

2:00PM Water Cooler 9/29/2020

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Shareholder Capitalism’s Ugly Legacy

Debunking some of Milton Friedman’s destructive ideas, such shareholders, who only have residual claims in a company, ought to come first.

Links 9/29/2020

How Donald Trump Abandoned Workers After Promising to Bring Manufacturing Back to the U.S.

Restoring manufacturing to the US is a tall order. Not surprisingly, Trump’s approach has been unserious.

The Minimal Effects of TV Debates Between Candidates

Despite the hype surrounding the US presidential debates, they do little to shift voter views.

Naked Capitalism’s Mission Impossible

For a change of pace, Naked Capitalism presents a satirical post.

Trump’s “Operation Warp Speed” Covid-19 Vaccine Development Program: Dominated by Military Personnel, Accused of Corruption

Operation Warp Speed is a public/private partnership set up by the Trump administration, which is developing several vaccines for Covid-19 in parallel.

2:00PM Water Cooler 9/28/2020

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Links 9/28/2020

How Bankers Hide Losses

Like master illusionists, bank accountants conceal losses from federal regulators, putting the whole economy at risk

Update on Federal Covid-19 Data at HHS: Hysteria on TeleTracking Data Manipulation Unwarranted, but Concern on Palintir Surveillance Oddly Muted

The danger in the HHS Protect project on Covid-19 isn’t data manipulation, but what the data will be used for (which almost nobody is talking about).

Thomas Neuburger: The War Against the War Against the People, or Why You Should Contribute to Naked Capitalism

If the class war becomes more confrontational, Naked Capitalism will continue to see past right and left to right and wrong,

Links 9/27/2020

Ponds, Beaver Ponds, Arctic and Antarctic Ponds, and Walden Pond

“Listen, strange women lyin’ in ponds distributin’ swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.”