Tom Ferguson: Biden Blurring Almost Everything
Political scientist Tom Ferguson juxtaposes the factions around Biden with how Roosevelt eventually stared down banks and corporatists in the second phase of the New Deal
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You Know In Your Heart That the Day of Real Resistance Is Coming
First demonstrations across the US, now a guillotine in front of Jeff Bezos’ house. Is this more #Resistance or a system-breaking resistance?
Read more...‘Threadbare’ US System Denounced as Study Shows 12 Million Lost Employer-Tied Health Care During Pandemic
New data on how many lost their health insurance, which often means health care, due to Covid. And the numbers are not getting better soon.
Read more...Emergency Situation: The Slow-Moving Tragedy of the Russian Arctic
The Russian version of America’s flyover has it pretty bad: declining industries and environmental stress.
Read more...Another COVID Mystery: Patients Survive Ventilator, But Linger in a Coma
Another way Covid-19 can mess up people who survive the disease: protracted comas
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 8/26/2020
Covid in the Midwest and regionally ~ Biden’s grief ~ Trump air war and swing states ~ Kanye West ~ Markey v. Kennedy ~ Coleman ~ Republican National Convention ~ Durable goods, two recessions, debt, Chrome debacle ~ Kenosha: Two dead ~ Executive superspreaders ~ That asteroid
Read more...How Do Banks Create Money?
A short primer on banks from a Modern Monetary Theory perspective.
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Summer Rerun: Journey into a Libertarian Future: Part III – Regulation
Another dive, in both senses of the word, into the implications of libertarian ideology.
Read more...Robot Generals: Will They Make Better Decisions Than Humans – Or Worse?
The odd idea of replacing generals with AI is getting a hearing.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 8/25/2020
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Read more...World Bank’s ‘Mobilizing Finance for Development’ Not Financing Development
The World Bank is trying to rebrand a failed public private partnership scheme as “blended finance”. Developing countries, beware.
Read more...The Wealth of Corporations: Why Firms Have Zero Net Worth, and Why It Matters
A theory of net worth and what that means for measurements of wealth.
Read more...Foreign Direct Investment and Supply Chains in a Risky World
More forecasts on the future of supply chains.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 8/24/2020
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