Category Archives: Guest Post

Mass Gatherings Contributed to Early COVID-19 Mortality: Evidence from US Sports

A clever and disconcerting analysis shows how much big indoor gatherings boosted Covid-19 deaths.

Why International Financial Regulation Still Falls Short

Financial regulators still don’t like to tame bubbles even after seeing how costly it is when they go boom. Shame, that.

Remembering John Weeks

John Weeks was a leading critic of economic orthodoxy who dedicated his life to building a better world.

Preserve Our Post Office, Before It’s Too Late

It ought to be stunning that the Post Office needs to be defended….

Call for ‘Emergency Charity Stimulus’ as Billionaire Wealth Soars and US Nonprofits Sink

Charity reform would help deploy more funds to address more Covid-19 needs, but the real remedy lies in much bolder government spending.

Hubert Horan: The Airline Industry Collapse Part 3 – Recovery Expectations Were Always Dreadfully Wrong

Not only is the airline industry in desperate shape, but its executives have made its bad situation worse, increasing resolution costs for all bagholders.

2:00PM Water Cooler 8/3/2020

~ Today’s Water Cooler ~

Links 8/3/2020

Homeowners Beware: Mortgage Servicers Still Can’t or Won’t Shoot Straight

Mortgage servicers are still engaged the abuses they perpetrated in the foreclosure crisis.

So What’s With Those Weird Seed Packets from China?

Oddities in the Chinese seeds story (and yes, people planted them).

How to Laugh Away the Far-Right: Lessons from Germany

In the many instances where far-right activity attempts to exhibit solemnity, gravity, or strength, a well-aimed joke is a powerful act of resistance.

Links 8/1/2020

Austria Confirms OPCW Report On Skripal Faking by the British – Vienna Exposes Financial Times Lies and Cover-Up

Revealing a big hole in the official Skripal story.