Category Archives: Guest Post

2:00PM Water Cooler 9/14/2020

~ Today’s Water Cooler ~

We Lost Because We Weren’t Big Enough (the Left in the UK and the US)

Where now for Anglo-American socialism?

Hubert Horan: The Airline Industry Collapse Part 4 – Total Paralysis Continues

Hubert Horan recaps a talk with FT Alphaville’s Izabella Kaminska on why the airline is in desperate shape and not considering solutions.

The Bahrain-Israel Mutual Recognition

A take on why Bahrain followed the UAE in recognizing Israel.

Topsoil Degradation, Soil Erosion, and Soil Governance (Global or Otherwise)

How long will it take for the world to run out of topsoil? What will it take to avoid it?

Links 9/13/2020

Climate Crisis and Population Growth Will Displace 1 Billion over Next 30 Years

Think tank says climate crisis and population growith will lead at least 1 billion to migrate in countries with least ecological resilence.

Links 9/12/2020

Wolf Richter: Unemployment Crisis Going in Wrong Direction: Week 25 of U.S. Labor Market Collapse

Unemployment claims continue to increase, with nearly 20% collecting unemployment insurance. even according to the stringent claims criteria.

More than 500,000 People in Oregon Flee Wildfires

West coast wildfire crisis extends beyond California to include parts of Oregon and Washington states, caused by rare windstorms..

Links 9/11/2020

America’s Dire Inequality Demands a New Conceptual Framework. This Economist Has One.

Lance Taylor explains that wage repression — far more than monopoly power, offshoring or technological change — is driving rising inequality.

Sediment, Big Spring Run, and River Restoration to Pre-Colonial Times

A geological paradigm shift?

‘Dereliction of Duty’: Outrage as USPS Board Issues Gushing Praise for DeJoy Amid Mail Slowdowns, Medicine Delays, and Straw-Donor Scandal

The latest sordid episode in the teardown of the US mail service.

What Rent Drop? Listed Prices Aren’t Budging Where COVID-19 Hit Hardest

New York City disproves popular beliefs about flight from cities and rent declines.