Category Archives: Guest Post
Live Blog: Democrat Presidential Primary Debate #13 in Washington, DC
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Time: 8:00PM-10:00PM ET Place: CNN’s studio in Washington, DC Hosts: CNN, CNN en Español, CNN International, and Univision Moderators: CNN’s Dana Bash and Jake Tapper; Univision’s Ilia Calderón. Candidate line-up: Joe Biden (former Vice President) Bernie Sanders (Senator from Vermont) (I can’t find which candidate will be on the right […]
Read more...I Knew My Dad Was a Sexual Predator
A predator needs many enablers. We only need to turn one.
Read more...Links 3/15/2020
‘Grotesque Level of Greed’: Owned by World’s Richest Man Jeff Bezos, Whole Foods Wants Workers to Pay for Colleagues’ Sick Leave During Coronavirus Pandemic
Jeff Bezos continues to abuse his workers, this time (or more accurately, again) at Whole Foods.
Read more...Coronavirus Testing Shortages Force Extreme Shift In Strategy By Local Health Officials
Yves here. The admission that the US, even if it had coronavirus test results, lacked the institutional capacity to do contact tracing, is a stunner. Gee, we supposedly live in a world of AI and big data, but our Silicon Valley gearheads can’t come close to what China has done? But we can find the […]
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 3/13/2020
Today’s Water Cooler:
Read more...How the COVID-19 Shock Is Different
Looking at COIVD-19 impacts.
Read more...COVID-19 Math Explained, With Data
Looking at COVID-19 R0s.
Read more...When Safety Measures Lead to Riskier Behavior by More People
How safety measures can backfire.
Read more...Links 3/12/2020
Boeing Crashes: $43 Billion in Share Buybacks Turn into Existential Threat
Yves here. When we made grim prognostications about Boeing’s future, we were treated as nuts. By Wolf Richter, editor at Wolf Street. Originally published at Wolf Street Boeing’s shares [BA] came unglued, plunging 18.1% today, after having already plunged over the past four weeks. Since February 12, shares have crashed 46%, and since the peak […]
Read more...Who’s Responsible? How the “Independent Contractor” Dodge Guts Employment Protections
On establishing legal responsibility for employment in the fissured workplace.
Read more...MMT is a Political Problem: Part 1
How should MMT proponents advance their views?
Read more...Coronavirus Reveals the Cracks in Globalization
Coronavirus risks a series of shortages that can be mitigated only by bringing some production back home.
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