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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Malnourished Insects: Higher CO2 Levels Make Plants Less Nutritious
How insects show the effects of nutrient dilution.
Read more...As Youth Suicides Climb, Anguished Parents Begin To Speak Out
It’s not just that suicides are rising among teens but that many well-adjusted-seeming kids are killing themselves.
Read more...Oil Price Crash: 50% Of U.S. Shale Could Go Bankrupt
Yesterday’s oil price downdraft, if not meaningfully reversed, will create a world of hurt among US producers, most of all shale gas players.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 3/9/2020
“They had learned nothing, and forgotten nothing.” –Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord
Read more...A Tale of Two Cities: How Hong Kong Has Controlled its Coronavirus Outbreak, While New York City Scrambles
Discussion with Dr. Sarah Borwein, a Canadian doctor practicing medicine in Hong Kong, on that city’s management of the coronavirus crisis.
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Will Biden’s Trade Policy Record Come Back to Haunt Him in Midwest?
Sanders seeks to make Biden pay for his trade record in Tuesday’s Michigan primary. Idaho, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, and Washington also hold primaries on the same day.
Read more...‘Internet of Things’ Could Be an Unseen Threat to Elections
How more IoT = more messed up elections
Read more...Right to Repair: Will the European Commission Have the Guts to Stand Up to Apple et al? Details on Wednesday…
European Commission to decide Wednesday whether to adopt a right to repair for smartphones as part of its Circular Economy Action Plan, to match what already exists for household appliances.
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Let’s Get Real. Economists Have a Women Problem
Lynn Parramore discusses another blindspot for most economists : their treatment of women. Happy International Women’s Day!
Read more...The Catherine Principle for Negotiating With the Turks – Let Arms Do the Talking
Why Catherine the Great’s lessons for dealing with Turks are still operative.
Read more...Revillaging: Looking to Our Roots as We Redesign Towns and Cities
Revillaging as a way to improve communities by improving daily life.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 3/6/2020
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Patient readers, I had a brief power failure at 1:55PM, after which the modems were confused and unhappy; I’ll do a bit of clean-up now, including the plant! –lambert UPDATE All done! Politics “But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?” –James Madison, Federalist […]
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