Inequality and Trade: Simulation Evidence for 54 Developing Nations
A full-throated defense of more liberalized trade for developing nations…when the data is somewhat mixed.
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Can The US Assassination Of Qassem Soleimani Be Justified?
A useful high level discussion of the Soleimani killing.
Read more...Jane Fonda Is Pitching For Our Future. Lend an Ear.
Jane Fonda gave an engaging yet forceful talk on climate change at the Press Club.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 1/9/2020
Today’s Water Cooler: Strait of Hormuz, Biden, Bloomberg, Buttigieg, Sanders, Warren, impeachment, Ballot Marking Device hearings, debates, rail freight, Walmart, Grubhub, Amazon’s Ring, auditing, kelp and carbon, bees, zip code 48217, stolen gospels, class and intersectionality, Twitter
Read more...Climate Change: Bad News from Australia, Indonesia, and the US
NOAA releases summary of US climate data from 2009, including catastrophes, while Australian burns and Indonesia floods.
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Oil and Gas Emissions Are Reversing Progress from Coal’s Decline
More grim emissions news….
Read more...‘Make No Mistake: Harvard Has the Money to Pay Us Livable Wages’
Harvard graduate students are on strike demanding fairer wages, adequate healthcare, and protections from discrimination.
Read more...Debt Has Not Been Caused by Low Interest Rates, but Higher Rates Would Topple the Whole World Economy
Yet more official hand-wringing about interest rates…when they aren’t the core economic problem.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 1/8/2020
Today’s Water Cooler: Biden, Bloomberg, Warren, Sanders, Trump, text-messaging, Iran crisis updates, California startups, unicorns, SHA1 exploit, AirBnB, Starbucks, Australian bush fires, tomatoes, abandoned farms and carbon, tomorrow’s fossils, itemizing ER bills, good news on cancer, urban renewal, Robert Johnson
Read more...Why US Hostility Towards Chinese Tech Groups Feels Like Déjà Vu
US reactions to Chinese competitive threats are an awful lot like the ones to Japan of the 1980s, but the US now has a lot less leverage.
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2019 in Climate Science: A Continued Warming Trend and ‘Bleak’ Research
Not surprisingly, recent climate reasearch is downbeat.
Read more...The Real Reason the U.S. Is Interested in Iran
An Iran backgrounder that attempts to explain America’s obsession.
Read more...What Is Next for Venezuela?
The standoff in Venezuela has reached a worrying juncture, with negotiations falling apart, side deals emerging and regional states rolling out new sanctions on Caracas.
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