Computer Science Now Counts as Math Credit in Most States – Is This a Good Idea?
Tech squillionaires are the moving force behind a succesful campaign to have secondary schools in the US give math credits for computer science courses.
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Does France Have an “Exorbitant Privilege”?
Why exorbitant privilege may not necessarily result from having the reserve currency, but instead from the tax games multinationals play.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 10/10/2019
Today’s Water Cooler:
Read more...Old Toryism, Risen from the Crypt
A deeper explanation of Brexit, contemporary UK events and how it inherits an old tradition of conventional Toryism.
Read more...Trump’s Withdrawal From Syria: Betrayal of Kurds or End to Endless War?
President Trump’s plan to withdraw from Syria generated widespread outrage in the US. But what would it mean for the key players in the Middle East?
Read more...Marketers Want Even More Control Over Hospitals
Another distubing example of MBA infestation at hospitals.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 10/9/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Biden, Buttigieg, O’Rourke, Trump on war, Warren, Sanders and the press, rural voters, Ellen DeGeneres, Stacey Abrams, JOLTS data, IBM, Panasonic and Uber, PG&E and California wildfires, WHYY union drive, BlackJewel miners, jobless statistics, “Collapse OS”
Read more...Naked Capitalism: An Incomparable Educational Institution
How Naked Captialism helps you learn to see through charlatans like mainstream economists.
Read more...Herd Behaviour in Asset Markets: The Role of Monetary Policy
Data supports the idea that lax monetary policy contributes to bubbles. Yes, Virginia, some regard that claim as controversial.
Read more...To Stop Threat of ‘For-Profit Surveillance,’ Rights Groups Demand End to Partnerships That Give Cops Access to Amazon Ring Data
Civil rights groups demand that Amazon Ring’s spy program be put behind bars.
Read more...Long Term Real Interest Rates Fell Below Zero in all Euro Area Countries
Is praise of negative real interest rates in Europe making a virtue out of (mis)perceived necessity?
Read more...Bill Black: Eric Holder is the Official Missing from Discussions of the Bidens’ Ukrainian Efforts
How the Bidens’ Ukraine scandal has been a big gift to Trump, but the biggest was Eric Holder’s refusal to prosecute bank executives.
Read more...My Journey: Flyover to Finance to Defence, with Scams Along the Way, to Naked Capitalism
How Naked Capitailsm’s writers and readers stay ahead of the curve and influence the presee.
Read more...Announcing the First Winner of the Archie McCardell Award for Truly Horrendous Management: WeWork
Introducing serial leading company wrecker Archie McCardell, and noteworthy successors to him, with WeWork as a first object lesson.
Read more...Gene Editing Could Help Save the Planet — If Scientists Can Avoid the Typos
Gene editing does not always work as advertised. And that’s before getting to the fact that genetically modified crops have been found to be less robust than native strains.
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