Pop-up Meetup in NYC (with Michael Hudson and Jerri-Lynn) Tomorrow
Pop-up Meetup in NYC with Michael Hudson and Jerri-Lynn tomorrow.
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North American Bird Populations Plunge 30% Since 1970
Study reports 30% drop in North American bird populations since 1970 – a loss of 3 billion birds.
Read more...Links 9/22/19
Documentary “Blowout” Follows Climate Cost of Oil Boom from Fracking to Exports
This RNN interview reminds us that the fracking catastrophe didn’t originate under Trump: his predecessor rescinded the energy export ban.
Read more...Trump May Get Much of the World’s Manufacturing Out of China, but It Won’t Be Coming Back to the U.S.
Chimerica” is dead—even if Trump’s trade war ends in a draw.
Read more...Ending Temp Workers Is at Center of Auto Workers Strike
How temp workers are a way to implement Jay Gould’s plan: “I can hire one half of the working class to kill the other half.”
Read more...Why Degrowth Is the Only Responsible Way Forward
Why degrowth is necessary and potentially attractive.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 9/19/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Biden, Buttigieg, Sanders, Trump, Warren, “the party decides,” Clinton on 2016, Kavanaugh, jobless claims, home sales, leading indicators, current accounts, rail traffic, CSX, FedEx, independent bookstores, malls, crystals, sex robots, ocean plastic, alt-meat in the Third World, GM strike, influencers, the first female tourist
Read more...New Evidence on the Consequences of Gentrification for Children
Contrary to widespread beliefs, gentrification does not appear to harm children. But that may be because it operates differenlty than most assume.
Read more...Links 9/19/19
Urgent Culture For A Foot-Dragging Congress
A climate change museum tour for Congress.
Read more...Two Entrepreneurs Explain Why the Health Insurance Industry Is a Direct Threat to Middle-Class Life
Quelle surprise! Businessmen would rather pay their workers than health care rent extractors.
Read more...Two Horrid Wall Street Journal Stories Show What a Malefactor Amazon Has Become
The Wall Street Journal reports ghastly stories about product safety from third party sellers at Amazon, and the ugly office politics of software development
Read more...What is the Theory of Change in Naomi Klein’s “On Fire: The Burning Case for a Green New Deal”?
Why is there no Green New Deal already? And what should we do to get one?
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 9/18/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: open thread.
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