Category Archives: Guest Post

Axios: What’s the Actual Cost of Not Addressing Climate Change?

bunking some arguments against Sanders’ climate change program.

2:00PM Water Cooler 9/11/2019

Today’s Water Cooler:

The Two Sides of Government Guarantees for Banks

Not all guarantees are created equal, and what that means for banks.

Andrew Bacevich, Ending War, American-Style

The US hasn’t won a war since World War II, and even then, the Soviets deserve most of the credit. So how do we keep up appearances?

2:00PM Water Cooler 9/10/2019

Today’s Water Cooler: Harris, Sanders, Trump, Warren, undecided voters, Rachel Maddow, Neera Tanden’s union busting, employment, small business optimism, Uber, Lyft, Boeing, Amazon, SpaceX, scooters, corvids, crabs, cattle, AI, deaths of despair, Encrypted DNS-over-HTTPS

California Privacy Law Looms

Businesses race to comply with California’s new data privacy law by 1st January; meanwhile, efforts continue to weaken its protections.

States Pass Record Number Of Laws To Reel In Drug Prices

States go to war against drug price gouging.

Here Are Photos of Some of the Dilapidated Equipment San Francisco Wants to Buy from Bankrupt PG&E for $2.5 Billion

Californians have had it with PG&E. But is San Francisco overpaying to get rid of them? Take a look.

Who’s Responsible for the Ecocide in the Amazon

Ecocode is profitable, so follow the money.

Links 9/9/19

Take the (Night) Train Redux

My recent trip on the night train from High Point, North Carolina, to NYC.

Links 9/8/19

US and Iran “At Cliff’s Edge”

Patrick Cockburn, the Independent’s Middle East correspondent, discusses the situation in Iran with the Real News Network.

Is it Really “Full Employment”? Margins for Expansion in the US Economy in the Middle of 2019

Many indicators say the US is close to full employment. Hours of work tell a different story.