Category Archives: Guest Post

China upsets its neighbors.

Trump Promised Massive Infrastructure Projects—Instead We’ve Gotten Nothing

Even budget hawks ought to embrace infrastructure spending, since those projects typically produce $3 of tax revenues for every $1 spent when there’s a backlog, as we clearly have in the US. So what is Trump’s excuse?

The World’s Biggest Lawsuit: Juliana v. United States

“This case gives me hope that we will not continue to cooperate in our own destruction, and future generations will be able to rely on us to uphold the spirit of the law and purpose behind government” –Attorney

2:00PM Water Cooler 7/25/2019

Today’s Water Cooler: Sanders, Warren, debates, Mueller, RussiaGate, Noam Chomsky interview, employment, durable goods, manufacturing, Twitter, Boeing 737, Airbus, Moody’s and climate, climate and individual action, clouds, BSA Dual Power Map, organizing, paying it forward

Nobel Economist Angus Deaton: Inequality is Destroying Democratic Capitalism

Angus Deaton argues that the present level of inequality is a threat to “democratic capitalism” but contends that historically, even more severe inequality has been reversed.

Rising Emissions Are Robbing Us of Nutrients

Yet another reason to combat carbon emissions: More of them = less healthy food.

2:00PM Water Cooler 7/24/2019

Today’s Water Cooler: Public transport supply chain, Huawei, Buttigieg, De Blasio, Sanders, Trump, Warren, Democrat lawyer donors, Mueller, 2020 and the Squad, manufacturing, housing, Amazon, UPS, McKinsey bots, Disney, FTC gives Facebook Get Out of Jail Free card, school lunch, Vonnegut

The Politics of CEOs

Quelle surprise! CEOs back parties with an eye to increasing their own power.

Links 7/24/19

“We Wargamed the Last Days of Brexit. Here’s What We Found Out.”

Yves here. It seemed fitting to post again on Brexit, if nothing else to commemorate, if that’s the right word, Boris Johnson becoming Prime Minister of the UK Wednesday afternoon. It’s not a good omen that the EU has felt compelled to debunk Johnson’s campaign claims about Brexit that have been taken up again by […]

‘This Is the Beginning’: New Study Warns Climate Crisis May Have Been Pivotal in Rise of Drug-Resistant Superbug

How rising temperatures helped create superbug C. auris and may turn other fungi lethal.

2:00PM Water Cooler 7/23/2019

Today’s Water Cooler: Pork exports to China, Harris, Klobuchar, Warren, Mueller, no more “smart shopping” for heatlh care, manufacturing, housing, trucking spot market, robots, how Amazon moves data, Boeing, coastal relocation, contrails, trees, hospital monopolies, student debt, Medicare abroad (not)