Category Archives: Guest Post
The Next US Recession Is Likely to Be Around the Corner
Business economists argue that the length of an expansion is a good indicator of when a recession will hit.
Read more...Yes, the Tech Giants Are a Big Problem—But the Untamed Finance Industry Could Still Blow Up the Economy
Why finance, broadly defined, is still a hazard to the US economy.
Read more...Lessons about White Privilege, Social Liberal Backlash, and Trump 2.0
Among social (and not economic) liberals, White privilege lessons may increase beliefs that poor White people have failed to take advantage of their racial privilege—leading to negative social evaluations.
Read more...Some Problems with Treating Democracies as “Information Systems,” Starting with Voting and Ending with Money
Limitations of looking at democracy as in information system.
Read more...Spring Stirrings and Misgivings: Of Autocrats and Uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa
This spring, eight years later, there has been a new set of popular uprisings in northern Africa, from Algeria to Morocco, to Sudan. Let’s hope they have more lasting success than Egypt’s Arab Spring.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 5/2/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Bennet (new), Festival of Biden, Buttigieg, Gabbard, Sanders, Yang, electability, Mueller report, factory orders, productivity, employment situation, Tesla, Amazon, Boeing, lithium batteries, the Fed, amother college admission scam, freelancers and unions, Uber strike, the workbench
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Lawsuit Aims to Curtail Warrantless Searches of Electronic Devices at US Border
Lawsuit reveals border searches of electronic devices have nearly quadrupled in four years . US border officials claim they don’t need a warrant for such searches, can investigate issues beyond customs and immigration issues, and share data obtained with other foreign and domestic agencies. Plaintiffs ask judge to grant summary judgment and require warrants. Whatever she decides, the case will be appealed.
Read more...Wolf Richter: Tesla Discloses Record Pollution Credits for Q1: Without Them, it Would Have Lost $918 Million and Bled $1.14 Billion in Cash
Tesla’s 10-Q filing reveals that without taxpayer-funded pollution credits the company gets from the government and sells to other companies, its loss as automaker and solar-panel company would have been $918 million and its negative cash flow wouldn’t have been a cash drain of $919 million but a cash sinkhole of $1.14 billion
Read more...Coping With World Bank-Led Financialization
The World Bank has successfully promoted its ‘Maximizing Finance for Development’ (MFD) strategy by embracing the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals, internationally endorsed in September 2015.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 5/1/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Festival of Biden, Buttigieg, Sanders app, the Indivisibe pledge, CAP, employment, manufacturing, housing, construction, credit card debt, House Rules Committee #MedicareForAll hearing, data as blood, water, snow, drought, Uber strike, athletes and testosterone
Read more...Apple to California Legislators: Consumers Will Hurt Themselves if Provided a Right to Repair
Apple and tech lobbyists delay a California bill to provide a statewide right to repair until 2020, claiming consumers will hurt themselves if the state capitulates on this issue. They also successfully deploy the hackers in the basement boogeyman.
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Plastic Watch: Debunking the Technofix Fairy, Biodegradable Bags Don’t Degrade
‘Biodegradable ‘ plastic bags were still intact and capable of carrying shopping three years after being exposed to the natural environment: some arguments and evidence not to rely on the technofix fairy to solve the plastics crisis.
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