Has America Always Embraced Capitalism?
History shows that capitalism isn’t natural or normal, strengthening the belief that we can create something better.
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Links 2/17/19
The Green New Deal’s Huge Flaw
Unsprawling America isn’t as hard as it sounds.
Read more...Hubert Horan: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Seventeen: Uber’s 2018 Results Still Show Huge Losses and Slowing Growth as IPO Approaches
It is hard to see how Uber’s IPO story will hold up to scrutiny, particularly at a planned valuation of $120 billion.
Read more...Can Shareholder Activism Tame the Financial System?
Is shareholder activism capable of achieving lasting change?
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 2/15/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: China trade, Harris, Buttegeig, Sunrise Movement, industrial production, manufacturing, consumer sentiment, import and export prices, auto, Wall Street and infrastructure, nuclear power, medical bankruptcy, predictive policing, Amazon Ring, Opportunity Mars Rover
Read more...How Energy Efficiency Delivers Green Dividends in Red and Blue States
Promoting and rewarding energy efficiency is popular even in conservative states, and is an important way to get the green ball rolling and have some near-term impact.
Read more...Who Is Really A Socialist?
Identifying some core “socialist” views.
Read more...Is the Opioid Overdose Crisis a Story of Supply or Demand? Depends Where You Look
Economic distress in rural areas and opioid exposure in cities are key indicators of overdose deaths.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 2/14/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Harris, Booker, Iowa, anti-semitism flap, DNC shenanigains, retail sales, business inventories, employment, Amazon drops NYC HQ plans, Lexipol, Newspaper Guild, insulin, Medicare Advantage, influencers, urban planning, fun with cranes
Read more...And Now This Message From Some Very Rich People: ‘Please Raise Our Taxes’
Some wealthy people point out they wouldn’t even notice, much the less mind, the sort of increases in taxes now under discussion.
Read more...If Medicare for All Is Politically Impossible, “All Payer” Could Fix the System
How an “all payer” program could be a big and politically palatable step towards fixing America’s broken health care system.
Read more...China’s Mountain Of Debt Is About To Crumble
A worrying update about China’s corporate debt.
Read more...Climate Damages: Uncertain but Ominous, or $51 per Ton of Carbon?
The dark and contested art of pricing carbon emissions.
Read more...A Study in Professional Power: Why Do the Big 4 Accountants Survive?
How the Big 4 accountants cemented their position and why that matters.
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