Today’s Water Cooler: China trade war, Kavanaugh, ballot measures. “grievance studies,” corporate fascism, employment situation, international trade, blockchain bills of lading, spy chips, tomatoes, Hypocausts, Internet of Sh*t
Read more...If poverty is falling, why you should still care about what happens to inequality.
Read more...Economic justice goes a long way to improving mental health up and down the socioeconomic ladder.
Read more...Following the Saudi funding that has the US backing nation-breaking in Yemen.
Read more...Yves here. The decline in use of high-deductible health insurance policies is important not just for employees who get insurance at work, but for the public generally. The retreat by employers will make it harder to treat high-deductible plans as a preferred option for expanded government-provided care. Note that employers health care costs, as you […]
Read more...Urban apartment development all over the US has been heavily skewed towards luxury units, even though there isn’t enough demand for all the supply.
Read more...A wee example of how lower levels of trust impose real economic costs.
Read more...Today’s Water Cooler: USMCA/NAFTA 2.0 terms and effects, Sanders finance break-up bill, Amazon wage raise. “academic grievance studies,” Kavanaugh, mid-terms gushing cash, employment, services, capital spending, robot supermarkets, Woody Guthrie
Read more...Why nitrogen fertilizer is a disaster and whether there is a way to get over modern dependence on it.
Read more...Dental care, volunteerism, and Medicare for All
Read more...Today’s Water Cooler: Canada trade deal, Sanders and Amazon, Clinton polling, generic ballot, Airbus engine shortage, Tesla, robots, AI, Theranos, single payer, tech adoption stalls
Read more...How should we prepare for a future filled with many Florences? Grist talked to experts for ideas on building resilient communities.
Read more...How statistics about wealth mislead, and why that matters.
Read more...A short history of MMT and and overview of core principles.
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