2:00PM Water Cooler 10/1/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: NAFTA 2.0, China trade, Kavanaugh mini-essay, Clinton, Medicaif expansion, manufacturing, construction, Tesla, influencers, adult bedtime, a case of “chaotic neutral”
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Links 10/1/18
Q & A: Why Switching to Renewable Energy Sources is No Longer a Matter of Morality, But of Economics
Interview with Dr. Frank Rijsberman of the Global Green Growth Institute, discussing the implications of renewable energies now costing less than fossil fuels.
Read more...Insider Attacks, Blowback, and a Generation of American Folly in the Middle East
Is anything the U.S. doing, anyone it is empowering or arming, likely to make the Middle East or America any safer?
Read more...Avoiding Sepsis Death Traps: Nursing Homes and Hospitals
Sepsis is an enormous health problem in nursing homes and hospitals, unevenly distributed by income and geography
Read more...Links 9/30/18
Wolf Richter: The Rental Markets in America, from Hot to Cold
Rents fell in New York, Seattle, Washington DC, San Francisco, plunged in Chicago and Honolulu. Rental markets in many less expensive cities are red-hot.
Read more...Measuring Unfair Inequality
Quelle surprise! A new study deems the US to be the leader in unfair inequality.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 9/28/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: Kavanaugh, now with added freshness and flavor.
Read more...A Rational Backlash Against Globalization
“In a democratic society that values equality, globalization cannot survive in the long run.”
Read more...The Fracking Industry’s Water Nightmare: Injection Wells Damage Production Wells, Rising Disposal Costs Will Increase Industry Losses
The fracking industry’s wastewater disposal is an unrecognized production and economic problem that is going from bad to worse.
Read more...Why Dodd-Frank Is a Protection Racket for Banks
How Dodd-Frank left banks’ massive lending and safety-net subsidies intact.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 9/27/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: China trade, Kavanaugh hearings (live blogs), Kavanaugh milieu, Apple Watch, mosquitoes and plastic, Cuba and bees, sorry bus stops, Hokusai
Read more...The US-Mexico Trade Deal Dies
How the US effort to push a trade agreement with Mexico over the line fell apart.
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