Category Archives: Guest Post

2:00PM Water Cooler 9/21/2018

Today’s Water Cooler: NAFTA, Donna Shalala, suburban Republican women, blue wave (or not), early voting, fracking at scale, Coke and cannabis, Tesla, subways, carbon taxes, cat memes

Why the Public Debt Should Be Treated as an Asset

Debunking the misconceptions about the role of debt of a currency issuer like the US or UK.

Links 9/21/18

Why the “Green New Deal” Is a Headfake

How “Green New Deal” proponents repeat the intellectual errors made by the critics of the 1970s Limits to Growth studies.

Here’s Why Setting a Maximum Wage for CEOs Would be Good for Everyone

CEO pay needs to be curbed, and a maximum wage is one way to do it.

How Climate Change Is Increasing Global Hunger

New bad facts on world hunger.

Senators Unveil Legislation To Protect Patients Against Surprise Medical Bills

Medical bills are so out of hand that despite the power of the health industry lobbyists, some Senators are taking on the worst abuses.

Florence is the Worst Flood in East Coast History. Here’s How Locals Describe It.

Eyewitness accounts of Florence and its aftermath.

2:00PM Water Cooler 9/18/2018

Today’s Water Cooler: Open thread

Links 9/18/18

Michael Hudson: The Lehman 10th Anniversary Spin as a Teachable Moment

Why you should take conventional wisdom about the Lehman collapse and the crisis with a fistful of salt.

J.D. Alt: Paying for Hurricanes

A reminder that the budgetary “paying for things” framing is a way to deny resources to citizens.

Gaius Publius: Brett Kavanaugh’s #MeToo Moment — Questions Raised As His Accuser Comes Forward

The Kavanaugh row gets messier.

2:00PM Water Cooler 9/17/2018

Today’s Water Cooler: Open thread