The “Petrodollar” Has No Bearing on Any Country’s Ability to Employ Its People Fully
Debunking the petrodollar myth.
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Marrying NAFTA and The TPP: The “US-Mexico Trade Agreement”
How a new “great” Trump trade deal is just recycled old trade deals with a new label.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 8/29/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: Open thread.
Read more...Why I Hate The New York Times Front Page Redesign
Moar crapification.
Read more...TSB: Why Are So Few Customers Leaving a Bank that Trampled on Them?
Despite months of IT mayhem and all kinds of problems, customers cling to TSB Bank in the UK.
Read more...America’s Broken Retirement System is a Recipe for Political Chaos
Bolstering, rather than cutting, Social Security is the solution to America’s retirement train wreck.
Read more...Links 8/28/18
White-Collar Criminals Got Off Scot-Free After the 2008 Financial Crisis — and That Helped Fuel President Trump’s Rise
Ten years later, Trump’s rise to power is a consequence of poor governance.
Read more...Will Saudi Arabia’s Geopolitical Strategy Backfire?
Yves here. Perhaps because the author assumes readers are already familiar with this part of the Saudi story, the kingdom is facing serious budgetary pressures even with oil now over $70 a barrel. Stability has been achieved only by generous payments to the populace at large. Take that away and the legitimacy of the government […]
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 8/27/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: Trump NAFTA deal, Elizabeth Warren, ICE, manufacturing, housing, AirBnB, AI and robot cars, placebos, social determinants of health, pipeline protests, platform capitalism
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Another Deadly Pandemic is Coming — And the US Is Not Ready
It is not a matter of if, but when, the next disease will sweep the world with deadly and costly consequences.
Read more...A Private Investigator on Living in a Surveillance Culture
An insider’s take on surveillance.
Read more...The Fate of English in the EU After Brexit: Expected and Unexpected Twists
After Brexit, English can no longer retain its status as one of the EU’s official or working languages. This column uses data on languages spoken in the EU to show that post-Brexit, German and French would become dominant.
Read more...Gaius Publius: Verizon Throttled Firefighters’ Data As Mendocino Wildfire Burned
Verizon shows that extortion is fundamental to its business model.
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