Who, Exactly, Are the “Illegals,” Anyhow?
Deconstructing the Times’ coverage of an immigration raid
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Beyond Nord Stream 2: A Look at Russia’s Turk Stream project
For Europe, thinking about energy security means thinking about Russia.
Read more...The Jobs Guarantee, “Make-Work,” and FDR’s Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
Recapturing the lost history of the FDR administration
Read more...Why Mexican Farmers Are Hopeful About López Obrador’s Win
Obrador promised to implement pro-farmer policies, such as increasing self-sufficiency in food. But will he have gone far enough for them if Mexico stays in Nafta?
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As the Yield Curve Flattens, Threatens to Invert, the Fed Discards it as Recession Indicator
This Fed is getting seriously hawkish: It revealed that instead of thinking about backing off rate hikes, it’s replacing the yield curve.
Read more...Europe Isolates China Trade Cheat
The “every man for himself” game of responding to Trump’s trade threats is working against China’s hope to team up with Europe.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 7/6/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: Trade war with China, Cuomo, open borders, the Weathermen, employment situation, international trade, robot cars, platinum, taxing the rich, the marshmallow test, smart homes
Read more...Fast Fashion: Recycling No Panacea
House of Commons committee launches inquiry into environmental costs of fast fashion, with a misplaced emphasis on recycling rather than reducing consumption outright.
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Pruitt Resigns as EPA Chief: So What?
EPA administrator Scott Pruitt resigned Thursday. Will his acting replacement, former coal lobbyist and climate denier Andrew Wheeler, be less of a disaster for the environment?
Read more...Bill Black: Fed Lets Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley Off Hook, Investors Profit Billions
Bill Black discusses how even though Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley failed their recent stress tests to determine whether these banks can weather a financial crisis, the Fed allowed them to pay billions in dividends and stock buybacks to investors.
Read more...Gaius Publius: SF Chronicle OpEd – The Next U.S. Constitution Is Forming now
More on our slow-motion Constitutional crisis.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 7/5/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: Trade slowdown?, abortion politics, services, employment situation, truck manufacturers, Boeing/Embraer, GM, guillotine watch, stress, maps, hot dogs
Read more...Was Martin Luther King a Socialist?
A new book corrects the tendency of biographers and commentators to airbrush out Martin Luther King’s socialist leanings.
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