Gaius Publius: Our Communities Are Scaled and Built for a Climate That No Longer Exists
Why combatting climate change will require the use of force.
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2:00PM Water Cooler 4/30/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: Steel and aluminum tariffs, generic ballot, Millennial voters, “United States of Apathy,” personal income, manufacturing, trucking, rail, LuLaRoe, the “Matthew Effect,” code, art
Read more...Natural Gas Is Leading West Virginia Down the Same Dark Path As Coal
Elected officials have sided with natural gas companies on tax proposals and property rights legislation. Industry lobbyists have convinced regulators to soften new rules aimed at protecting residents and their communities from drilling damage.
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Why Board Member and Vocal Critic of CalPERS Margaret Brown Needs to Stay The Course
A successful public pension fund reformer explains how determined foes of transparency and accountability play dirty.
Read more...Want a More Equal Society? Universal Basic Income Might Not Be the Policy You Are Looking For
Why a Universal Basic Income won’t produce the benefits its boosters claim it will.
Read more...The Failure of the CMS “Innovation” Center and the Future of Neoliberalism
Of the 37 programs funded by the CMS Innovation Center over the last decade, only two have been found worth of expansion.
Read more...Michael Hudson: Bronze Age Redux – What the Ancients Can Teach Us About Debt
Michael Hudson explains why debt cancellation was central to the politics of ancient societies.
Read more...The Federal Job Guarantee Is Not Just “Better” Than a Universal Basic Income. It’s the Only Reasonable Option. Universal Basic Income Is Sinister
Why a federal job guarantee is sound policy and a universal basic income isn’t.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 4/27/2018
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Trade “German Chancellor Angela Merkel will meet with President Donald Trump at the White House today for the second time, a visit that will represent, among other things, a last-ditch attempt to persuade the U.S. president not to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imported from the European Union next […]
Read more...Trump’s Carbon Capture Tax Break: Mechanical and Biological Paths
Looking at the potential benefit of tax subsidies for carbon capture.
Read more...Gaius Publius: What To Do About Facebook — First Thoughts
Why Facebook needs to be broken up, and how to do it.
Read more...TSB Are Using Their Own Customers to Alpha Test Their New IT Platform
The mess at TSB is even worse that the press would have you believe.
Read more...Exclusive: Calls To Police Skyrocketed After Hiring of Philly Starbucks Manager Who Was on Duty During #Starbuckswhileblack Arrests
The Starbucks manager who called for police to arrest two black men in her store had a history of frequent requests for police help.
Read more...Why We Have to Go Back to a 40-Hour Work Week to Keep Our Sanity
Why American work norms are largely counterproductive.
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