Roman Roads: A Persistent Effect of Infrastructure on Development
Roman roads as a case study of the (very) long term effects of infrastructure investment.
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Links 4/10/18
Don Quijones: After a String of Corporate Scandals and Collapses, “Big Four” Accounting Giants Face Breakup in the UK
The Big Four accounting firms desperately need to be reformed. But are UK regulators up to the task?
Read more...How Different Are Trump’s Tariffs?
Trump’s tariffs and trade belligerence are less of a departure from recent US behavior than you might think.
Read more...Three More Reasons for Wealth-Deprived Americans to Take to the Streets
Some telling facts on wealth inequality.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 4/9/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: China trade, Florida Senate race, midterms, “the groundlings,” cybernetics and hegemony, employment situation, Facebook fracas, Viking sunstones, self-esteem
Read more...Fast Fashion Juggernaut Rolls Along
The fast fashion cycle continues to accelerate, as sustainability concerns fall to the wayside. Algorithms are trotted out as a panacea for products that embed an offensive message.
Read more...Trump v. the Postal Service: Fake News, Flawed Analysis, and Bogus Tweets
Why Trump’s claim that the Postal Service is subsidizing Amazon is all wet.
Read more...Links 4/9/18
The Corporate Plan to Groom U.S. Kids for Servitude by Wiping Out Public Schools
Schools are becoming a two-tier affair, with those for the non-affluent preparing them for “a life that is more circumscribed, less vibrant, and, quite literally, shorter, than what past generations have known.”
Read more...Don Quijones: As Banks Embrace Biometric Tracking of Customers, Cybertheft Explodes in Mexico
Mexico will requires banks to collect biometric data from all their customers this year– a policy that will exacerbate economic crimes committed by hacking databases.
Read more...Opioid Lawsuits: DoJ Seeks to Participate in Settlement Talks
Federal District Judge Dan Polster pushes parties to the litigation and others concerned to craft a comprehensive settlement to the opioid crisis; attorney general Jeff Sessions’ DoJ seems more interested in fence sitting that rolling up its sleeves.
Read more...Links 4/8/18
Trade War or Not, China Risks a ‘Minsky Moment’
How China’s officials are trying to protect the county’s economic glass jaw.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 4/6/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: China tariffs, Sanders in Jackson, Warren, Wisconsin, employment situation, teachers strikes, health care costs, Mississippi flooding, Isao Takahata
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