How the Economics of Walking About Helps Predict Unemployment, or the Value of Soft Data
On the short-sightedness of over-reliance on hard data.
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The Coming School Opening Covid Train Wreck
Covid warning for the fall: assume the brace position.
Read more...Notes on the ‘Loss’ of Afghanistan
Cleaning up some misperceptions about the US operation in Afghanistan, including the idea that it was a country.
Read more...Waste Watch: UK Enacts Right to Repair Rules
UK enacts right to repair rules, which should make spare parts for some electrical devices and large household appliances more widely available.
Read more...CalPERS Officially a Laughingstock Around the World: London Newsletter Sniggers Over Failed Chief Investment Officer Search Even While Omitting or Getting Worst Facts Wrong
Even commentary meant to be hard on CalPERS manages to understate how bad things are.
Read more...50th Anniversary of Powell Memorandum: Neoliberalism Has Wrecked Its Hosts
Commemorating a desructive anniversary, that of the Powell memo that set forth how big business would wage war against ordinary citizens.
Read more...Amazon: Regrowing Forests Have Offset Less Than 10% of Carbon Emissions from Deforestation
Unless drastic changes are made to halt deforestation and encourage forests to regrow, the Amazon cannot fulfil its potential to mitigate climate change.
Read more...Amid Pandemic-Driven Liquid Oxygen Shortage, Orlando Asks Residents to Slash Water Use or Face Boil Alert
Florida state officials seek to punish school administrators who impose mask mandates; meanwhile, lack of oxygen threatens Orlando’s supply of potable water.
Read more...School or ‘Russian Roulette’? Amid Delta Variant and Lax Mask Rules, Some Parents See No Difference
A discussion of parents worried about sending their kids back to school curiously contains only red state/nonurban examples.
Read more...Will Americans Who Were Right on Afghanistan Still Be Ignored?
Quelle surprise! No one is held accoutable for huge, predictable strategic and moral failures like going to Afghanistan, because profit
Read more...Afghanistan: Another Reminder for Withering Britain
Afghanistan as an echo of the end of imperial Britain.
Read more...“Are vaccines becoming less effective at preventing Covid infection?”
As more data about the Covid vaccines comes out, it is becoming acceptable to step away from cheerleading and make factual judgments.
Read more...Iran’s Huge Caspian Gas Find Is A Geopolitical Gamechanger
A new Iran gas find has the potential to supply 20% of Europe’s needs. But its pricing and delivery will be coordinated with Russia.
Read more...Biden Administration to Withhold Medicare and Medicaid $ from Nursing Homes Not Having Fully Vaxxed Staff
The Biden Administration thinks it can coerce badly paid workers in nursing homes who’ve held out to take the jab. That’s not a great wager.
Read more...Texas Supreme Court Says Dems Who Fled State to Block Voter Suppression Package Can Be Arrested
GOP-appointed judges sided with Texas Gov. Abbott and right-wing lawmakers, allowing legislators to be arrested and hauled to the Capitol
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