Category Archives: Water Cooler

Today’s Water Cooler: Huawei, 2018, Obama library, housing starts, Russian wheat, discount retail, Bitcoin price manipulation, trees, selfies

Today’s Water Cooler: Obama legacy, “the Resistance,” #MeToo, industrial production, robot cars, bitcoin, Catherine MacKinnon, Taft-Hartley

By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Trade “The White House will never admit this publicly, but the president is developing a softer attitude towards the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Five sources who’ve spoken privately with Trump about NAFTA say he’s taking more seriously the risks of withdrawing the U.S. from the trade deal with […]

By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Politics 2020 “To millennials who think they have it tough: ‘Give me a break,’ Biden says” (video) [Los Angeles Times]. Oprah Boomlet “Oprah 2020: Do we need another glitzy amateur in office?” [USA Today]. “If being a watchable TV personality selling fantasy qualifies one to be president, we might as […]

Today’s Water Cooler: NAFTA, solar, Oprah, 2018 governorships, FISA, jobless claims up, Mr. Market, life expectancy, Walmart raises, Hypatia

Today’s Water Cooler: NAFTA, Trump at Davos, 2020 candidates, Kucinich, Oprah, Steele dossier, consumer credit, Big Ag, Medicare, leading

Today’s Water Cooler: Trade crackdown, Oprah 2020?, Wisconsin 2018, neoliberal economy, consumer spending, attention economy, LSD, Silly Walks

Today’s Water Cooler: 2018 House and Senate horse race, Stephanie Kelton, Trump’s neurology, employment, neoliberal epidemics, “slow AI”

Today’s Water Cooler: Open thread, ’til I get it together!

Today’s Water Cooler: Happy New Year, trade, Warren and Sanders, populism, Indivisble, manufacturing, Silicon Valley “cuddle puddles,” trees