Category Archives: Water Cooler

Today’s Water Cooler: KORUS, Susan Collins, Russia hysteria, coincident indicators, gerrymandering, lithium, Amazon, Tesla, contract workers

Today’s Water Cooler: Mark Zuckerberg and open thread

Today’s Water Cooler: China, Puerto Rico logistics, Big Six implosion, personal income, hurricane effects, Bill Russell, Twitter, iPhone 8

Today’s Water Cooler: NAFTA. Bombardier, Puerto Rico relief, infrastructure, tax reform, GDP, wealth distribution, Hugh Hefner

Today’s Water Cooler: NAFTA, Cassidy-Graham, campaign contact and ads ineffective?, Fetonte and DSA, manufacturing, housing, parcels, Philly

Today’s Water Cooler: Warmonger Morgan Freeman, Sanders/Klobuchar to debate Graham/Cassidy on health care, copper, Uber, SEC, juggalos, frats

By Lambert Strether of Corrente Trade “USTR CONSIDERS NON-BINDING DISPUTE SETTLEMENT MECHANISM IN NAFTA: The United States is considering dropping a binding mechanism in NAFTA for resolving government-to-government trade disputes in favor of a softer advisory system, sources following the talks told Morning Trade” [Politico]. “The dispute settlement shift would also include a change to […]

Trip report from NC Bangor meetup, and open thread.

★★★TODAY★★★ Bangor, Maine Meetup.

★★★TOMORROW★★★ Bangor, Maine Meetup: There will be a Bangor NC Meetup on Friday, September 15, 6:00pm, at Giacomo’s with me, Lambert.

Today’s Water Cooler: Trade and solar, the PUMAs, Stephen King, the Juggalos, today’s Dems vs the 70s GOP, personal income, myths of recovery