McKinsey’s latest payoff to avoid admiting culpability reveals some of the inherent problems with high-end management consulting.
Saturday, July 19, 2025
FCC Chair Confirms Plan to Reinstate Net Neutrality Rules Eviscerated Under Trump
The much-delayed appointment of a new FCC chair sets up the agency to roll back an anti-internet-freedom rule change under Trump.
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/26/2023
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Fracking Fallout: Is America’s Drinking Water Safe?
After many years, concerns about the impact of fracking on aquifers are finally going mainstream.
Original Sin: How the Weak Legal Foundations of NATO Make Negotiations With Russia Virtually Impossible
As if there weren’t already a boatload of impediments to a settlement of the Ukraine war, NATO’s inability to enter into treaties is a biggie
Back to Business As Usual: The US Is Once Again Vigorously Stirring the Pot in Its Own “Backyard”
From Peru to Uruguay, to Ecuador and Guyana, the US is seeking to rebuild its strategic influence in Latin America, one gun at a time.
US Surveillance Firm’s Charm Offensive to UK Councils and Police Forces
US surveillance firm Fusus wants to bring supposed state of the art ‘real-time crime centres’ to the UK – with one being trialled this month
Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo: A Conservative Assault on the Administrative State
Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo is an even bigger case than United States v. Google, Inc.
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/25/2023
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Open Thread ~
Quelle Surprise! Bank Too Big to Fail Problem Not Solved as Lobbyists Scheme to Make It Worse
Bank lobbyists want to weaken bank regulations even after rich stakeholders in recent “not-to-big-to-fail “bank failures were rescued.
Forward-Looking Labor Supply Responses to Changes in Pension Wealth
Workers adjust their immediate labour supply in response to the income effects caused by changes to future pensions.
Summits Mark Rapidly Changing World Order
Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson discuss what the recent spate of major summits, from BRICS to the G20 to NATO portend.
Five Cute Videos of Dogs Swimming (Plus One Cat (Plus One Human))
“Happy the people in the swimming-pool and on the yacht….”
