Musings on the routes for China out of its economic problems and whether China will actually take them.
Sunday, February 8, 2026
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/29/2023
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
US Weaponizes Environmental Rhetoric to Seek Water Hegemony
An update on jockeying over critical water resources and how the US is positioning itself.
Brazil Mulls Phasing Out Physical Cash, As Central Bank Prepares to Launch CBDC
How did Brazil, a country that until recently was heavily dependent on cash, reach a point where its politicians are now considering eliminating it altogether? One of the answers is a three-letter word that is now ubiquitous across the country: Pix.
Zelensky’s Latest TV Interview Shows How Much the Ukraine Conflict’s Dynamics Have Shifted
Zelensky has moderated some posiitons as US and EU enthusiasm for Project Ukraine is falling. But don’t get your hopes up for an endgame
Global Fossil Fuel Subsidies Skyrocket To $7 Trillion
The IMF made a comprehensive tally of fossil fuels subsidies. Both the level and the trajectory are sobering.
New York Times Bungles Page One School Ventilation Story through Lazy Reporting
Perhaps, after three years and counting of Covid, we should be grateful for any content that isn’t outright eugenicist.
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/28/2023
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Open Thread ~
Danny Haiphong: Pepe Escobar and Michael Hudson Join on BRICS Plus Six, Ukraine, and the Multipolar World Economy!
Danny Haiphong talks to Michael Hudson and Pepe Escobar about hot mulitipolarity topics, particularly BRICS and its “currency” plans
Technotage on the Rise? More Efforts to Stymie Job-Threatening, Sometimes Hazardous “Innovations”
Ant-technology action, or technotage, seems to be increasing. Is this a trend or just coincidence?
Testing Marx
The findings highlight the role of historical, institutional, and technological factors in shaping capitalist trajectories, suggesting that a one-size-fits-all approach may be insufficient.
As Covid Surges, Los Angeles County Public Health Takes a Minimalist Approach
Mask up, Taylor! FFS.
