Data on Indonesian manufacturing firms shows a positive impact on employment of adopting robots.
Sunday, January 18, 2026
Russia’s Huge Oil Tanker Fleet Struggles To Find Buyer Destinations as G7 Revokes “Most Favored Nation” Status
The West imposes new sanctions on Russia.
This Ironic World: Does Climate Hope Encourage Climate Inaction?
Why climate change hopium really is bad for you and all of us.
India Is Mulling Rupee-Ruble Payments System for Trade with Russia
India is mulling setting up rupee-ruble payment arrangements, to allow it to trade with Russia in spite of the sanctions regime.
2:00PM Water Cooler 3/11/2022
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Latin America, As a Whole, Refuses to Embrace Total Economic War Against Russia
Even as the pressure rises to endorse the West’s sanctions against Russia, most countries, including U.S. neighbor Mexico, prefer to sit on the fence.
This Ironic World: Does Climate Hope Encourage Climate Inaction?
Positive climate change stories give us hope. Does that hope spur indifference?
Sanders Welcomes End of Major League Lockout But Slams ‘Baseball Oligarchs’
Sanders calls out baseball oligarchs for major league lockout.
2:00PM Water Cooler 3/10/2022
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Plastic Watch: New UN Treaty Could Spur More Plastic Waste Lawsuits
New UN plastics treaty might provide the basis for plastic waste lawsuits in Asia, Europe, and the U.S.
The CDC’s New Guidelines on Covid Risk and Masking Send Confounding Signals
The CDC’s move triggered some of the same mixed feelings from the public that the poll uncovered and laid bare a split within the health care community.
Russia Sanctions Blowback Only Beginning: Globalization in the Crosshairs, Russian Retaliation Coming?
More on how sanctions against Russia are boomeranging.
