In “Feeling & Knowing: Making Minds Conscious,” neuroscientist Antonio Damasio explores the mystery of consciousness.
Thursday, November 6, 2025
How ‘Big Oil’ Works the System and Keeps Winning
Oil and gas interests have refined their techniques to stay a step ahead over decades. Don’t look for those plans to stop anytime soon.
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2:00PM Water Cooler 12/10/2021
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How To Compare Incomes Across Countries
Economists’ comparisons of incomes make social democracies look bad by not attributing value to government healthcare and cheap college.
Inflation Continues to Soar in Latin America, Even As Central Banks Intensify Their Rate Hikes
After hiking interest rates seven times in eleven months, Brazil now faces faces the most dreaded of economic scenarios: stagflation.
Bloomberg, Other Publications Criticize CalPERS’ Leverage on Leverage Plan to Boost Returns While Missing Additional Types of Borrowing
CalPERS, which has lagged nearly all other public pension funds’ performance, is doubling down on failure by resorting to leverage.
Health Experts Worry CDC’s Covid Vaccination Rates Appear Inflated
Quelle suprise! The CDC’s vaccination figures are pumped up!
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/9/2021
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Extreme Weather and Pandemic Help Drive Global Food Prices to 46-Year High
Crop shortages are a big contritucor to high food prices, and the fundamentals aren’t likely to revert to the old normal.
Omicron Happy Talk in the US v. Toughening Restrictions in UK, Israel
An attempt to pull some signal out of a lot of Omicron noise.
Endowments’ Money Management Destroying Value Demonstrates Economic Drain of Asset Management Business
How endowments, the supposedly best and brightest fiduciaries, are destroying value.
How the Build Back Better Bill Would Save Workers’ Lives
Build Back Better promises to strengthen OHSA. Why is it is in such sorry shape and why has Team Dem said little about workers’ protection?
