Friday, December 26, 2025

Headstrong Girls and Dependent Boys: Gender Differences in the Labour Market Returns to Child Behaviour

Gender-stereotype defying boys and girls appear to carry on that way as adults and pay a financial price.

Links 1/21/2022

Opposition Rises to NHS Vaccine Mandate, As Justifications for Mandate Run Out of Logic

With Omicron evading the current crop of vaccines with effortless ease and the UK Government withdrawing most other virus-control measures, there is no rational justification for vaccine mandates for healthcare staff. 

Macron Suggests EU-Russia Talks. Meltdown Among EU, US Apparatchiks Follows.

Macron stands up for the idea that the EU should have a say about being dragged into a conflict with Russia. Can’t have that!

UN Report: The World’s Farms Stretched to ‘A Breaking Point’

UN: Climate-stressed, pollution-degraded farms system must adopt sustainable practices to feed an additional 2 billion by 2050.

2:00PM Water Cooler 1/20/2022

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CORBEVAX, a New Patent-Free COVID-19 Vaccine, Could Be a Pandemic Game Changer Globally

Corbevax, a protein subunit vaccine, is easier to produce than current Covid vaccines. But short duration of immunity remains a concern.

Links 1/20/2022

Appeals Court Revives Case Against McKinsey for Widespread Bankruptcy Court Fraud

McKinsey is again in hot water, now for an appellate court reviving a case that McKinsey lied in bankruptcy court for fun and big profits.

The World’s Food Systems Are in Crisis, and Big Agribusiness Is at Its Heart

Public finance plays a large role in agriculture. Instead of propping up corporate interests, it should learn from local food producers

Russell 2000 Drops Below Year Ago Level. Collapse of IPOs, SPACs, Housing “Tech” Stocks, ARKK, etc. Progresses

The most-hyped stocks are collapsing, some by 90%, such as EV SPACs, as the sordid underbelly of the stock market comes unglued.

2:00PM Water Cooler 1/19/2022

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Remember That the Tories Are Only Getting Rid of Johnson To Make Things Worse

What happens to and after Johnson which is very much in play.

Links 1/19/2022

Rorschach Test: Revealing Western Press Reactions to Xi Jinping Speech at Davos

Xi Jinping gave an important speech at Davos, even if it was mainly updates on favorite themes. But the press reactions…..