Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Officials Double Down on “Let ‘Er Rip” Strategy, Placing Undue Faith in Vaccines as Regions With High Vaccinations Suffer Infection Spikes
Public health officials are again placing too much faith in vaccines as they end key international travel restrictions.
Things Are Getting Messy In Draghi’s Italy
Sixteen percent of the country’s officially employed workforce just lost their jobs (temporarily for the moment). And as one would expect, they’re not happy.
Jim Chanos: China’s “Leveraged Prosperity” Model is Doomed. And That’s Not the Worst
Famed short-seller Jim Chanos is more concerned with political fallout from China’s Evergrande than economic/financial woes.
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/18/2021
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New Report Highlights Corporate Funding of Police Foundations, Which Encourage Police Militarization and Thwart Reform
Corporations funnel significant funds to anti-reform police foundations, while publicly supporting PR campaigns for police reform.
The John Deere Strike: Organized Labor’s Turning Point?
Will the Deere strike become a watershed event, a PATCO in reverse?
Insurance Focused on Virtual Visits? The Pros and Cons of a New Twist in Health Plans
The pandemic has made patients more comfortable with telemedicine for doctor visits. Insurers are betting that some patients will now embrace new types of health coverage that encourages video visits — or outright insists on them.
Bad Biden Foreign Policy
Biden is as bad as Trump on foreign policy. The press has been absent save ampllifying the arms merchants’ hissy over the Afghanistan exit
Swimming With Sharks in the Maldives
Maldivians are changing their attitudes towards sharks, sparking a tourism boom. Tourists bring plastic, creating a waste disposal problem.
Wolf Richter: The Amazing Explosion of New Businesses Continues as Americans Strike Out on their Own
Including Wolf’s 2 cents about the high “failure rates” of new businesses, being a small-business owner himself.
Why Record Numbers of Workers Are Quitting and Striking
Workers are getting uppity. What is surprising is that it took so long.
