Sunday, September 14, 2025
Life in a Remote Alaskan Community on the Front Line of Climate Change
Whittier, Alaska, copes with a pandemic and climate change, and confronts the daunting prospects of a Prince Williams Sound tsunami.
Why the Government Bonds Owned by the Bank of England Are Not a Debt Burden, Even When They’re Repaid
A short discussion of government bonds and what happens when a central bank holds them.
QE During the “Everything Mania”: Fed’s Assets at $7.7 Trillion, Up $3.5 Trillion in 13 months
Trying to make sense of what the Fed is up to.
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/2/2021
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
The ‘Roaring Twenties’ and Covid Recovery: Revisiting the Evidence for Europe
Are the Roaring Twenties an analogue for what a post Covid economy would look like?
Good Friday Special: Marcelito Pomoy – The Prayer
A musical departure from our usual programming, in the form of a Marcelito Pomoy performance.
Christian Nationalism Is a Barrier to Mass Vaccination Against COVID-19
Some Christian evangelicals are rejecting Covid vacccines, and some of the current approches to increasing uptake will backfire with them.
China and US: Stumbling into War?
China and the US are doing an awful lot of chest-poking, and if anything, it’s getting worse under Biden. Could this sparring lead to war?
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/1/2021
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Twitter and YouTube Manipulation in Trial of Derek Chauvin for the Death of George Floyd?
Are our tech overlords trying to put their fingers on the coverage of the Derek Chauvin trial?
LACERS Board Member Lambastes Lousy Private Equity Returns as More Studies Confirm Poor Performance for Decades
Yet another nail in the private equity performance coffin.
