Tuesday, July 1, 2025

Millions of Tenants ‘Headed for Absolute Disaster’ After New Year, Owing Average of Nearly $6,000 in Rent and Utilities

The clock is ticking for underwater tenants, and Congressional relief looks set to be too little, too late.

R.I.P The University, b. 1088, d. 2020, of Covid

Opportunistic university administrators seize the opportunity presented by Covid to gut academic freedom and turn faculty into employees

2:00PM Water Cooler 12/7/2020

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Demand for COVID Vaccines Expected to Get Heated — And Fast

Experts in ethics and immunization behavior say they expect attitudes toward vaccines to shift quickly from widespread hesitancy to urgent, even heated demand.

Links 12/7/2020

Judge Slams Apollo for Making Investors Pay for Partner’s Bogus Personal Expenses; Clueless SEC Missed the Abuse, Maybe Because Paul Weiss Misled Them

A federal judge blasts Apollo for making bogus charges to its investors and by implication, law firm Paul Weiss, for whitewashing the abuse.

Business and Related Restrictions Appear to Curb COVID-19 Fatality Growth, But Some Do Not

An examination of particularly Covid-containment strategies in terms of cost versus effectiveness.

Privatized Regulators and Corrupt Corporations Caused Deadly Grenfell Tower Fire, Now Threaten Collapse of UK Housing Market through “Cladding Crisis”

Tne Grenfell Tower Inquiry digs up some gruesome corporate dealing, plus the UK’s property market could seize up.

Links 12/6/2020

What Is Exploitation in the Context of ‘Modern Slavery’? A Legal Proposal

The absence of clear parameters for determining what counts as exploitation allows states to misclassify victims.

Links 12/5/2020

Rana Foroohar and Mark Blyth on Democrats Trying to Please Too Many Money Masters at Once

The Democrats will soon decide which campaign promises will be ignored or walked back. Sandernistas, brace yourselves.

The Jobs Report is a Mess, December Will Be Messier

The Nov. 14 cut-off kept most of the Covid spike impact from the jobs data. And there’s underying decay due to globalization.

2:00PM Water Cooler 12/4/2020

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Green Growth vs Degrowth: Are We Missing the Point?

A broad discussion of the climate change growth versus degrowth debate and how to move forward despite those differences.