Biden promises to go back to a US superpower old normal that was still a pretty unsettling ride for our allies.
Sunday, September 14, 2025
Will 2021 Be the Year for the Right to Repair?
Will 2021 be the year that sees many states adopt a right to repair? Farmers may be the first to benefit, with digital consumers next.
Tim Berners-Lee’s Plan to Save the Internet: Give Us Back Control of Our Data
Tim Berners-Lee endorses data sovereignty, to give individuals the power to control their own data, to counter big tech’s overreach.
Michael Hudson – Changes in Super Imperialism
Michael Hudson recaps his classic Super Imperalism and extends it to the 21st century struggle for dominance among the US, China, and Russia.
Negative Interest Rates Are Coming, but There Is No Chance That They Will Work
Negative interest rates: a bad idea that some central banks still can’t resist.
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/5/2021
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Betsy DeVos Is Gone, But Her Education Agenda Is Rolling Out Across the Country
Even though Betty DeVos was depicted as a textbook ogre, her education privatization agenda is advancing as if it were perfectly respectable.
“The Vibe in North Houston”: A Report on Working Class Men Betrayed and in Angst
An account of working class men on the boil.
Mayberry v. KKR: Kentucky Attorney General Shows True Colors, Looks Over-Eager to Settle Pathbreaking Pension Case Rather Than Inconvenience Private Equity Kingpins Blackstone and KKR
Yet more underhanded-looking dealing, this time by the Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron, in the landmark pension case Mayberry v. KKR.
As COVID Rages, Bankruptcy Cases Fall…..For Now
The good news about bankruptcy under Covid is not likely to last.
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/4/2021
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Citizen Scientists Are Filling Research Gaps Created by the Pandemic
Citizen data gatherers and community science can be important elements of long term research programs.
