As the well off sail on, either unaffected by or profiting from Covid’s impact, for many, the economic damage is severe and lasting.
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
2:00PM Water Cooler 3/16/2021
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Why Would Anyone Buy Crypto Art – Let Alone Spend Millions on What’s Essentially a Link to a JPEG File?
Trying to make sense of crypto art.
Spain’s Labor Office Hit by Massive Ransomware Attack As Unemployment Hits Four-Year High
The victims of this latest ransomware attack are among the most vulnerable in society — those who have lost their jobs or whose jobs have been furloughed.
New York City Lost a Record 631,000 Jobs to the Pandemic in 2020. So What’s Next?
A look at the raw numbers behind the pain of New York City’s biggest economic downturn since the Great Depression.
Biden Stimulus Plan Shores Up Weakest Multi-Employer Pension Plans Rather than Taking on Private Equity Abuses
A Biden rescue of the sickest private pension plans goes largely under the radar.
2:00PM Water Cooler 3/15/2021
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Indian Vaccine Manufacturers: U.S. Use of Wartime Export Controls Threatens World Vaccine Production
Will the U.S. relax export controls that threaten global vaccine production? What’s the next step for U.S. vacccine diplomacy?
‘Disturbing’: Rich Nations Vaccinating Person Per Second While Blocking Effort to Share Recipe With Poor Countries
Rich nations continue to block a propsed waiver of intellectual property rights to allow global sharing of vaccine tecnology and production.
New Zealand’s Feeble Attempt to Curb Sky-High Housing Prices
New Zealand, awfully late in the game, is trying to Do Something about insane housing prices.
Nomi Prins: To Build or Not to Build? The Infrastructure Question
For all sorts of bad reasons, American has a huge infrastructure spending backlog. But can we even do the job well?
For the Birds: Lights Out Philly
Bird Safe Philly announces voluntary initiative to switch off lights on skyscrapers to prevent migrating birds from crashing to their deaths.
