Saturday, September 13, 2025

College Presidents Fail to Mobilize to Protect Students from Covid-19

A missed opportunity in the universities

Links 11/22/2020

Regulating Fintech in Europe: Lessons from the Collapse of Wirecard

Since Fintech companies can be very complex, their oversight requires understanding their business model and combining regulation and supervision based on both entities and activities.

Links 11/21/2020

Reply from Authors of “To Save the Economy, Save People First” Regarding “Lockdowns Work”

More on lockdowns as a core response to community spread of Covid-19.

Don’t Depend on Wall Street for Renewable Energy Investment

Why Big Finance is part of the energy problem, not the solution.

The Impact of the New Asian Trade Mega-Deal on the European Union

Even though the econnomic impact ot the new Asian trade pact seems limited, Europeans see it as a geopolitical Big Deal.

Insurance Companies Flag “Driver Disengagement” as Factor in Robot Car Safety

The irony of automation….

2:00PM Water Cooler 11/20/2020

~ Today’s Water Cooler ~

You and I May Never Summit Everest But Microplastics Already Have

Microsplastics have been found on the summit of Mount Everest; Seems no place, even earth’s most remote locations, is witout this scourge.

Fear of Flying Is a COVID-Era Conundrum

Airlines say it’s safe to fly during the Covid pandemic. Is it?

Links 11/20/2020

To Save the Economy, Save People First: Targeted Measures and Subsidies for Cost Effective COVID-19 Abatement

Evidence on what it would take to beat Covid: lockdowns, mask mandates with teeth, tons of testing and lots of economic support.

Investigation: How Pesticide Companies Are Marketing Themselves as a Solution to Climate Change

After decades of denial and delay by big agribusiness, the pesticides industry now appears to have become a climate champion.

Loneliness, Happiness, and Love in Times of Covid-19

The altered constraints on whom we spend time with imposed by the Covid-19 crisis might have affected human happiness.