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Saturday, July 18, 2026
NYC Set to Pass Food Delivery App Laws Securing Workers Minimum Pay, Bathrooms and More
Gig workers, specifically deliveristas, are en route to securing important workplace protections, like minimum wages and bathroom rights.
Waste Watch: Ocean Cleanup Yields Meager Results
Ocean Cleanup shows meager results in cleaning up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch.
CalPERS Devises “Heads I Win, Tails You Lose” Gamble for Long-Term Care Policyholders in Settlement
Why the proposed CalPERS long-term care insurance settlement has the look and feel of a con job.
The European Energy Crisis Is About To Go Global
Rising energy prices in the US look set to go higher.
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/22/2021
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
The Lasting Impact of the Covid Crisis on Economic Potential
A look at how Covid has damaged the economy and estimating the effect.
Mexico’s AMLO Just Made Washington and Ottawa an Offer They’ll Probably Refuse
AMLO’s proposal: to build an alliance of states within Latin American and the Caribbean, and then pursue economic integration with the United States and Canada.
Algorithmic Management
Examinging how algorithmic management works and why it is likely to become even more widespread.
Record Level of American Men Foregoing College
Why are so many young men giving up on college?
Rationing, Anyone?
Why rationing might be part of the future.
Law Review Article Describes Private Equity as Bargaining Failure, Indictment of Law and Economics Fetishization of Contracts
An important new paper puts another big chink in private equity’s armor.
