Russia and the UK take limited steps to slow the plastics juggernaut.
Friday, July 17, 2026
Allow Least Developed Countries to Develop
Optimal economic policy for LDCs requires their goverments to resist aping Washington and OECD fads.
Neoliberalism Is Dying – Now We Must Replace It
From taming Big Tech to competing with China, Western governments are retreatig from neoliberalism. But what comes next?
Book Review: The Rise of Harm Reduction in the War on Drugs
Maia Szalavitz’s “Undoing Drugs” chronicles the growing harm reduction movement which prioritizes people in the battle against addiction.
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/3/2021
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‘America Has a Monopoly Problem’: Coalition Backs Legislation to Break Up Big Tech
Anti-monopoly interests have proposed a series of bills to give regulators more power, particularly with respect to tech.
Why Are Spanish Companies Beating a Retreat from Latin America?
Latin America helped transform Spanish firms into global ones. But conditions are changing and some are getting cold feet.
CalPERS Election Dirty Tricks: Hit Piece Depicts Board Member Margaret Brown as Safety Harrasser
A safer CalPERS in your future?
Northeast Pummeled with Colossal Flooding, Destructive Tornadoes
Ida’s epic flooding is likely to become part of an extreme weather new normal.
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/2/2021
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Mask Mandates Save Lives
Who’d have thunk it? Those crazy doctors in operating rooms are on to something. Masks work.
