What if Hurricane Sandy was only the beginning?
Friday, July 17, 2026
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/30/2021
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Global Weather Disruptions, Food Commodity Prices, and Economic Activity: A Global Warning For Advanced Countries
Examines the macroeconomic effects of global food commodity price increases that are caused by global harvest and weather disruptions, and finds that the decline in economic activity is substantial and greater in advanced than in low-income countries.
Board Member David Miller Takes CalPERS-Paid Vacation by Abdicating Oversight, Obstructing Board Members Doing Their Job
Why David Miller deserves a special place in the CalPERS board member Hall of Shame.
Ida’s Landfall Imminent, Disaster Expert General Russel Honoré Says Time to Declare Climate Emergency
Gulf Coast communities face added pollution as Hurricane Ida nears amid the build-out of gas export and plastic-manufacturing plants.
Marin County School Superspreader Event: Another Scientific Communications Debacle from CDC (and the Press)
Just because the CDC seems to have finally accepted aerosols doesn’t mean they’ve stopped butchering the science or their messaging.
Mission and Money Clash in Nonprofit Hospitals’ Venture Capital Ambitions
Though their tax-exempt status is predicated on charitable efforts, nonprofit health systems rarely put humanitarian goals first when selecting investments.
Imperialism Then and Now: Capital Relocation, Inequality, Encroachment and Protracted Crisis
On how imperialism enabled exploitation of labor in the global South, and then pressure on worker wages in advanced economies.
Could California End Up With a Trump-Like Governor?
How much should Californians worry that Larry Elder, a politically inexperienced, hard core right winger, might become governor?
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/27/2021
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Book Review: Reimagining Humanity’s Obligation to Wild Animals
In “Wild Souls,” Emma Marris explores the worth of individual animals and species, and humanity’s obligations to them.
