Next showdown in Congress over CoVID-19 relief legislation: protecting workers or shielding employers from lawsuits.
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Financialization: Tackling the Other Virus
The COVID-19 pandemic provides an opportunity to tackle another virus that has spread throughout the world since the 1970s: financialization.
2:00PM Water Cooler 7/13/2020
COVID in the US vs. the world, morbidity. Disney ~ Biden advertisement ~ Sanders on politics ~ Trump and his base ~ Democrat Senate haul ~ Democrat Milwaukee plans ~ General AI ~ Phishing equilibria ~ COVID PSAs ~ Festival of Airborne Transmission ~ Influencers ~ Ghislane Maxwell’s house ~ Genocide in flyover ~ Knitting ~ Shutters
Food Security in the Age of COVID-19: The First Harvest of the Season’s Bounty
Improving the food security of family members who live in North Carolina. They’re starting to reap the harvest as the vegetables ripen.
Wolf Richter: The Great American Shale Oil & Gas Massacre: Bankruptcies, Defaulted Debts, Worthless Shares, Collapsed Prices of Oil & Gas
The day of reckoning has arrived in oil and gas. A record number of companies have filed for bankruptcy. with the epicenter in Texas.
Covid-19 Bankruptcies Bleeding Out Jobs, Economic Capacity
Covid-19 bankrupties show how the disease is draining the economy.
What to Do if COVID-19 Is Here to Stay
If Covid-19 can’t be beaten soon, how do we cope?
Federal Judge Nixes Part of Glyphosate Settlement That Would Allow a Panel of Scientific “Experts”, Rather Than Juries, to Decide Whether the Chemical is Carcinogenic for Future Claims
Judge skeptical over Bayer’s proposal to replace a jury decision on whether glyphosate causes cancer with that of a scientific panel.
With Covid-19 Deaths on the Rise, Hardest-Hit States Report Hospitals are Near Capacity Following Early Reopenings
COVID-19 deaths spike and hospitals run out of beds as many states reap the consequences of poor pandemic management and reopening too early.
Another Town Is Possible: Community Wealth Building in the Basque Country
Yves here. Readers sometimes ask for success stories to show that there are possible paths out our present economic and social morass. The Basque has long operated a collective ownership model centered around Mondragon. And it has been successful in protecting the community from economic crises. I was in Portugal and Spain, by happenstance doing […]
Why Relentless Labor Rights Enforcement Will Make or Break the New NAFTA
Why Nafta 2.0 labor protections for Mexicans are key to whether the deal delivers on its promise to US workers.
2:00PM Water Cooler 7/10/2020
COVID-19 problem states: CA and TX ~ Biden-Sanders Unity Task Forces ~ Biden and fossil fuels ~ Biden and finance ~ Trump’s plan to win ~ Kanye West needs to file his paperwork ~ Frum and Proust ~ Think tanks ~ Leading indicators, inflation, rail ~ COVID-19 and HIV ~ “Strike for Black Lives” July 20 ~ NY rental market near collapse ~ Boasian antiracism
