Europe and the USA succumb to pandemic fatigue. Vigilance is the only known counter to spread of the virus. Practice small pleasures.
Saturday, October 11, 2025
AOC and Other Top Progressives Urge Biden—If Elected—to Deny K Street, Wall Street Execs Top Cabinet Posts
Progressives pen letter to Biden asking him not to staff his administration with the usual corporate suspects; fat chance!
How To Break the Covid Doom Loop
Are repetitive short lockdowns a viable way to tame Covid-19?
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/16/2020
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
An Indictment of the “Standard Model” for Pension and Endowment Investing
A lucid and daming explanation of why public pension funds and other instutitional investors regularly fall short of popular indexes.
Brexit: Standoff
Will Johnson pull the Brexit plug today, or decide to fight another day?
Latest Election Stunt Proves Uber and Lyft Are Their Own Worst Political Enemies
Quelle surprise! Uber and Lyft are acting in bad faith in their struggles to get out of being classified as employers.
Pandemics and Inequality: A Historical Overview
The record of pandemics past shows that only devastating mortality rates reduce inequality.
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/15/2020
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
College Enrollments Drop Due to Covid, Adding to Budget Damage
College enrollments fall, consistent with predictions that Covid would hit them hard.
Milton Friedman Versus Stakeholder Capitalism
Looking at the damage Milton Friedman did by advocating corporate irresponsibility, which more and more orthodox economists have questioned.
