How Arizona epitomizes the backwards approach the US has taken to its health care crisis.
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
Yanis Varoufakis: Interview with Léa El Azzi on Capitalism After the Pandemic, Europe, Greece, Lebanon & the IMF
A discussion of the state of capitailsm, with a European/Lebanase slant.
New Investment Gimmickry: Covid-19 Bonds
Covid-19 has engendered investment grifting.
We Won’t Have a Truly Global Economy Until We Tax It That Way
Tax is an enormously powerful tool for shaping economic policy and thus bears close watching.
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/29/2020
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
WSJ Says Banks Can’t Determine Who Is Credit-Worthy: More COVID-19 Fallout
WSJ says banks can no longer determine who is credit-worthy using existing models – more COVID-19 fallout, this of uncertain magnitude.
Global Covid-19 Cases Top 10 Million As HHS Secretary Warns ‘Window is Closing’ to Get Disease Back Under Control in US
HHS Secretary Alex Azar concedes the US may have lost control of the COVID-19 pandemic after a surge in cases.
Wall Street Journal’s Apologia for Private Equity Letting Companies Go Bust
The Wall Street Journal unwittingy defends private equity destructiveness.
Pentagon Porks Up as Covid-19 Bleeds Economy
Quelle surprise! Pentagon grifting continues apace, even in the face of a full-bore domestic crisis.
Waste Watch: Plastic Free July in the Age of COVID-19
As COVID-19 swamps the world, other problems remain. Commit to a plastic free July and mitigate the world’s plastic problem.
Coronavirus: Asymptomatic People Can Still Develop Lung Damage
For those who remain to be convinced: COVID-19 is not the ‘flu. Physician discusses lung damage in asymptomatic patients.
