Monday, September 15, 2025
Public Pension Plans in a World of Hurt; Even Loyalists Warning of Grim Prospects
Not surprisingly, public pension fund economics look pretty sick.
Congress and Corporations Join Forces To Crush American Small Business
Funny how that small business bailout worked…..
Is EIA Data Disguising A Disastrous Decline In U.S. Shale?
Tallying some of the recent shale production cuts.
2:00PM Water Cooler 5/13/2020
Today’s Water Cooler: #COVID19 stats (linear), Biden “hiding,” Biden’s career, Sanders and the DSA, Sanders and Biden (transcript), Biden task force, Trump polling, AOC ballot gaffe, recession stats, containers, Uber, robot cars, Musk and our failed state, anti-vaxxers, COVID19 and elders
The Wealth Effects of Bailouts: A Quantitative Assessment
Once again, income earned by the many is used to save the wealth of the few.
Foreign Affairs Runs Propaganda from Swedish Employers on Sweden’s Covid-19 Fiasco, Failing to Disclose Sponsorship and Misrepresenting Results
Foreign Affairs runs “dangerous to your health” propaganda from the Sweden without informing its readers.
A Way To Make COVID-19 College Furloughs More Fair
Looking at how to cope with the college and university funding crisis.
Testing and the State Petri Dishes of Democracy
Looking at state (non) progress on Covid-19.
2:00PM Water Cooler 5/12/2020
Today’s Water Cooler: #COVID19 chart, Biden v. Reade, “ObamaGate,” Obama legacy, debt, inflation, small business optimism, shale woes, port of LA, Elon Musk, #COVID19 (calculating your risk, HQ in hospital and post-exposure, blood clots, obesity, “Linux Vaccine”), Internet of Sh*t
US Commercial Real Estate Prices Plunged in April, Mall Prices Collapsed
Looking at the bloodbath in commercial real estate…..and worse is almost certainly in store.
Coronavirus To Decimate Colleges and Universities
US universities are facing a world of hurt.
Early Precautions Draw a Life-and-Death Divide Between Flushing and Corona
Why two Queens neighborhoods, Flushing and Corona, had very different Covid-19 outcomes.
