Wednesday, September 17, 2025
Coronavirus: A Theory of Incompetence
Coronavirus has shredded the last vestiges of the belief that America was well run. How did we get here?
AirBnB Has Been Rocked by COVID-19. Do We Really Want To See It Recover?
AirBnB is a flagrant rule-breaking disruptor. Is it worth it to try to bring it to heel now, or is it beyond redemption?
Right to Repair and Ventilators: Saving COVID-19 Patients
The coronavirus crisis highlights the importance of ensuring wide access to repair information for lifesaving machines, such as ventilators.
Capitalism Has Failed in Fighting Coronavirus
The problem of policies aimed to return the economy to what it was before the virus hit is this: Global capitalism, by 2019, was itself a major cause of the collapse in 2020.
Services Sector Falls Off Cliff: First Data Points from the Eurozone Where Lockdowns Started Earlier
Early data from Europe says the damage to the services sector is as deep as many feared, and bodes ill for the US, with its poor and sluggish economic responses.
What Wall Street Doesn’t Want You to Know About Hospital Emergency Rooms
A coronavirus whistleblower winds up also exposing that private equity has too much say in running emergency rooms.
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/3/2020
Today’s Water Cooler: Friday, Friday. What a week!
The New Inequalities and People-to-People Social Protection
Yves here. On the one hand, this post contains many examples of how people with resources are assisting those hit hard by the coronavirus crisis. On the other, it is also all too apparent that in most cases, these charitable acts only make a dent in the problems most face, although admittedly shows of concern […]
The Coronavirus Pandemic Has Opened the Curtains on the World’s Next Economic Model
COVID-19 has exposed flaws in the global supply chain economic model; advances in technology have rendered it obsolete.
Coronavirus, Control, Irritability, and Guilt
A coronavirus confessional of sorts.
Key Official Missing in Action: North Carolina Treasurer, Sole Fiduciary of Its Pension, Has Covid-19 but State Refuses to Say More
Key public officials are abusing their position if they keep the severity of their Covid-19 illness under wraps.
