After years of decline, night train services are again expanding, in part to cater to passengers who try to avoid air travel for environmental reasons.
Monday, September 22, 2025
Why I Am Worried About the Legitimacy of the 2020 Election Balloting Process
Potential 2020 trainwreck at the ballot box.
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/23/2020
Today’s Water Cooler: Open thread.
STATEMENT: House Budget Committee, “Reexamining the economic costs of debt”, Nov 20, 2019
It is hard to imagine a scenario in which rising deficits and the debt ratio will create a financial crisis, lead to government insolvency, generate high inflation, or trigger an attack by bond vigilantes.
China Coronavirus Watch: Updated – Another Chinese City Locked Down to Prevent Spread
A compilation of what seems to be known about the new Chinese coronavirus.
Is Secondhand Screen Time the New Secondhand Smoking?
Internet screen use starts early, and there’s ample evidence that it isnt healthy for young brains. But what if anything should be done?
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/22/2020
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Politics “But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?” –James Madison, Federalist 51 “They had one weapon left and both knew it: treachery.” –Frank Herbert, Dune Here is a second counter for the Iowa Caucus, which is obviously just around the corner: * * […]
Plastics Watch: China to Ban Single-Use Plastics, Malaysia Rejects Waste Shipments
China announces a ban on single-use plastics, while Malaysia refuses to serve as the world’s waste bin, and returns foreign waste shipments.
While Establishment Erupts Over Anti-Corruption Expert Pointing Out Biden’s Troubling Record, Progressives Say: Look at the Troubling Record
Why discussion of Biden’s corruption should not be off limits in the Dem primary contest; Trump will raise these issues in the general.
Boeing Again Pushes Back Guesstimated 737 Max “Good to Go” Date to Mid 2020 as Company Bleeds Cash
Yet more bad news for the 737 Max.
Precarity: A Political Problem
‘Free market’ advocates claim that the rise of precarity was inevitable, as opposed to the result of political decisions.
Hope To See You! NYC Meetup Tomorrow, Thursday January 23 With Michael Hudson
Meetup reminder! Hope you can join us!
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/21/2020
Today’s Water Cooler: China trade deal, Biden, Bloomberg, Sanders, Sanders “apology” to Biden, Warren, impeachment, shipping and climate, Amazon hand recognition, AI regulation, SEC and “ghost revenue,” Extinction Rebellion, ozone and the Arctic, “Cats”, the marshmallow test, Oxford comma
