Even the IMF backs the new debt put forward by Argentina. Could it be a model for Covid-shocked emerging economies?
Saturday, December 27, 2025
Looking at “The Secret Group of Scientists and Billionaires Pushing a Manhattan Project for COVID-19” with a Critical Eye
Can venture capitalists, private equity, Republican fixers, biomedical serial entrepreneurs, and scientists from two medical institutes deliver a #COVID19 solution that involves mass certification via a cellphone app, and a new hybrid form of governance, an “empowered council”?
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/29/2020
Today’s Water Cooler: “Nearly half of the Q1 decline in GDP can be attributed to healthcare, which is presumably delaying of elective procedures.” Can this be true?
Schadenfraude Alert: Airbnb Mini-Moguls in Meltdown as Bookings Collapse
Once fat and happy Airbnb landlords are now in a world of hurt.
‘No Consequences for Negligence That Kills’: McConnell Wants Corporate Immunity From Covid-19 Lawsuits
Not content with pursuing pro-business judicial nominations alone, Mitch McConnell seeks to circumscribe corporate COVID-19 legal liability.
Why the Oil and Gas Industry Will Never Be the Same
An overview of the dislocations in the oil market.
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/28/2020
Today’s Water Cooler:
Consumer Beware: Coronavirus Antibody Tests Are Still A Work In Progress
How hopes for coronavirus tests are ahead of the state of play.
Quarantine Cat Tricks
Cat intermission.
Public Health and Private Profits Under COVID-19 Pandemic
More discussion of how the private sector is undermining responses to Covid-19.
In a Slap in the Face to Progressives, Biden Appoints Larry Summers, a “Literal Architect of Neoliberalism,” to Economic Advisory Role
If you need proof that Biden doesn’t give a damn about oridinary people, his bringing Larry Summers in from political exile should convince you.
#COVID19 Lockdowns, the Reopen Protests, and Wage Labor
Pandemics and TINA.
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/27/2020
I don’t feel like writing a post summary today, so I won’t. Take that, Google.
