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Saturday, February 7, 2026
India’s Poorest Now Have Access to Basic Bank Accounts, and Many Already Received their First Cash Stimulus Payment By Last Saturday; Meanwhile the IRS May Get You Your $1200 Check in Five Months
A tale of two stimuli: the Modi government has already made some direct deposits; some Americans will wait five months to receive checks.
Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, Some Pipeline Projects Push Forward While Others Falter Nationwide
Pipeline projects proceed, sometimes on a stealth basis, under cover of the COVID-19 crisis and despite the collapse of world oil prices.
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 […]
