A permaculture gardening book for those isolated and seeking a project, or just a good read.
Saturday, February 7, 2026
The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Letter to G20 Leaders (“The G20 must act now”)
Delaying emergency measures in emerging and developing economies will lead to unimaginable health and social impacts which will come back to haunt us for decades. The G20 must act now.
RJ Eskow: 7 Rules for the Boeing Bailout
As the world struggles with the pandemic, Boeing should be seen as the vector for a parallel epidemic. It’s Patient Zero in an epidemic of corporate failure. As we change the way we live our lives, corporations like Boeing should change the way they are run. Corporate mismanagement made this crisis worse and, if it doesn’t change, will make the recovery more difficult.
2:00PM Water Cooler 3/25/2020
Today’s Water Cooler: #COVID19 chart, new national polls, Biden, Cuomo, Sanders, Trump, tricking, retail, #COVID19 and employment, gardening, wildfires, the novel Coronoavirus itself, vitamin C, face masks, disinformation, Mesopotamian board games, Sara Nelson, knitting, hacking
Michael Hudson: A Brady Bond Solution for America’s Unpayable Corporate Debt
Another sign that America has gone banana republic: Brady Bonds, used in the Latin American debt crisis, would be suitable medicine for our corporate debt hangover.
Coronavirus Kayoes U.S. Recycling
Coronavirus has wreaked havoc on waste management policies and led many U.S. municipalities to suspend or modify their recycling programs..
How Far Will Trump Go To Save U.S. Shale
The U.S. shale oil industry had considerable problems before Saudi Arabia and Russia launched their oil price war. What comes next?
‘This Is a Massive Scandal’: Trump FDA Grants Drug Company Exclusive Claim on Promising Coronavirus Drug
Granting “orphan” drug status to Gilead Sciences for remdesivir, its potential coronavirus treatment, is a massive boon to the company.
2:00PM Water Cooler 3/24/2020
Today’s Water Cooler: Stimulus, Biden as idea, “back to work in two weeks” say elites, manufacturing, container shipping, grocery supply chain, Ford and ventilators, Roubini on depression, gardening, Antarctica, rich behaving badly, chloroquine, #COVID19 and antibiotic resistance
What the Government Needs to Do Next to Tackle the Crisis
Jamie Galbraith describes what government needs to do to keep hospitals and the real economy functoning during the coronavirus crisis.
Debt and Power: An Interview With Michael Hudson
Micheal Hudson explains how the ancient approach to managing debt is far superior to ours.
At Long Last the Government Can Borrow Straight From the Bank of England – As Modern Monetary Theory Has Always Suggested It Should
The UK embraces modern monetary theory….and perhaps hopes no one notices.
