Looking back at the legacy of the man who created “the most deformed bond market in history.”
Thursday, September 25, 2025
The Oil Mystery Undermining An Aramco IPO
Why might investors be skittish about Aramco’s oil reserve claims?
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/29/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Biden and bankruptcy, Gabbard and RSS, Sanders and Tlaib, bipartisan support on “pay for,” consumer confidence, housing, real estate, Boeing, the 2010s, the ethics of algorithms
Waste Watch: Single Use Plastics, Please Ban Them, Now
Why we need single-use plastics bans: to save us from our worst selves; plus a positive development on the recycling front.
Climate Change: Massachusetts Finally Moves on Climate Change
Massachusetts follows New York in bringing climate change lawsuit against Exxon; litigation is wielded as an alternate form of regulation.
Joe Biden’s Acceptance of Super PAC Shows Campaign’s Desperation
Biden’s acceptance of super PACS shows how desperate his campaign is – and also reveals who pays the piper, calls the tune.
The Sanders Plan to Legalize Marijuana Does More Than Legalize Marijuana
Discussion of comprehensive Sanders plan to legalize marijuana: legal and political implications.
NYC Denizens! Please Stop by Our Meetup Tonight!
If you are in the NYC area today, please swing by our meetup this evening for some fun and good company.
Global Protests Round-Up, Proposed Causes: Global Slump, Income Inequality, Social Media (and More)
Today’s global protests are an enormous story, bigger than Occupy. Here are some of the frames that journalists are using to cover them.
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/28/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Biden, Sanders, Warren, impeachment and the so-called “deep state,” William Gibson and RussiaGate, voting machines, trade, national activity, inventories, manufacturing, AirBnB, Tesla, Apple, PG&E, fracking and earthquakes, Amílcar Lopes de costa Cabral, Bob Dylan, the fabulous Sixties
The Boss on Board: Mafia Infiltrations, Firm Performance, and Local Economic Growth
Italian firms infiltrated by the Mafia are disproportionately in the utilities and financial services sectors and that infiltration has a strong negative effect on local long-term employment growth.
Elizabeth Warren’s Plan-itis: Excessive Lobbying Case Study
A hard look at a Warren plan reveals a lot not to like.
Johnson’s Brexit Is Inspired by Blair, Eden and Chamberlain – Not Churchill
Describing how the political roots of Brexit run deep.
