Today’s Water Cooler: The Democrat debates, with drinking games and Biden on record-players, impeachment, think tanks, Robeson County, jobless claims, consumer sentiment, retail sales, consumer price index, Boeing, Lenovo Yoga laptops, feelings
Saturday, September 27, 2025
48 States to Investigate Google: Anti-Trust or Politicking?
The messy politics of the 48 state Google anti-trust investigation.
The US Massively Underestimates the Trade War Blowback
US trade and economic sanctions not only have not delivered on their stated aims, but they’ve also had unwelcome side effects.
Modi’s Kashmir Power Grab Was Decades in the Making
Repeated constitutional attacks paved the way for the government to finally strip Kashmir of its rights.
Live Blog: Democrat Presidential Primary Debate #5 in Houston
All the candidates on one stage! Come on down!
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/12/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: China trade, Harris, Sanders, Axelrove on Trump, Hillary Clinton, 9/11, counterfeit gold bars, rail traffic, WeWork, Facebook, food wars, gas flaring, wind farms and landfills, ocean drilling, racism and origins of tech, fake meat, Daniel Johnston, spending less time on the phone
Kalecki, Minsky, and “Old Keynesianism” Vs. “New Keynesianism” on the Effect of Monetary Policy
Larry Summers, a barometer of leading edge conventional wisdom, questions Keynesianism as a distortion of Keynes and for its overconfidence in monetary policy.
Michael Hudson: Why We Need to Abolish the Democratic National Committee, Even if That Means Breaking Up the Democratic Party
Reflections on the charade of the Democratic Party debate.
Richard Murphy: Brexit Yellowhammer Is Wrong, but That Doesn’t Mean We Should Ignore It
The Brexit headlines focused on Yellowhammer when that isn’t the biggest development of the day.
Axios: What’s the Actual Cost of Not Addressing Climate Change?
bunking some arguments against Sanders’ climate change program.
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/11/2019
Today’s Water Cooler:
The Two Sides of Government Guarantees for Banks
Not all guarantees are created equal, and what that means for banks.
