Friday, January 2, 2026
Wolf Richter: The Fed Slaps Down Negative Interest Rates
The first major discussion of negative interest rates recounted in the FOMC minutes show serious disapproval.
“The UN Is Being Turned into a Public-Private Partnership”: Harris Gleckman Explains Stealth Takeover by World Economic Forum
Lynn Fries speaks to Harris Gleckman about the growing corporate influence over our global governance system – and what can be done to stop it.
Live Blog: Democrat Presidential Primary Debate #7 in Atlanta, Georgia
Candidates! Candidates! Candidates! ★★★Ten candidates on one stage! ★★★ Come on down!
2:00PM Water Cooler 11/20/2019
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Patient readers, more in a bit. I got a late start, and then got wrapped around the axle on the latest impeachment stuff. –lambert UPDATE All done! Hat tip to alert reader Wukchumni for the capsule summary of pilot episode for the new FOX TV Series OK, Boomer, and to […]
How Neoliberal Thinkers Spawned Monsters They Never Imagined
Neoliberal economics rests on a retrograde vision of society.
Democrats’ Private Equity Hearing Fail: Abject Incompetence, Corruption, or Mere Unseriousness?
A House Financial Services Committee hearing on private equity revealed more about the party than about private equity, and in a not good way at that.
The Coup in Bolivia Has Everything to Do With the Screen You’re Using to Read This
The coup in Bolivia as a resource play.
Under Swollen Tides, Venice Says More About Our Future Than Our Past
Venice illustrates how climate change will force a sort of triage upon us, and it won’t be just about our cultural heritage.
Reminder: Birmingham Meetup Tomorrow, Thursday November 21. Hope to See You There!
Our Birmingham meetup is nigh! Please join us!
2:00PM Water Cooler 11/19/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Trade optimism, Buttigieg, Booker, Sanders, Yang, Iowa poll, another lunatic impeachment witness, Obama legacy, housing, services, Walmart retail v. etail, hacking bounty, slowdown signs, butterflies, soil, hyperosmia, Young Adult literature, economic insecurity for over-65s, FedEx, memory, handwriting
New Report Finds Costs of Climate Change Impacts Often Underestimated
Why most economists considerably underestimate the cost of climate change.
Private Equity Under the Hot Lights Today at House Financial Services Committee Hearing, “America for Sale?”
Private equity gets some long overdue scrutiny.
