How our economic and political order fuels busy-ness, harming both individual and community well-being.
Friday, August 29, 2025
Trump’s Version of the Iran Accord: Heads I Win, Tails You Lose
A clinical look at the Administration’s disingenuous Iran spin.
Mr. Market and the Press Diss Deutsche Bank’s Turnaround Plan
A hard look at Deutsche’s restructuring plan reveals a lot not to like
Mining and Electric Vehicles: Lithium, Nickel, Cobalt
Electric vehicle production at scale requires materials we don’t have enough of.
2:00PM Water Cooler 7/8/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Biden, Buttigieg, Gravel, Harris, O’Rourke, Sanders, Trump, Facebook and medical diagnosis, scooters, mangroves and methane, thawing permafrost, ocean heat, California coastline, political cartoons, health insurance and the tax on time, Tech bro glossary
Bill Black: Facebook’s Libra Currency Monetizes Identity and Threatens Privacy
Bill Black discusses Feacebook’s new proposed crypto-currency, called “Libra.” Facebook could use this technology to standardize identity and create a world of ultimate surveillance, and then profit from it.
Deutsche Bank Throws in the Towel, Announces Restructuring into Bad Bank/Good Bank, Firing of 18,000
The beginning of an end for Deutsche Bank.
The Myth of Expansionary Austerity
If you hold mainstream economic views, it was too good to be true: Another effort to vindicate austerity falls victim to flawed methodology.
Reforestation as a Solution for Carbon Capture: Hype and Reality
Advocates for reforestation must consider who owns the land to be reforested, and how the reforestation is to be done.
Philadelphia Explosion One in String of ‘Near Miss’ Accidents at Refineries Using Deadly Chemical
Accounts emerging from workers and others on site paint a troubling picture of how close to disaster Philadelphia may have come.
Kip Sullivan on Why the Bernie Sanders Bill Is Not Single Payer
Jon Gruber’s shabby legacy lives on.
Should We Tax Wealth?
Kicking the tires of a wealth tax.
