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.
Sunday, February 8, 2026
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.
The Rich Under Stress as Asset Prices Wobble
Some of the rich are feeling the pinch. Is this a passing phenomenon or a sign of things to come?
Why Aren’t Americans Rising Up Like the People of Chile and Lebanon?
Americans are not big on protests, and people abroad are perplexed
2:00PM Water Cooler Special: Warren’s #MedicareForAll Transition Plan Is Set Up to Fail
Warren’s transition plan, like her pay-for plan, introduces unmotivated dependencies that make #MedicareForAll unlikely to pass, charitably from poor political judgment, less charitably because she doesn’t want the bill to pass.
2:00PM Water Cooler 11/18/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Forever trade war, Iowa polling, Trump, Warren, impeachment, Obama legacy, housing, frack sand collapse, container shipping, aircraft sales, robot cars to increase driving, giant structures in the universe, junk, landfills, more efficient toilets, dentistry, the press, wage theft, Hokusai
Plastics Watch: Recycling, Raccoons, and Rubbish
Even a massive recycling campaign won’t make a dent in the plastics problem, as long as the industry ramps up production; some thoughts on raccoons, and rubbish.
The Joker to Guy Fawkes: Why Protesters Around the World are Wearing the Same Masks
Discussion of role of masks in global protest, as Hong Kong’s mask ban is ruled unconstitutional by High Court.
