A recent poll from the Democracy Collaborative and YouGov reveals that most Americans are ready to spend more for social needs, even if it raises the deficit.
Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Forget Lower Jobs Growth, The Number of People Who’ve Stopped Looking for Work Is Much More Worrisome
Why the jobs market isn’t as strong as the headline unemployment figures would have you believe.
Australia Is at War With Itself Over China
The Australian secuirty services are in open war against the Government over its pro-China policies.
Charter Schools Are a Major Dividing Line for the 2020 Democratic Candidates—Education Fights in Pennsylvania Point the Way
Charter schools are finally becoming a battleground.
2:00PM Water Cooler 6/10/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Biden, Gravel, Trump, Warren, Williamson, Iowa, rural voters, job openings, coal, container volume, Elon Musk, the yield curve, rice and greenhouse gases, health benefits for the undocumented, Hugh Culverhouse, Jr. exposed, tourism in Nepal
Midwest Flooding and Climate Change
Scientists in and out of government on the Midwest Floods and climate change, polling, the views of Davenport, Iowa, and what the Democrats could be doing and aren’t
The Poor Who Are Not With Us
Why some of the poor get all the attention.
Why Some CEOs Figure ‘Medicare For All’ Is Good For Business
A small but growing group of business executives support “Medicare for All. They argue not that health care is a human right, but that covering everyone with a government plan and decoupling health care coverage from the workplace would benefit entrepreneurship.
Is Geoengineering the Answer to the Climate Crisis?
Like it or not, geoengineering is coming.
NC Open House/House Cleaning in NYC Sunday 6/23 With Book Giveaways, Other Goodies
Hope you can stop by our open house on Sunday June 23 for some conversation and giveaways.
Midwest Flooding, the Corn and Soy Crops, and Knock-On Effects
How bad are the Midwest floods for crops? Very bad indeed.
Identity, Beliefs, and Political Conflict
By Nicola Gennaioli, Full Professor of Finance, Bocconi University, IGIER and CEPR, and Guido Tabellini, Professor of Economics at Bocconi University and CEPR Research Fellow. Originally published at VoxEU. In the last few decades, the political systems of advanced democracies have witnessed momentous changes. Nationalism and populism have gained support almost everywhere, often at the […]
