How temp workers are a way to implement Jay Gould’s plan: “I can hire one half of the working class to kill the other half.”
Tuesday, January 13, 2026
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/20/2020
Today’s Water Cooler:
Iran Doesn’t Want Conflict, Says Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, But Any US-Saudi Attack Would Spark ‘All-Out War’
Iran once again has to tell the West what it ought to have figured out by now.
The Fed Has Not Covered Itself in Glory: Fed Funds Mess Edition
Why the Fed should be embarrassed.
CalPERS Short-Changed by CIM in Pay-to-Play/Bribery Scandal; Looks Like Apollo Stiffed CalPERS Too
How CalPERS was cheated by conniving fund managers, as is pervasive among private equity investors.
Why Degrowth Is the Only Responsible Way Forward
Why degrowth is necessary and potentially attractive.
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/19/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Biden, Buttigieg, Sanders, Trump, Warren, “the party decides,” Clinton on 2016, Kavanaugh, jobless claims, home sales, leading indicators, current accounts, rail traffic, CSX, FedEx, independent bookstores, malls, crystals, sex robots, ocean plastic, alt-meat in the Third World, GM strike, influencers, the first female tourist
New Evidence on the Consequences of Gentrification for Children
Contrary to widespread beliefs, gentrification does not appear to harm children. But that may be because it operates differenlty than most assume.
The Financial Times’ Martin Wolf Discovers that Rentier Capitalism and Financialization Increase Inequality and Hurt Growth
Martin Wolf has a big think about what is wrong in and discovers rentier activity.
Urgent Culture For A Foot-Dragging Congress
A climate change museum tour for Congress.
Two Entrepreneurs Explain Why the Health Insurance Industry Is a Direct Threat to Middle-Class Life
Quelle surprise! Businessmen would rather pay their workers than health care rent extractors.
Two Horrid Wall Street Journal Stories Show What a Malefactor Amazon Has Become
The Wall Street Journal reports ghastly stories about product safety from third party sellers at Amazon, and the ugly office politics of software development
What is the Theory of Change in Naomi Klein’s “On Fire: The Burning Case for a Green New Deal”?
Why is there no Green New Deal already? And what should we do to get one?
