Today’s Water Cooler: open thread.
Tuesday, January 13, 2026
Another School Leadership Disaster: Private Companies Work an Insider Game to Reap Lucrative Contracts
Firms that help place handpicked candidates in school leadership positions use those connections to sell other products and services.
America’s Workforce Elderly Workforce To Double By 2028
So, what’s behind the sharp increase that is expected in the oldest work-age demographic?
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/17/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Trade and China innovation, BIden, Buttigieg, Sanders, Warren, Yang, NC redistricting, industrial production, housing, Houston Ship Channel, fraud at J.P. Morgan, Peloton, Nucor, the Amazon, city heat and poverty, feral hogs, jazz, housing and health, Adolph Reed, passive-aggressiveness
Purdue Files for Bankruptcy, Agrees to Settle Some Pending Opioids Litigation: Sacklers on Hook for Billions?
Purdue Pharma files for chapter 11 bankruptcy. Will members of the Sackler family succeed in blunting accountability for the opioids crisis?
FAA Hoist on Its Own Boeing 737 Max Petard: Multiagency Panel to Issue Report Criticizing Agency Approval Process, Call for Certification Changes
Another FAA self-inflicted wound.
Brexit: A Repeat of the Turmoil of 1914-1922?
What do critical chapters of British-Irish history augur for Brexit?
Drama in the Oil Markets After Attacks on Saudi Production. But This Isn’t 2007 Anymore
How the shale boom made the US less vulnerable to oil supply shocks.
Pop-Up NYC Meetup (with Michael Hudson and Jerri-Lynn) – 24th September
Pop-up meetup in Manhattan with Michael Hudson and Jerri-Lynn, 24th September 2019.
Elizabeth Warren Finally Puts a Health Care Page on Her Campaign Site, Fails to Allay Doubts
A close reading of Elizabeth Warren’s new health care “plan.”
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/16/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Biden, Sanders, Warren, undecided voters, impeachment, Kavanaugh, Democrat debates, manufacturing, Wells Fargo, Uber and cash, Peter Thiel, Softbank, robot cars, the Amazon, the Santee Delta, Jeffrey Epstein, UAW, Carpenters Union, amazing quantum algorithm
Air Ambulances Woo Rural Consumers With Memberships That May Leave Them Hanging
A patient could believe his or her emergency air transport was taken care of, only to face a rude awakening when the bill came.
