Today’s Water Cooler: Wilbur Ross on China, China solar panels, Warren’s wealth tax, Sanders on Venezuela, Air Traffic controller sickout?, Democrat culture, charters, Tesla, Theranos, flash crash, housing, newspapers, TVA, tectonics, Erik Olin Wright, footnotes, hagfish slime
Saturday, June 14, 2025
Are Federal Workers Being Forced Into Involuntary Servitude?
A useful, if disheartening, discussion of the limited legal grounds workers have for successfully pursuing “coercion” cases.
Gilets Jaunes Under Attack
The gilets jaunes have arisen out of the profound inequality that is fracturing societies across Europe. It is against that inequality that leaders must take a strong stance.
Soros Warns Against AI Promoted Surveillance and Authoritarianism; Singles Out China’s Existing Tools and Ambitions
Soros just designated China’s AI and surveillance ambitions as the #1 enemy to “open societies”. Recall he’s already gone after Facebook and other US tech titans.
Jonathan Tepper’s The Myth of Capitalism: “Fucking Unreadable”
Author Jonathan Tepper has sent us multiple reader assisted suicide notes, and we are only too happy to oblige.
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/24/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Tariffs and auto, Harris 2020, Venezuela, 2018 dark money, Pelosi and Biden on Republicans, DSA, leading indicators, manufacturing, jobless claims, apparel, Amazon, CP, Anheuser-Busch, Deliveroo, soil, groundwater, Zuckerberg, Alzheimers, rotary mixers
Fears of US-Backed ‘Coup’ in Motion as Trump Recognizes Venezuela Opposition Lawmaker as ‘Interim President’
Venezuela becomes the latest target for regime change fun and profit.
CalPERS’ Story About Sudden “Resignation” of Star Hire Elisabeth Bourqui Falls Apart as Bourqui Comes to Board Meeting With Heavyweight Employment Lawyer
Pass the popcorn. It looks like CalPERS CEO Marcie Frost tangled with the wrong person in the form of Elisabeth Bourqui.
Experts Declare Physician Burnout ‘a Public Health Crisis’ – and Health IT a Significant Pathogen
Electronic health care records continue to be a drag on doctor productivity and the quality of treatment.
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/23/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Harris, Sanders, marginal top rates, Trump and church-goers, manufacturing, architectural billings, flying cars, eyeglasses, global warming and aerosols, Greenland ice, Bryan Singer and R. Kelley, LA teachers strike, venture capital, particle physics
MMT’s Opening
Another go at clearing up press and pundit misrepresentations of MMT.
Brexit: May’s Sweatbox
A short overview of Constitutional and procedural issues that impact Brexit.
