Just as Henry Ford sought to transform auto workers through a generous though invasive profit-sharing program, today’s employers also use perks to influence our behavior in subtle and not-so-subtle ways.
Thursday, October 2, 2025
The Effectiveness of the Global Financial Safety Net Depends on the Tools and Shocks
This column evaluates the effectiveness of the use of IMF support and foreign reserves in globally driven crises
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/25/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Festival of Biden (with logo), Buttigieg, O’Rourke, Sanders, Trump, impeachment, picking a left cabinet, durable goods, jobless claims, manufacturing, Boeing, Tesla, robot cars, Iowa water quality, glyphosates and epigenetics, plastics, happy cats, Marshall McLuhan
Global Climate Coalition: Documents Reveal How Secretive Fossil Fuel Lobby Group Manipulated UN Climate Programs
Fossil fuel lobby group sets UN climate agenda
Soaring Healthcare Costs Jeopardize Retirement In America
Ever-rising healthcare expenses are keeping many old people in the workforce.
Promotions and the Peter Principle
The Peter Principle lives!
Big Round of Applause for Moving Gift from NC Donor!
A donor has come to our aid with a very genrous gift! Please thank him for his help.
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/24/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Biden, Buttigieg, Castro, Gravel punches above his weight, Sanders, Warren, the Intercept v. Politico, Clinton on impeachment, housing, Tesla, Waymo, Boeing, Caterpillar, Facebook, permafrost, urban microbiota, Williams pipeline, Instagrammer union (!), psilocybin, Dr. Ruth
How to Opt Out of Airport Face Scanning: Don’t Fly
DHS barges full speed ahead to impose facial recognition software on travellers passing through US airports, without completing formal rulemaking procedures.
NYC vs Another Fracked Gas Pipeline: Notes From Activists On The Ground
A grass roots report on the fight against fracked gas.
Department of Justice Indicts Two Drug Company Executives Over Opioid Sales; More to Come?
On Tuesday, the Southern District of New York and the Drug Enforcement Administration announced a series of indictments against one of the ten largest drug distributors in the US, Rochester Drug Co-Operative, and two former executives, the CEO and the chief compliance officer, and the latter has pled guilty and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors. […]
The Antitrust Case Against Facebook You Need to Know About
“Facebook is undermining our country, our democracy.”
Bostonians: Be Sure to Stop by Our Meetup This Thursday, April 25; Meetups Coming in Milwaukee on Wed May 1 and Minneapolis on Thurs May 2
Please come to our meetup in Boston! You’ll have fun!
