Howard Thurman demonstrates how individuals can have great influence on social movements.
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Trump and His Golfing Buddies Continue Neoliberalism’s Assault on the Veteran’s Administration
Trump and his golfing buddies from Mar-a-Lago flawlessly execute the neoliberal playbook for privatization
Artificial Intelligence, Algorithmic Pricing, and Collusion
Even relatively simple pricing algorithms systematically learn to play sophisticated collusive strategies.
A Serious Green New Deal Would Take Up One-Third of the Economy—Are We Ready for That?
Looking at some of the ramifications of a Green New Deal.
Haven’t Enough to Keep You Awake At Night? Try The Doomsday Clock For A Truthful State Of The Union
As Trump takes the US out of Reagan’s nuclear arms pact with Russia, it’s time to have a look at the Doomsday Clock.
Reminder: Fort Lauderdale Meetup for Thursday, February 7
Hope you can join our Fort Lauderdale meetup!
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/1/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Booker announces, Howard Schultz, Klobuchar, employment situation (“quirky”), manufacturing, consumer sentiment, retail, SS7 hacking, smartphones, Apple,Sony, Amazon, 5G, crude oil, Enbridge 3, teachers strikes, Der Speigel, Dave Asprey, Apollo computing, recursion, nihilism
Frail Seniors Find Ways To Live Independently
A short-term program to help poor seniors cope with their physical limitations appears to be very effective.
Michael Hudson: Trump’s Brilliant Strategy to Dismember U.S. Dollar Hegemony
Trump’s neocon extremists are burning the US dollar house down.
Millionaire-Driven Education Reform Has Failed. Here’s What Works.
Journalist Andrea Gabor’s new book heralds a “quiet revolution” in education you didn’t know was happening.
An American Budget
What a sound national budget might look like.
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/31/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Harris, Medicare for All, Sanders on estate taxes, Bloomberg, AOC, the Wall, personal income, jobless claims, new home sales, manufacturing, OxyContin, Comcast, Tesla, the cold snap, forest fires, sea stars, Amazon and unions, memorization, MySpace
