Monday, June 16, 2025

Hedda Martin’s GoFundMe, Spectrum Health, and Putting a Band-Aid on the Cancer of American’s Health Care System

Market dysfunction and class warfare in crowdsourced health care funding

Links 11/25/18

‘We Are Not Robots’: Amazon Workers Walk out on Black Friday over Low Wages and ‘Inhuman Conditions’

The Amazon strikes in Spain, Italy, France, the United Kingdom, and Germany.

Links 11/24/18

Dirty Work: Buying Votes at the UN Security Council

Quelle surprise: pay to play in Security Council votes.

The Global Financial Crime Wave Is No Accident

Financial crime is a feature of our global financial system not a bug, pioneering economist Susan Strange recognized.

2:00PM Water Cooler 11/23/2018

Water Cooler: Open thread

Taking an Inventory of Senator Bernie Sanders’ Town Halls in 2017 and 2018

How many Town Halls has Sanders done? What were they about? Are there implications for 2020?

Links 11/23/18

Wolf Richter: 438 Stocks on the NYSE Have Already Plunged 40%-94% from 52-Week Highs

Bloodletting beneath the surface. Big name stocks, too. Here they are.

Links Thanksgiving Day 11/22/18

Sears Bankruptcy Engineered to Benefit Executives and Stiff Workers

Another look at the ugly Sears bankruptcy.

Uncertainty and Legal Institutions: The Impact of the Brexit Vote on EU Law Application in the UK

How Brexit is already affecting UK jurisprudence.

2:00PM Water Cooler 11/21/2018

Today’s Water Cooler: Open thread.

Why Thanksgiving Is My Favorite Holiday

Thanksgiving is America’s most convivial holiday