The FDA goes to bat for the right of drugs makers to price gouge Americans.
Friday, October 3, 2025
2:00PM Water Cooler 3/6/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Bloomberg, Clinton, Sanders, AOC, DSA, Democrat loyalty oath, international trade, employment, container shipping, automotive. GE, Amazon, Green New Deal, carbon tax, desalination, Medicare for All, MMT, Erie Locomotive, Basque poetry
#MeToo Whistleblowing Is Upending Century-Old Legal Precedent Demanding Loyalty to the Boss
Why whistleblowing is a recent development.
Brexit: Slouching Towards Bethlehem
No one knows what is set to happen on Brexit day.
The Possible Chinese-US Trade Deal
A review of opinions in the English-speaking blogosphere on the likely content of the US-China deal and the message this agreement sends to the world.
Trump Looks To Nationalize 5G
Wellie, if the government owns the 5G network, you won’t have any doubt as to who has access to what you did over it.
2:00PM Water Cooler 3/5/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: China to open financial sector?, Trump’s donations to Democratic presidential candidates, Sanders rallies, Clintons still stewing, AOC, Ilhan Omar, new home sales, services, commodities, jet engines, Tesla, Luxottica, markets and climate, Spinal Tap
France, Inequality, the Yellow Vests, and the Social Elevator
Redistribution through taxes and social transfers is not sufficient to curb the inequality in opportunity, which is mostly linked to the educational system and perpetuates economic and social situations from one generation to the next.
Hubert Horan: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Eighteen: Lyft’s IPO Prospectus Tells Investors That It Has No Idea How Ridesharing Could Ever Be Profitable
Lyft’s prospectus doesn’t even pretend that the company might become profitable, let alone justify a $20-25 billion valuation.
CalPERS CEO Marcie Frost Gives Contradictory, Nonsensical Justifications for Muscling the Board to Approve Private Equity Scheme in March
Frost’s justifications for CalPERS new private equity scheme becomes more incoherent as time goes on, but that is unlikely to prevent the captured board from giving it a green light.
Do Real Estate Markets Make Our Cities Less Livable?
Author Samuel Stein talks about how capitalism shapes cities.
2:00PM Water Cooler 3/4/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Democrat presidential candidate round-up, dogs, golf, and temporarily open thread.
A First Look at Pramila Jayapal’s “Medicare for All Act of 2019”, HR 1384
The state of play on the Hill, Jayapal burns the ships, Pelosi is awful, and HR1384 tries to eliminate health care for profit.
