Amid hysterical comparisons between Senator Bernie Sanders and Mao Zedong, the Council of Economic Advisers unwittingly makes a solid case for socialist policies.
Sunday, June 15, 2025
Brexit: The Forward March of Remain? It Still Hasn’t Got Out of the Starting Blocks
Remain boosters need to focus efforts on Tory and Labour MPs with marginal seats, but they’re too distracted by painting apocalyptic pictures.
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/23/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: Steel, Gabbard and Sanders in Iowa, Trump advance work, Blue Wave prognostications, AR-02, ME-02, conventional wisdom on partisan geography, manufacturing, Tesla, for-profit college, the yield curve, beekeeping, endoterrestrials, “Late Victorian Holocausts”
Can Americans Learn to Scale Their Partisan Walls?
Connecting across differences may be the only thing that will save Americans from rule by the privileged few.
How Naked Capitalism Leaves Advertising Dollars on the Table So Nothing Comes Between You and Your Content
Horrid examples of advertising that we have hitherto been able to avoid.
Markets Edgy Over China, Italy Budget Staredown, Saudis, Brexit, Too Much Private Debt, Strained Valuations….
Markets have more reason than usual to be jumpy.
Michael Mann: We’re Already On Our Way to “Blowing Past” 1.5 Degrees Global Warming
How global warming is increasing at a faster rate than most realize.
Wolf Richter: It’s the Banks Again
Mr. Market is worried about banks, particularly European ones.
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/22/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: Steel tariffs, Sanders 2020, property taxes and the midterms, Latino voters, small donors, redistricting, national activity, Sears, Xmas containers, Softbank and the Saudis, drones, Flint water, the Rio Grande, falling paychecks, the brain, philosophy
Right to Repair Redux: The Economist Gets with the Program, While Alas, Apple Continues to Lag
Latest updates on the right to repair, discussing crucial skirmishes in the ongoing war on waste. The Economist recognizes the important issue, and US DHS supports Apple’s spurious, anti-repair claims.
Hooray! Met Our Sixth Goal, On to Our Seventh: More Original Reporting
Original reporting takes concerted effort and sometimes hard dollar costs. Please invest to help us to more to root out what powerful and monied people hope to keep hidden.
How Private Equity Bankrupted Seven Major Grocery Chains for Fun and Profit
Grocery chains as yet another example of private equity looting, and what policymakers should do to stop that.
