Monday, July 28, 2025
Brexit: May at Her Marks to Run a Gauntlet. Update: Cabinet Approves Draft Agreement
Brexit spectacle is about to kick into a higher gear.
Apple’s “Capital Return Program”: Rewarding the Wrong People
nstead of rewarding the taxpayers and employees who actually create value for the tech giant, Apple is doling out massive stock buybacks
Confidence or Dead CEO Walking? CalPERS Staff Pressured to Wear Badges of Support
Yet another embarrassment at CalPERS.
2:00PM Water Cooler 11/13/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: Increased pre-tariff imports, Beto, Pelosi, post-midterms House, small business optimism, bank regulation, small warehouses, Teamster contract, robot cars, Apple, wildfires, meat substitutes, Amazon HQ, DSA, 3D printing and toxic fumes, Stan Lee
Trump and the Midterms: Is It Not The Economy, Stupid?
What role did the state of the economy likely play in the midterm results?
Brexit: A State Change Nigh? Updated: UK and EU Said to Reach Agreement; Key MPs Denounce It
If May does not get her vaunted Brexit breakthrough this Wednesday, the UK will have to start passing “no deal” emergency legislation and laying out funds for preparation. Expect the dial to go to 11 if that happens.
Boeing, Crapification, and the Lion Air Crash
Boeing looks culpable for the Lion Air crash that killed 189 people.
Australia’s New Grain Deliveries Plunge Due to Drought
Another sign of climate change induced stress, this one from Australia.
2:00PM Water Cooler 11/12/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: Open thread.
Jackpot? A Round-Up of This Season’s California Wildfires (So Far)
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Last week, there were three (major) California wildfires in the news: The Camp Fire, which destroyed the town of Paradise in Northern California, and the Hill and Woolsey fires in Southern California, which are still burning, not entirely contained. Here is a map: And here is a shot of the […]
Stationary Bandits, State Capacity, and the Malthusian Transition: The Lasting Impact of the Taiping Rebellion
Lambert here: Makes our own Civil War look like a blip. However, at least some of the conclusions seem to be borne out for our Civil War, too: Increase in state capacity, for example. By Lixin Colin Xu, Lead Economist, Development Research Group, World Bank, and Li Yang, Postdoc, Paris School of Economics. Originally published […]
AOC Rental Woes a Reminder of Worsening Conditions for Workers
Rising rental costs put a spotlight on how it is even harder than ever for ordinary workers to get by.
