Today’s Water Cooler: Kavanaugh, now with added freshness and flavor.
Sunday, June 15, 2025
A Rational Backlash Against Globalization
“In a democratic society that values equality, globalization cannot survive in the long run.”
The Fracking Industry’s Water Nightmare: Injection Wells Damage Production Wells, Rising Disposal Costs Will Increase Industry Losses
The fracking industry’s wastewater disposal is an unrecognized production and economic problem that is going from bad to worse.
SEC Sues Elon Musk for Fraud, Seek to Bar Him Permanently from Executive, Board Role in a Public Company
Elon Musk put himself in the SEC’s crosshairs.
Why Dodd-Frank Is a Protection Racket for Banks
How Dodd-Frank left banks’ massive lending and safety-net subsidies intact.
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/27/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: China trade, Kavanaugh hearings (live blogs), Kavanaugh milieu, Apple Watch, mosquitoes and plastic, Cuba and bees, sorry bus stops, Hokusai
The US-Mexico Trade Deal Dies
How the US effort to push a trade agreement with Mexico over the line fell apart.
Adam Ashton of the Sacramento Bee Publicizes This Blog (and CalPERS’ Frustration With It)
Adam Ashton of the Sacramento Bee questions why we would want to expose public corruption and incompetence at CalPERS. No, I am not making that up.
The Bank of International Settlement’s Claudio Borio, Who Warned About the Crisis, Says the World Economy Is About to Get Very Sick
BIS chief economist Claudio Borio warns that central bankers have overdone the liquidity party, and investors are not being paid enough to take ris
Something Russia and EU Appear to Agree on – the Euro
The very rational case for Russia and the EU to trade oil in euros.
California Treasurer John Chiang Calls for an Independent Investigation of CalPERS CEO Marcie Frost’s Hiring Misrepresentations
California Treasurer John Chiang objects to CalPERS efforts to treat documented evidence of CEO Marcie Frost making repeated misrepresentations about her background as a PR problem and calls for a serious investigation.
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/26/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: Trade, Sanders and Warren, Kavanaugh goes pear-shaped, Republicans in the Midwest, media bias, new home sales, investor confidence, Tesla, Uber, National Comic Book Day, Hot Cheetos, Westminster Abbey
CalPERS’ CEO Marcie Frost’s History of Embellishment and Poor Management Goes Back to Washington
Yet more confirmation of our findings regarding CalPERS CEO Marcie Frost’s record of misrepresentations.
