Saturday, July 26, 2025

2:00PM Water Cooler 10/19/2018

Today’s Water Cooler: Steel tariffs, aircraft imports, Booker, Sanders, Clinton, Democrat consultants attack nurses, home sales, apparel, Mr. Market in his happy space, Uwe Reinhardt, Teamster contract, forgotten suffragettes, law and economics, the Makerphone

Why Are We Mostly Ignoring the Climate Crisis? The Message Is Wrong

Why is there so little urgency about combatting climate change? What can be done to reverse that?

Links 10/19/18

Naked Capitalism: Ten Years After Lehman

Naked Capitalism got the last crisis right and why it will probably have the opportunity to get the next crisis right.

Brexit: Knives Out for Theresa May (Again) Over Extending Transition Period

The lay of the Brexit land is becoming clearer after the inconclusive October European Council summit.

Win for Students Having Loans From For–Profit Educational Institutions

Students get a rare break on the student debt front.

Gaius Publius: Analyzing the New NAFTA Deal — Better, But Not by Much

Why the new, improved NAFTA is only a little less bad than the old one.

Hooray! Met Our Fifth Goal, On to Our Sixth: Karōshi Prevention

Help with our sixth fundraising goal, to keep everyone at their sharpest and preventing burnout by supporting site staffing.

2:00PM Water Cooler 10/18/2018

Today’s Water Cooler: Trump and the postal subsidy, Biden 2020, Warren and the Cherokees, Sanders on foreign policy, Georgia shenanigains, Hillary Clinton, the Resistance, leading indicators, business outlook, Theranos, uber, robot cars, news deserts, Maine Question 1, books

Announcing the 2018 “Sarah Henry Double-Your-Donation Challenge”!

Sarah Henry is sponsoring a new donor challenge! Please take her up on her generosity!

Trump and Jamal Khashoggi— Saudi Arabia Has Been Bribing the US with Arms Sales for Years

An effort to put l’affaire Khashoggi in the context of the US-Saudi relationship.

Links 10/18/18

Naked Capitalism: Turning Darkness Into Light

How Naked Capitalism regularly puts the US business media to shame.

Brexit: Fatal Complacency?

EU leaders have apparently decided that dealing with Brexit isn’t a pressing matter. That’s not a good move.

Germany Clashes With The U.S. Over Energy Geopolitics

Germany lambastes the US over its threat to sanction companies that participate in Nord Stream 2.