Co-ops can and do create more cooperation, which in turn can reform capitalism.
Wednesday, June 18, 2025
Holiday Schedule + Comments Holiday Notice
Announcing some holiday programming changes.
Social Media vs the Constitution
ocial media players like Facebook and Twitter increasingly informational town squares yet still carry themselves as private companies.
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/30/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: NAFTA, Biden 2020, Cuomo, Ellison, Gillum v. DeSantis, the CIA, jobless claims, income, AirBnB, Tesla, Swarm Technologies, Jackson Hole, Meyers-Briggs
Financial Times Publication Confirms Accuracy of Our Reporting on CalPERS CEO Marcie Frost’s Resume Misrepresentations; Board Refuses to Investigate and Instead Attacks Us
CalPERS is making credulity-straining defenses of its CEO Marcie Frost, and even a normally friendly publication isn’t buying them.
Causes of Turkey’s Crisis
Turkey is entering a major crisis, which many of the media have been quick to blame on Erdogan’s nationalist inclinations. However, the crisis has much more to do with poor economic fundamentals and the lending decisions of European banks.
The “Petrodollar” Has No Bearing on Any Country’s Ability to Employ Its People Fully
Debunking the petrodollar myth.
Marrying NAFTA and The TPP: The “US-Mexico Trade Agreement”
How a new “great” Trump trade deal is just recycled old trade deals with a new label.
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/29/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: Open thread.
Why I Hate The New York Times Front Page Redesign
Moar crapification.
Matt Taibbi on Facebook and Google Playing the Censor
Matt Taibbi weighs in on how tech giants are endangering your civil liberties.
TSB: Why Are So Few Customers Leaving a Bank that Trampled on Them?
Despite months of IT mayhem and all kinds of problems, customers cling to TSB Bank in the UK.
A Stopped Clock Asks Two Good Questions — Will Trump Resign? Will Democrats Impeach Him?
Looking at presumed end-games for the pursuit of Trump.
