On the remarkable surge of interest in and attacks against MMT by mainstream economists and pundits.
Sunday, February 8, 2026
Boeing Crapification: Second 737 Max Plane Within Five Months Crashes Just After Takeoff
Another Boeing 737 aircraft crashed minutes after takeoff in Addis Ababa yesterday, killing all 157 passengers on board, in circumstances similar to last October’s Lion Air crash in Indonesia. Consequences for Boeing depend on what the just-recovered voice and data recorders reveal.
2:00PM Water Cooler 3/11/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: China trade, Biden, Gillibrand, Harris, Sanders, resistance grifters, retail sales, business inventories, leading indicators, Facebook, Boeing, investors and deforestation, wetland carbon storage, sea level rise, animal traction, grievances, emojis, browser tabs
The 2020 Democrats of the ‘Anti-Green New Deal Coalition’
The Green New Deal proposal has exposed widening rifts within the Democratic Party as presidential candidates begin fleshing out their 2020 platforms.
Medicare for All (the Perplexed)
A French lesson on Medicare for All.
Is a War With Iran on the Horizon?
Why the US might be dumb enough to start a hot war with Iran.
India Bans Plastics Waste Imports, While Fossil Fuel Plastics Pushers in US and China Ramp Up to Party On
Kudos to India for banning plastics waste imports, to focus on solving its own waste management problem. Meanwhile, fossil fuel interests ramp up plans to produce more plastics.
Bill Black Analyzes Brad DeLong’s Stunning Concession: Neoliberals Should Pass the Baton and Let the Left Lead
Bill Black analyzes Brad DeLong’s concession that neoliberals should get out of the way and let the left lead since their coalition with Republicans did not work.
Economic Consequences of the U.S. Convict Labor System
US counties with convict labor often have lower wage and employment growth
Charter School Cap Efforts Gain Momentum
Evidence increasingly shows that charter schools damage public schools, fueling campaigns to stop charter school growth.
2:00PM Water Cooler 3/8/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Brown, Harris, Hickenloope, Sanders strategy, Warren on monopolies, Ilan Omar, Obama legacy, economics after neoliberalism, economics and equilibria, republican virtue, K-Pop, Google, wettest winter, methane, local news, W.E.B. DuBois, International Women’s Day 2019
Power Failure and Blackout: An Update on the Situation in Venezuela
It seems to be taking the United States rather a long time to topple the Maduro government.
