A new report examines the path to global social progress. Unfortunately, there are no easy answers.
Sunday, July 20, 2025
Gaius Publius: Progressives Ask Why So Many Unions Seem Anti-Progressive
Progressives are waking up to the fact that most unions are not on their side.
Donald Trump, Gun-Runner for Hire
Not only does America love guns but the Administration really loves gun merchants.
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/14/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: Tariff equilibria, Avenatti in Iowa, Pelosi, midterms, Wesley Bell, Strzok, paper ballots, antifa, small business optimism, single payer, out-of-network billing, collections, rain forests
Plastics: Don’t Microwave, or Place in the Dishwasher
American Academy of Pediatrics highlights health concerns for children from plastics, and recommends reducing use of plastics, and not microwaving them or placing them in the dishwasher.
Emerging Markets Swoon as Turkey Wobbles
A high level look at the upheaval in Turkey.
Medicaid Officials Target Home Health Aides’ Union Dues
Another attack on union funding.
Where in the World Is It Easiest to Get Rich?
Debunking American exceptionalism on a pet obsession: the ability to get rich.
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/13/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: NAFTA, Seth Moulton, Trump in NY-21 and NY-22, capital spending, shipping, Google’s dark patterns, capacity constraints, smart cities, ayahuasca
The Fracking Industry Is Cannibalizing Its Own Production, Increasing Spill Risks
Fracking companies are drilling too many wells in close proximity to one another, and when they frack the newer wells — known as child wells — those “bash” or “hit” the older wells, cannibalizing production and sometimes damaging the older well. The industry knows not how to solve this problem.
Hubert Horan: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Sixteen: Is Morningstar’s Horrendously Bad Uber Analysis a Preview of Uber’s IPO Propsectus?
Why a Morningstar report on Uber’s IPO prospects does not begin to add up.
CalPERS to End Direct Investments and Separately Managed Accounts, Limit Co-Investment as CIO Whinges About Difficulty of Putting Money to Work
CalPERS is about to take another great leap backwards in private equity.
The Enemy Between Us: How Inequality Erodes Our Mental Health
Inequality creates the social and political divisions that isolate us from each other.
