Right wingers go on tilt as AOC talks up MMT.
Sunday, February 8, 2026
2:00PM Water Cooler Martin Luther King Day 2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Open thread.
AOC’s Green New Deal as Politics
Why AOC’s Select Committee for a Green Deal Deal would be an electoral winner.
8 Percent of Americans Recently Changed Their Minds on Climate. What Gives?
If you’re trying to get someone to open their mind, you might consider the idea of a having tough, nuanced conversation … and actually hearing them out.
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Tells Corporate CEOs to Engage in Better Eyewash
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink urges corporate CEOs to go to the ramparts and take on the challenge of populists and oh so demanding Millennials.
3 Ways Trump Could Disrupt Health Care for the Better
Even fairly modest changes in health care come off as disruptive relative to what many experts are willing to endorse.
The Social Contract According to Elizabeth Warren
Warren on Uber, Federal taxes, #MedicareForAll, and theories of changes.
Wolf Richter: Bottom Suddenly Falls Out of Demand in China in Many Sectors
Suddenly weakening demand in China has now transcended company-specific issues.
Trump’s Space Force: Nuclear Lunacy
Why Trump’s effort to revive Reagan’s “Star Wars” vaporware increases the risk of nuclear war.
The Planetary Health Diet Isn’t Much Use to People Living in Food Poverty
Diet has now become political. But will the food industry support more sustainable diets, particularly for low income consumers?
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/18/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Sanders, Gabbard, Clinton, Trump 2020 preparations, hamburgers once more, industrial production, consumer sentiment, capital investment, DNA kits, Facebook, Summit Learning, fresh blood, Jeremy Grantham on climate, Jack Dorsey, revolutions podcast
Brexit: Blame It on the Banking Crisis
The parts of the UK hit hard by post-crisis austerity had a strong tendency to vote for Brexit.
