Bernie Sanders discusses how concentrated economic power is distorting American politics and society.
Sunday, February 8, 2026
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/6/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: Sanders, Biden, Beto, NC election theft, Democrat number crunchers, Pueblo Sin Fronteras, Maersk, productivity, employment situation, manufacturing, services, trade, carbon and industry, Trump, and Diblasio, blogging, Tony Bourdain, hippies and vibes
Why “Green Growth” Is an Illusion
Wishful thinking and tinkering like “green growth” won’t cut it. Nothing short of a mass mobilization for deep de-carbonization across the global economy can avert the looming climate catastrophe.
Brexit: More Unicorns
The Brexit situation has developed not necessarily to the advantage of Theresa May.
Huawei CFO, Daughter of Founder and Possible Heir Apparent, Arrested in Canada on a US Extradition Request on Charges of Transfer of US Technology to Iran
A US criminal case targeting Huawei has thrown a big spanner into US-China relations.
George Herbert Walker Bush and the Myth of the ‘Good’ Gulf War
Correcting revisionist history about Bush the Senior and the first Gulf War.
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/5/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: Aluminum and steel tariffs, Beto and Obama, the crowded Democrat field, lame duck power grabs, Bush hagiography, Jeffrey Epstein, mortgages, cobalt, Google, social media, coal, hospitals, single payer, charter school strike, gut bacteria in your brain
G20: You Can Smell Tear Gas in the Streets as the Oil Industry Squabbles
What the G20 and OPEC meetings mean for the political relations, economies, and people of the world.
Brexit: May Bloodied but Not Yet Bowed
Theresa May continues to exhibit her remarkable capacity for taking punishment. Too bad it’s not for good ends.
Our New York Magazine Article: “Uber Is Headed for a Crash”
A clinical look at Uber’s economics and prospects.
U.S. Treasury Sanctions Bitcoin Wallets For First Time
The long arm of US law reaches into bitcoin wallets.
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/4/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: Trash and trade, Neera Tanden, Beto 2020, ME-02, NC, WI, motor vehicle sales, LNG, rentals, Google, MasterCard universal identity, clean coal, marijuana legisation, Women’s March, STD, carbohydrates and fat
The Impact of Inheritance Taxes on the Labor Supply of Heirs
Inheritance tax cuts cost non-currency-issuing governments more than just the lost inheritance tax revenues.
