Saturday, February 7, 2026
American Life Expectancy Continues to Fall: Rise in Suicides, Overdose Deaths the Big Culprit
America’s falling life expectancy is a symptom of rising social distress.
Machine Learning and Economics
Some economists contend that machine learning and AI can improve economics.
Breaking Down What Climate Change Will Do, Region by Region
A brief recap of the newly-released Federal report on climate change.
2:00PM Water Cooler 11/29/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: Booker and tear gas, Sanders voting record, Pelosi, Hakeem Jeffries, elites and trust, Democrats and demographics, jobless claims, personal income, housing, Facebook, Amazon, bee brains, mitochondrial DNA, internships, the left in Red States, Internet of Sh*t, Louise Bourgeois
Betting on BECCS: Will Bio-Energy with Carbon Capture and Storage Help the Climate?
BECCS has big problems with its inputs and its outputs. Perhaps other solution to global warming should be prioritized.
/a>Global Uncertainty Is Rising, and That is a Bad Omen for Growth
The World Uncertainty Index reveals how uncertainty in the world has evolved over time, whether it is synchronised across countries, and how it compares across income groups and political regimes.
CalPERS PR Messaging on Private Equity Backfiring as Lack of Justification, Flailing About, Become Obvious
CalPERS looks not just reckless but also foolish as it keeps rejiggering a dubious private equity scheme that it presented as ready to go months ago.
Can Zuckerberg Survive Facebook’s Stock Selloff?
To think it was not all that long ago that Zuckerberg was contemplating a presidential bid…
2:00PM Water Cooler 11/28/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: G20, tariffs and automobile supply chains, Iowa no longer first in 2020, suburban Democrats, Twitter pundits, GDP, trade, manufacturing, corporate profits, new home sales, the Fed, climate policy, “the People,” loud restaurants, the headphone jack mourned
Corporate PACs Plot Counterstrategy to Thwart Campaign Finance Reform
The National Association of Business Political Action Committees (NABPAC), which lobbies on behalf of PACs, believes the problem with America’s system of campaign finance is there’s not enough money in politics.
Don Quijones: Wall Street Mega-Landlord Blackstone Turns Screw on Spanish Government & Property Market
Blackstone is a major operator in the Spanish property market. This post discusses the Spanish government’s plans to enact modest protections for tenants by reforming rent laws. Will the government respond to tenant needs, or give way to the private equity firm’s implicit threat to reduce its Spanish property investments? Alas, it looks likely that the government will fail to deliver on its reform pledge.
How Economists Impede Addressing Climate Change
Earth to economists: you are a big part of the climate change problem.
