Experts appear to have understated the role of economic insecurity in sparking the rise of populism.
Wednesday, August 6, 2025
2:00PM Water Cooler 5/23/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: China trade, sorghum, Clinton and Cuomo, Stacey Abrams, scamming the #Resistance, PMI Flash, new housing, architectural billings, Google, tech billionaires, model trains, Lamarckism, food trucks, “By 35….”
Beware the So-Called Mental Health “De-Stigmatization” Campaigns such as Make It OK and NAMI, for They Are Front Groups for Big Pharma
On the unsavory role of mental health advocacy groups.
Lib-Pop Politics: Italy’s New Government Is More Neoliberal Than Populist
Italy’s much ballyhooed populism is looking a lot like a sellout.
Top Private Equity Commentator Dan Primack, Even CalPERS’ Own Consultant, Diss CalPERS Indirect Private Equity Investment Scheme
CalPERS gets more thumbs down on its new private equity gimmick.
EU Shows Up UK Brexit Trade Fantasies by Opening Bi-Lateral Negotiations With Australia and New Zealand
Yet another Brexit black eye.
Reminder: Birmingham Meetup This Evening!
If you live in the area, be sure to stop by our Birmingham meetup!
2:00PM Water Cooler 5/22/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: Temporarily open thread.
Politico’s Hit Piece on Our Revolution (and Bernie Sanders)
Our Revolution in disarray?
Will TSB Ever Be Completely Fixed?
TSB’s IT meltdown has dissappeared from mainstream media headlines. But is that the end of the story?
Wolf Richter: Hilarity in NIRP Zone: Italian 2-Year Yield Still Near 0%, as New Government Proposes Haircut for Creditors and Alternate Currency, Markets on “Knife Edge”
The ECB’s Negative Interest Rate Policy has been the funniest monetary joke ever.
Charles Asubonten Has Left CalPERS; Los Angeles Times’ Mike Hiltzik Questions Competence of Executives
Chief Financial Officer Charles Asubonten has exited CalPERS.
Gaius Publius: Progressive Democrats Help Enshrine “Blue Lives Matter” Into Law
“Progressive” Democrats back “Blue Lives Matter,” an effort designed to undermine Black Lives Matter.
