Today’s Water Cooler: Sanders, Harris, mid-terms post mortem, ME-02 and ranked choice voting, Atlantic Council on Russia, producer prices, wholesale trade, consumer sentiment, water wars, investors tracking carbon, billionaires, Iowa undergrad union, Apple
Saturday, February 7, 2026
Cryptocurrencies: Financial (In)stability and (Un)fairness
If private cryptocurrencies were to find widespread economic use, either coexisting with or fully displacing fiat money, the result would be increased financial instability, inequality, and social instability.
Brexit Dithering and a Labour Push for Revocation?
More Brexit motion, but progress is likely a very different matter.
Marshall Auerback: Apple Has an Early Case of GE’s Disease
Silicon Valley stars like Apple suffer from financialization—the same ailment that felled GE and Lucent.
US Policy On Iran After The Midterm Elections
A clear Senate majority gives Trump more support for playing tough with Iran. But how productive is this likely to be?
2:00PM Water Cooler 11/8/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: Suburbs in 2020, mid-terms post mortem, cybersecurity, Ginsburg cracks ribs, consumer credit, jobless claims, capital investment, Bombardier, Foxconn, Apple, infrastructure, new HR676 supporters, LSD in the Seventh Fleeet, ham radio
Stock Markets Do Not Create Value
A new study on stock price performance undermines conventional thinking.
Wolf Richter: The State of the American Debt Slaves, Q3 2018
Consumer debt continues to grind upwards.
How UK (and US) Surveillance Creates Havoc for Personal Data Movement Post Brexit
The UK’s surveillance state poses legal problems for the legality of personal data transfers to it post Brexit, and the UK and EU are not close to having a solution.
Trump Ouster of Sessions Gives New Life to Mueller Controversy
In typical Trump fashion, Trump managed to get himself in more trouble while trying to poke a stick in the eye of his opponents.
2:00PM Water Cooler 11/7/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: Hot takes on yesterday’s election.
From Brothels to Independence: The Neoliberalization of (Sex) Work
Sex workers in the UK are by now just another part of the online, freelance, customer-reviewed digital economy. They story of how they got there exposes a dangerous shift.
