A missive from Bill Black to Senator McCain.
Thursday, August 7, 2025
Announcing Birmingham Meetup for Next Wednesday, May 23
Announcing our meetup in Birminingham next week.
Do Not Even Consider Using the Voice Over Internet Service Vonage
Vonage deserves to die as a business for what they have put me through.
2:00PM Water Cooler 5/15/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: China trade negotiations, Joe Biden, Democrat messaging, retail sales, inventories, manufacturing, Apple, Uber, Tesla, defense industry, “weather event attribution,” optimization, robots, Hawking’s funeral
Official Unemployment Is at 3.9%? Economist Robert Pollin Says It Is More Like 12%
Why the headline unemployment numbers give a wildly rosy picture of the state of US labor markets.
Back to the Future with Empire Oil
A network of oil companies arond Mayfair, but registered in Britain’s offshore tax-haven network, provides a snapshot of the new imperialism.
Corbyn Backs Hard Brexit
Jeremy Corbyn links arms with Theresa May on Brexit.
CalPERS Chief Investment Officer Ted Eliopoulos to Leave at Year End; Investment Office Adrift Due to Senior Level Vacancies
Why the departure of Ted Eliopoulos from CalPERS could wind up being the end of an era.
Update: CalPERS Chief Financial Officer Charles Asubonten Now Not Presenting at Board Meeting Today
A bit of evidence suggests that Charles Asubonten may be on his way out of CalPERS.
Worksheet for the 2018 Midterms (First Ripples of “The Wave”?)
First signs of a wave election.
2:00PM Water Cooler 5/14/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: Open Thread
Cryptocurrencies’ Challenge to Central Banks
The risks of introducing a central bank digital currency are high while the efficiency gains do not seem large. A more efficient system can be achieved via innovation in current payment infrastructure.
Trump Willing to Give a China a Break on Sanctions Against ZTE Electronics. What Gives?
Trump again does what he seems to do best, the unexpected, with a Sunday tweet offering a break to sanctioned Chinese electronics maker ZTE. How does this fit into the US-China trade spat?
