Good riddance to Eric Schneiderman.
Friday, August 8, 2025
2:00PM Water Cooler 5/7/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: NAFTA, primaries, employment, lithium, cobalt, coffee, oil, robot cars, terms of service agreements, volcanoes, Liz Phair, automobile repairs
Tyler Cowen, Koch Brothers Funding, Mercatus Center, George Mason University, and Academic Freedom
Recent documents disclose how private money, from the Koch Brothers, among others, curtailed academic freedom at George Mason University, its Antonin Scalia Law School, and its associated Mercatus Center.
Brexit: Crisis Nigh
Brexit crunch time is approaching fast.
Colorado River: The Water War That Will Decide the Fate of 1 in 8 Americans
Water wars loom on the horizon, arising from overuse for generations of the Colorado River, which carved the Grand Canyon and serves as the main water source for much of the American West.
200th Anniversary of the Birth of Marx and a Revolution in Understanding History
How Marx recognized the economic forces that give rise to and perpetuate ideologies that promote injustice.
What India Can Teach the US About a Federal Job Guarantee
As Bernie Sanders’s proposal for a federal job guarantee attracts criticism, it is worth mulling India’s successful rural job guarantee program, enacted in 2005.
How Wall Street Enabled the Fracking ‘Revolution’ That’s Losing Shale Oil Companies Billions
Fracking harms the environment and shale oil companies fail to turn a profit but that doesn’t stop Wall Street from lending them huge sums of money, driven by lust for fees.
Gimme Shelter Q1 2018 Update: Rents and House Prices All at or Near New Extremes
Why buying a house looks to be a better deal than renting, even at today’s nosebleed prices.
Corbyn’s Critics: Time to Come Round
After six shocks in three years, can Corbyn sceptics face the party’s new reality?
2:00PM Water Cooler 5/4/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: China trade, Cuomo v. Nixon, DCCC. employment situation, capital spending, truck manufacturing, Blue Apron, Iowa corn, Jobs Guarantee, world’s most hair-raising U-turn
How Bill Cosby, Obama and Mega-Preachers Sold Economic Snake Oil to Black America
How neoliberal ideas infected black politics.
