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Saturday, August 9, 2025
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/4/2018
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Readers, I accidentally published the following cryptic list at the end of Water Cooler, twice: pyramid river foreigners One reader thought it was a cry for help; another proposed that it was a haiku. In fact, it was a do-list for me, some bite-size essays that weren’t post-worthy, but that […]
Milton Friedman’s ” The Role of Monetary Policy” – 50 Years Later
Like it or not, Milton Friedman is still very much with us.
Elon Musk’s Two Great Virtues
Elon Musk can conjure up wonderful images of the future. In the here and now, can he even produce cars (batteries? solar panels? anything?) on schedule? What is going to happen to Tesla?
Bay Hills Sues Kentucky Retirement Systems for Invoking Its Contractual Right to Dissolve Fund
Kentucky Retirement Systems is in the midst of another important alternative investments legal contest.
Conclusive Evidence of the Russian State’s Guilt in the Skripal Case Is Lacking — and That’s Important
A big crack opens up in the official story about the Skripal poisoning.
The Hudson Report: The Economic Impact of Bipartisan Bank Deregulation
Michael Hudson debunks the talking points used to sell the just-passed bank deregulation bill.
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/3/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: Chappaquiddick, motor vehicle sales, manfacturing, debt, Amtrak, Tesla autopilot and production numbers, John Williams at the Fed, dialectical memes
Hubert Horan: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Fourteen: The New Yorker Lays Out the Template for Pro-Uber Propaganda
Dissecting the New Yorker’s fawning profile of new Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi.
Gaius Publius: Stephen Hawking on What Killed the World of the Jetsons. Prelude to Thoughts on a Guaranteed Jobs Program
Hawking showed a not-surprisingly acute grasp on the implications of technological unemployment.
Worksheet for the 2018 Midterms (More Democrat Biographies and #MedicareForAll Support)
Democrat support for #MedicareForAll considered by party faction and occupation.
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/2/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: Open Thread
