Debunking Big Pharma whinging over Inflation Reduction Act drug price negotiations.
Tuesday, July 1, 2025
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/24/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; The state of the electoral college; Trump turning populist in the home stretch? Democrats: institutional advantages, political disabilitiesBoeing “Best And Final Offer” roundly rejected by machinists ~
Fog of (Dis)Information in Escalating Israel-Lebanon Conflict
Some updates on the escalating Israel-Lebanon conflict and on the poor state of reporting.
China and Mexico Seek to Deepen Cooperation As Bilateral Trade Surges to Record Levels
Amid rising diplomatic tensions with the US, Mexico’s diplomatic and economic relations with China appear to be going from strength to strength.
Days After Rate Cut, S&P’s Flash PMI Sees Rising Inflation and Exhorts the Fed to “Move Cautiously” with “Further Rate Cuts”
S&P: “The “reacceleration of inflation” suggests “the Fed cannot totally shift its focus away from its inflation target.”
Closing the Health Gap: How Chronic Illness Drives Health Inequality Early On
A look at how chronic disease by age and income cohort affects health inequality.
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/23/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; Latest on Trump assassinations; there’s now a price on Trump’s head; Spooks move toward authenticating election outcomes; Latest on MI, MT, NC, PA, etc.; Boeing $30 billion share issue to solve its $10 billion cash crunch? ~
Big Ag’s Road to Brazil
DeSmog re-launches investigative series to track agribusiness’ influence over climate and nature policy in a critical year for decisions on the future of food and farming.
The Fed’s Reactive-Looking Half-Point Rate Cut
The Fed’s half point rate reduction was unseemly large. What gives?
Atlanticism or Sovereignty? Fight in Germany Continues With Latest State Election
Germany’s loyal servants to Washington are being backed into a corner.
Cheapflation and the Rise of Inflation Inequality in 2021-2023
Big companies victimized poor consumers via cheapflation: imposing greater price increases on low price goods than higher priced items
Fauci “Shares Insights on His Career” and the (On-Going) Covid Pandemic
Fauci’s blind spots and the Covid public health debacle.
