The financial services industry is about to get even more unnecessary, risk-feeding breaks, thanks in no small measure to Democrats.
Thursday, August 7, 2025
Killing a Parasite, Part 2 — How to Implement Student Debt Cancellation
How to fix the student problem – now and going forward.
2:00PM Water Cooler 3/5/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: Trump 2020, PA-18, Rules and Bylaws, services, Apple, Amazon, marijuana on NASDAQ, West Viriginia, applied mathematics
Worksheet for the 2018 Midterms (Introduction)
A preliminary look at the 2018 midterms. Will the Democrats win control of the House?
So Bad the DoJ Woke Up: Saline Bag Makers Look to Have Endangered Patients Via Illegal “Tying” and Price Gouging
Saline bags are a new example of medical industrial complex rent extraction that also put patients at risk.
Weak States: Causes and Consequences of the Sicilian Mafia
Why it might make sense to pay heed on what the Mafia hath wrought….
More Frequent Central Bank Communication Worsens Financial and Macroeconomic Forecasts
Too much communication from central banks to the market may be a problem, creating a cacophony of policy voices.
Notes on the West Virginia Teachers Strike of 2018
How this strike began, the current state of play, health care as a demand, solidarity, and the role of the Democrats
Don Quijones: The Oligopolization of Food Supply Hits a Snag
If OKed by the European Commission, the Bayer and Monsanto mega-merger would create the world’s largest supplier of seeds and farm chemicals
Even McKinsey Gets It: High Wages Improve Economic Performance
McKinsey is turning on neoliberal orthodoxy by advocating high employment, high wage, high demand policies.
FinTech and Banks
Why FinTech will not be as disruptive as its promoters would have you believe.
2:00PM Water Cooler 3/2/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: Tariffs, Texas primary, Howard Dean, consumer sentiment, “the story is changing,” West Virginia teacher’s strike
