Why are skilled migrant programs not working all that well, in terms of employment outcomes?
Saturday, August 2, 2025
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/7/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: One Belt, One Road, 2018, United States of Care, debt, UPS negotiations, Mr. Market, HSBC, AirBnB, absolutist words
Why Is the American Left So Prejudiced About the South?
Yves here. Having spent time in the South, in general, Northerners carry huge class prejudice against Southerns. The same way a British accent is worth 20 attributed IQ points, a Southern accent is an attributed reduction of about 10 points. The Southerns I know who are not treated that way are people who managed to […]
Will Upcoming Brexit Negotiation Round Finally Cause Hard Core Brexiter Heads To Explode?
Brexit screeching gets ever louder as it becomes harder to keep reality at bay.
Bailed-Out RBS Systemically Forged Customer Signatures: Whistle-Blowers
It is not an exaggeration to call RBS evil. See some of the reasons why.
New Study Finds Cancelling Student Debt Provides Broad Economic Benefits at Low Cost
A new study out of Bard will no doubt produce a hissy fit among orthodox economists…assuming they don’t succeed in ignoring it instead In The Macroeconomic Effects of Student Debt Cancellation, Scott Fullwiler, Stephanie Kelton, Catherine Ruetschlin, and Marshall Steinbaum present a detailed examination of the costs of cancelling all student debt, public and private. […]
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/6/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: NAFTA, House races, trade, services, Mr. Market’s meltdown, The Great Unconformity, DRM, goose poop, Roiphe, grad student unions
There’s a Much Smarter Way for Cities to Plan Their Futures
Why the “smart cities” movement needs to adopt better goals and metrics.
Economies of States Versus Economies of Cities
Why are some cities doing better than the states they inhabit?
The Revenge of the Places That Don’t Matter
The idea that people are attached to the places where they live has been ignored by economists and politicians, to their peril.
What Bernie’s Historic 2016 Teaches for 2020
Sanders’ near-win in the Democratic primary with no corporate support was a first, proving that small money plus a serious message can succeed
Mr. Market Has a Meltdown
Musing on the market swan dive yesterday.
Buffett, Bezos, and Dimon Launch “An Undertaking of Great Advantage” to “Innovate” in Health Care
Decoding the press release on the new health care venture from Berkshire Hathway, Amazon, and JP Morgan.
