Today’s Water Cooler: Open thread (with Eagles shout-out).
Saturday, August 2, 2025
Weight Gains from Trade in Foods: Evidence from Mexico
The majority of obese adults are now found in developing countries.
Banks Wince as Wells Fargo Gets a Harder Than Usual Wet Noodle Lashing from the Fed
The Fed implements some new punishments at Wells Fargo, but this is weak tea when what is needed is rat poison.
The EU as Britain’s Constitutional Stabiliser?
More than it thinks, Britain may need EU membership to preserve its national integrity and ancient constitutional settlement.
Seed Catalogs of Desire
The history of seed catalogs
Crash of Outsourcing Giant Capita with 70,000 Employees Globally Sparks New Panic
“Not another Carillion,” says UK government to soothe frazzled nerves, as entire industry is teetering.
If You Want to Expand Our Welfare System, Call It ‘Assistance to the Poor’
“Welfare” as a case study in political positioning.
CalPERS Chief Investment Office Ted Eliopoulos Now Touting Venture Capital Even Though It Can’t Improve Returns
CalPERS is about to embrace yet another bad investment idea.
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/2/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: Nunes memo released, employment situation, Bitcoin, Elon Musk, McDonalds, Ferry McFerryface
Nomi Prins: Trump’s Financial Arsonists
How Trump’s financial deregulators are arranging more gimmies to banks.
Whole Foods Becomes Amazon Hell Foods as Employees, Managers Quit, Cry on the Job….and These People Want to Run Your Healthcare?
Amazon is being its vicious self yet again, now at Whole Foods.
