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Sunday, July 27, 2025
Poop in the Loop and Other Big Cities
Big cities make dog owners responsible for cleaning up after them, so why is no one making police take care of their horse poop?
Don’t Miss Our “Come in From the Cold” NYC Meetup This Friday!
A reminder: hope you can attend our NYC meetup this Friday!
From Territorial to Functional Sovereignty: The Case of Amazon
How digital platform operators like Amazon are undermining democracy.
A Remedy for Corruption
From the health care front, positive developments and ideas to serve as a remedy to the usual diet of distressing news.
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/5/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: 2018 House and Senate horse race, Stephanie Kelton, Trump’s neurology, employment, neoliberal epidemics, “slow AI”
Selling Out Argentina’s Future—Again
How Argentina’s new neoliberal masters are driving the economy back into its old debt crisis ditch.
More Power to the Workers: Seymour Melman on Extraction by the Military, Managers, and Finance
Why workers are the nexus of production and prosperity.
Chaos in Catalonia Hits Barcelona Housing Bubble
Barcelona wanted to take some air out of its property bubble. Will it wind up getting more than it bargained for?
Amar Bhide: The Case for Traditional Banking
Amar Bhide gives a clearly-written, compelling argument against a supposed banking “innovation,” securitization.
California’s “Marijuana Revolution” (and $5 Billion Industry), and Cory Booker Does the Right Thing
Big Pharma moves in after California legalizes marijuana, as do the unions, and Cory Booker’s surprisingly good decriminalization bill.
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/4/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: Open thread. UPDATE: Sanders hate, DSA dog caucus, Franken, Republican retirements, employment, pot ETFs, brains, Turing
