Today’s Water Cooler: This and that for Christmas, and open thread
Thursday, July 24, 2025
Cognitive Economics: How Self-Organization and Collective Intelligence Works
The challenge of understanding self-organizing groups.
Financial Stability Regulations: A (Non) Progress Report
A survey of major financial reform initiatives finds they have been insufficient. That’s not an accident.
Net Neutrality: The Coming Battles in the Congress and the Courts
Net Neutrality and the Congressional Review Act, Blackburn’s bill, suits from state AGs Schneiderman and Ferguson, and the Internet Association
Next Phase in Forcing Biometric Tracking on Consumers
Ironically, banks in Mexico lead the way.
One-Third of Puerto Rico Won’t Have Christmas Tree Lights Because They Still Don’t Have Power
Lack of power in Puerto Rico, with ripple effects on the water supply, air pollution, and hospitals
Michael Hudson: He Died for Our Debt, Not Our Sins
“Most religious leaders say that Christianity is all about sin, not debt. But actually, the word for sin and debt is the same in almost every language.”
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/22/2017
Today’s Water Cooler: Boeing and Embraer, Clinton 2018, California, tax reform, durable goods, manufacturing, Bitcoin rout, ACA enrollment
Debunking Mainstream Economists on Secular Stagnation and the Loanable Funds Fallacy
An important, accessible takedown of the loanable funds theory, on which a ton of bad policy rests.
Thomas Cox: A Sweet Christmas Gift for a Client in Maine
Nationally famed foreclosure defense attorney Tom Cox scores a Maine Supreme Court win that saved a client’s home right before Christmas.
