The latest sighting on the student loan front is not pretty, and would be even uglier if the right metrics were used.
Tuesday, July 22, 2025
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/13/2017
Today’s Water Cooler: WTO, net neutrality, Jones, Franken, Amazon, The Fed, neoliberal epidemics.
Three Surprises on Climate Change from Economist Michael Grubb
A tiny bit of good, or perhaps more accurately, less bad news on the climate change front.
Reform Candidate for CalPERS Board, Margaret Brown, Beats Incumbent Handily; Staff and Board Apparently Shell-Shocked
As the Sacramento Bee reported, In an upset, a CalPERS critic wins a seat on the pension board: Margaret Brown, a Southern California school district administrator, unseated incumbent Michael Bilbrey in a runoff election to win a seat on the California Public Employees’ Retirement System Board of Administration. Her victory on Tuesday marks an upset […]
LEAKED: Head Of FCC Mocks Impending Destruction Of The Internet
Ajit Pai, the head of the FCC, shows his true colors. Not a pretty sight.
Doug Jones Scores Upset in Alabama Senate Race
Some initial comments on the Doug Jones win in Alabama.
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/12/2017
Today’s Water Cooler: Net neutrality, WTO, Moore v Jones, Lena Dunham, tax “reform,” Rapture Index pops, Aurelius, complexity, near misses
Sandy Hook Anniversary: Time for Insurance So Gun Owners Bear the True Cost of Gun Ownership
Time to make gun owners pay for the full cost of their hobby.
Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Eleven: Annual Uber Losses Now Approaching $5 Billion
Uber’s ever-widening losses confirms Hubert Horan’s thesis that Uber has no credible path to profit absent a radical downsizing.
Don Quijones: A New Stealth Attack in EU’s “War on Cash”
The definition of cash widens.
The DSGE Model Quarrel (Again)
Economists duke it out over a new defense of discredited but still widely used DSGE models.
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/11/2017
Today’s Water Cooler: Moore v. Jones, Unity Commission, Bitcoin, house-cleaning, open thread.
Class and Beyond: Case-Deaton’s “Deaths of Despair,” Embodiment, and Neoliberal Epidemics
Can a theory of epidemiology put a stake in the heart of neoliberalism — and identity politics?
