We use restaurant reviews posted to Yelp to study segregation of consumption along racial and ethnic lines in New York City
Sunday, July 20, 2025
Shocking the Shock Doctrine: What Recovery in Puerto Rico Could Look Like
How an anti-neoliberal recovery plan is starting to get traction in Puerto Rico.
Hope to See You at Our NYC Meetup Today! Philly, Atlanta, and Birmingham Meetups Soon!
NYC area denizens: hope to see you later today! A good time will be had by all at our meetup!
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/23/2017
Today’s Water Cooler: Temporarily open thread!
The Situation in Puerto Rico: The Roads
Efforts to repair the road system in Puerto Rico seem grossly incommensurate to the scope and degree of the damage.
US Treasury Rates Hit Nine-Year Highs
But the yield spread collapses to lowest since early in the Financial Crisis. Even the Fed is worried.
Why Those Looking for the Next Crisis May be Looking in the Wrong Places
More and more experts are nattering nervously about market risk and occasionally using the “crisis” word. What are the potential hazards?
Treasury Secretary Mnuchin’s Forked Tongue on Tax Cuts for the Wealthy
It is an insult to intelligence for Steven Mnuchin to claim that the Trump tax plan isn’t a sop to the rich. That’s the GOP’s raison d’etre.
Rajoy Goes Nuclear on Catalonia’s Separatists, Seeks Suspension of Autonomy, National Takeover of Local Police and Public Broadcasting; Political and Economic Risk High
Spain’s prime minister Rajoy has set in motion a takeover of the government in Catalonia. What might happen next?
Oleg Deripaska, Supposed Ally of Paul Manafort, Slapped Down by Washington Court
Oleg Deripaska, Russia’s aluminium oligarch, has lost his campaign to stop negative press reporting of his business conduct
Worst Health Care Revolving Door Case So Far, Version 2.0? – From President of Lilly USA to US Secretary of Health and Human Services?
Trump is managing the difficult task of setting new lows in the revolving door category.
Enlightenment Then, Enlightenment Now
On the role of the Scottish Enlightenment.
