Providing the details for our upcoming NYC meetup. Hope to see you there!
Sunday, July 20, 2025
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/20/2017
Today’s Water Cooler: Open thread.
Can Manipulating the Prices of ObamaCare’s “Silver” Plans Prevent Trump’s CSR Cuts from Having Any Impact?
ObamaCare subsidies are indexed to the price of Silver plans. This creates some counter-intuitive results.
Sloppy Journalism about “Fully Autonomous” (Except Not) Robot Cars on (Some of) Manhattan’s Streets
Cuomo announces that self-driving cars will be tested on the streets of Manhattan: a critique of the press coverage
Brexit: The Economics of International Disintegration
We can estimate Brexit’s economic impact, but we do not yet understand what made people vote for it. Policy recommendations vary accordingly.
India’s Demonetization Experiment Fails to Demonetize: Cash Comes Full Circle
Cash withdrawals from Indian ATM machines are nearly back to the level of just before Modi’s demonetization shock.
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/19/2017
Today’s Water Cooler: Obama on the trail, Cory Booker, J.D. Vance, leading indicators, FedEx, Blue Apron, CHIP, Alexa, the extended mind
The “Copper” (Catastrophic) Health Insurance Plans in the Alexander-Murray Bill
Considered as a mechanism of delivering health care, Copper heath insurance plans fall short.
Michael Hudson: Socialism, Land and Banking: 2017 Compared to 1917
Why did socialism lose out in the 20th century to rentiers promoting neoliberalism?
Fossil Fuel Misinformation Helps Quash Community Effort to Ban Fracking in Youngstown, Ohio
Fossil fuel industry promotes the idea that elections are not a good use of public funds.
UK Oil And Gas Costs To Rise 100% If Brexit Fails
A concrete example of why a disorderly Brexit is not a good idea.
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/18/2017
Today’s Water Cooler: NAFTA, Trump flip on Alexander-Murray, Steve Bannon, Mnuchin on tax reform, housing starts, Amazon, coffee shops
Can Theatre Change Your Mind?
The potential and the limits of theatre and other art forms to combat confirmation bias.
