Sunday, July 20, 2025
Quelle Surprise! Pollution Pays!
A study of DuPont’s failure to clean up emissions of a toxic chemical shows pollution is economical rational. Too bad the remedies are lame.
Brexit Was a Cry of Financial Pain and Not the Influence of the Old
A new analysis of why voters decided for or against Brexit.
Another Disease of Despair: Rise in Hepatitis C Among Opioid Users
A rise in hepatitis C, another public health crisis in the making, shows the high cost of neglecting job creation and social safety nets.
Reminder: First Boston Meetup Tomorrow, Thursday October 19
Reconfirming our first Boston meetup! Be there or be square!
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/17/2017
Today’s Water Cooler: NAFTA, Bombardier, Clinton uranium, Women’s March, industrial production, iPhone X, the Bezzle, robots, mindfulness
Use Spare Older Workers to Overcome ‘Labour Shortages’
Getting tough about age discrimination would help address the alleged shortage of workers.
May Rebuffed in Personal Brexit Lobbying in Brussels, Yet Much of UK Press Spins Otherwise
The latest Brexit follies….
The Case of the Spitting Legionnaire
How the “spitting on our veterans” meme is a remarkable and complete inversion of the facts.
On Iran, Trump Follows Iraq War Neocons
Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson on why Trump is trying to decertify Iran even though he has admitted Iran is fully compliant with its agreement.
Balloon Dog (Orange): The Art of a Health Care Deal
What a health care solution space looks like to our highly transactional President.
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/16/2017
Today’s Water Cooler: Open Thread
An Irrational Choice: Behavioural Economist wins Nobel Prize
A round–up of reactions to behavioral economist Richard Thaler’s selection for the so-called Nobel Prize for Economics.
