James Galbraith: How the Fed Became Less Powerful Despite Weakened Congressional Oversight
Fifty years ago the actions of the Fed mattered. Today, as far the aggregate measures of America’s domestic economy go, they do not.
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2:00PM Water Cooler 1/8/2025
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, Syndemics; LA Palisades Fire: This is fine; Trump’s pivot to the Northern Hemisphere; More weirdness with the Vegas Tesla explosion ~
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 1/7/2025
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, Syndemics; Trump to change “Gulf of Mexico” to “Gulf of America”; “FBI Is Still Hiding Details of Russiagate”: Aaron Maté; HPMV in China ~
Read more...CDC’s Research Program on Hospital-Acquired Infections (HAIs) Minimizes Airborne Transmission
In CDC’s approach to Hospital Acquired Infections, strategies to prevent the spread of pathogens through the air are ignored or downplayed.
Read more...What Happens When Trump’s “Negotiations” Over Ukraine Quickly Hit the Wall?
The much-hyped US-Russia “negotiations” over Ukraine look dead on arrival. How will the heavily-invested Trump react?
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 12/16/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; DOGE; Kamala’s future. If any; The state of tech: like industrial chemical accident; Covid wastewater: Good news ~
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 12/5/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; UnitedHealthcare assassination: More details emerge; Boeing dropped a satellite, says new whistleblower; Nietzsche’s typewriter ~
Read more...Politics and Medicine, Medicine and Politics
On the long-standing US conflict between freedom and the rise in the scientific and professional practice of medicine, with that, authority
Read more...CDC’s Conflicted HICPAC Anti-Airborne Goons Grasp “Baggy Blues” with Cold, Dead Hands, Vote to Infect More Patients with Airborne Diseases
HICPAC improves its process a little, but with the same lethal outcome
Read more...As Biden Uses Long-Range Strikes into Russia to Create Problems for Trump, What Else Might Happen With Ukraine When Trump Takes Over?
Biden and the EU are trying to throw spanners in Trump’s desire to end the war with Ukraine. What if anything has changed?
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 11/11/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; Deploy the Blame Cannons! First head rolls at Boeing, breakup rumors; Angus Deaon on economics and economists; Sentinel intelligence ~
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 10/30/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; Biden does call Trump supporters “garbage”; About exit polling; Boeing contract talks resume ~
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 10/4/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Poltiics, syndemics; New RCP chart (it’s tied) and new Covid charts (not worsening); Kamala to throw Khan, Gensler under the bus (ka-ching); Boeing strike continues, Warren and Blumenthal call for criminal investigations of executives ~
Read more...Quelle Surprise: Ecuador’s US-Born President, Daniel Noboa, Plans to Scrap Constitutional Ban on Foreign Military Bases
During his first ten months in power, Noboa has done everything he can to place Ecuador even more firmly under Washington’s thumb.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 9/26/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; Kamala’s speeches on the economy (transcripts); Election integrity; Negotiations restart at Boeing, as suppliers and customers begin to feel pain; Potential good news on the nasal spray front (albeit a mouse study) ~
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