How Are We Doing on a ‘Green New Deal?’
Could a Green New Deal make enough of a dent in greenhouse gas emissions to halt global temperature increases?
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2:00PM Water Cooler 10/3/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: USMCA/NAFTA 2.0 terms and effects, Sanders finance break-up bill, Amazon wage raise. “academic grievance studies,” Kavanaugh, mid-terms gushing cash, employment, services, capital spending, robot supermarkets, Woody Guthrie
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 9/26/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: Trade, Sanders and Warren, Kavanaugh goes pear-shaped, Republicans in the Midwest, media bias, new home sales, investor confidence, Tesla, Uber, National Comic Book Day, Hot Cheetos, Westminster Abbey
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 9/24/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: China trade and Iowa, Booker, Sanders, Kavanaugh, Rosenstein, national activity, manufacturing, Tesla, Instacart, Google Chrome
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 9/19/2018
Today’s water cooler: Temporarily open thread.
Read more...Jumping the Abyss: Marriner S. Eccles and the New Deal, 1933-1940
An in-depth look at Marriner Eccles’ ideas and policies, and how well they have withstood the test of time.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 9/13/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: China trade, Ratface Andy, hidden influencers, splitting California, consumer prices, jobless claims, Tesla shop floor, nursing homes, 1% escape plans, lotteries, empathetic technology
Read more...If You Read This Book, It’ll Make You a Radical: A Conversation with Thomas Frank
Thomas Frank on what’s the matter with America.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 8/31/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: NAFTA autos and dairy, China trade, Florida’s Gillum, Google ranking, Mark Penn, Glenn Greenwald, Papal legitimacy crisis, consumer sentiment, insider journalism, little languages
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 8/28/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: Trade, elite impunity, “Ratface Andy,” the midterms, Stormy Daniels, free college, NV machine voting debacle, consumer confidence, manufacturing, Aramco, poverty
Read more...CalPERS’ CEO Marcie Frost’s Misrepresentations Regarding Her Education and Work History During and After Her Hiring
Another apparent case of employment fraud at CalPERS, this time with CEO Marcie Frost as the perp.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 8/24/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: China Trade,tariffs and manfacturing, Joe Biden, Michael Avenatti, Andrew Cuomo, durable goods, Tesla IT, ballots, fracking, urban planning and architecture
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 8/23/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: China trade, tariffs and manufacturing, youth vote, Pelosi, Cohen drama, Amazon logistics, New York taxi drivers, DNA, bees
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 8/20/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: Chelsea Clinton, AOC, Uber, dumb phones, temporarily open thread.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 8/16/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: NAFTA, Warren on Yemen, Democrats, Manafort, Brennan, young voters, Shay’s Rebellion, business outlook, housing starts, retail, shipping, containers, CEO pay, relocation, akrasia, Aretha Franklin
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