The Federal Reserve’s Coronavirus Crisis Actions, Explained (Part 7)
This is part 7 of my ongoing coverage of the Federal Reserve’s Coronavirus actions.
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Yes, You Can Drink the Water: Clean and Safe Public Water Supplies. Microplastics, A Plea for a Modest Post Coronavirus Priority
Leaders of countries should consider what they must do to ensure we can drink the water in a world after we have learned to cope with coronavirus.
Read more...Study: Hunters Kill Birds During Their Annual Migrations Through the East Asian-Australasian Flyway
Study: hunters slaughter birds as the undertake their annual migrations in chokepoints along the East Asian-Australasian Flyway.
Read more...Food Security: Prince Charles Calls for Furloughed Workers to Pick Berries; My Thoughts as a Former Tomato Picker
Some thoughts from a former tomato picker – moi – on the call from Prince Charles for furloughed workers to help with the food harvest in Britain.
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Bernie Sanders Says It Is ‘Nauseating’ to See Corporations Praise Frontline Workers as ‘Heroes’ While Refusing to Pay Them More
Whatever you may think of Bernie Sanders suspending his presidential campaign, his criticism of corporations who laud workers as heroes while refusing to pay them is spot on.
Read more...Wolf Richter: Week 9 of the Collapse of the U.S. Labor Market: Still Getting Worse at a Gut-Wrenching Pace
Thursday’s unemployment numbers show that the U.S. unemployment numbers have not yet bottomed out – and that instead, the problem is worsening at a gut-wrenching pace.
Read more...Department of Justice, State AGs to Target Google for Antitrust Violations, WSJ Reports
WSJ reports the DOJ and various state attorneys general will soon file antitrust lawsuits against Google, but is short on legal details.
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Climate Change: Hurricanes Getting Stronger; Cyclone Amphan Pummels Bengal
Study: climate change is worsening tropical storms. Cyclone Amphan is battering an India and Bangladesh locked down to slow COVID-19.
Read more...Why We Need the Human Touch in Contact Tracing for Coronavirus
Contact tracing with the human touch works better than the highly-touted app panaceas du jour – and without raising the same civil liberties concerns.
Read more...Covid-19 Straw Breaks Free Trade Camel’s Back
Multilateral trade negotiations under WTO auspices have gone nowhere since the late 1990s,, and COVID-19 may be the final straw.
Read more...U.S. COVID-19 Contact Tracing Programs Designed for Failure, Despite Bloomberg Money; Why Can’t the U.S. Copy the Lessons of Hong Kong’s Success?
The US has turned to contact tracing as the latest panacea for slowing the spread of COVID-19. Major flaws in the design of these programs will limit their success.
Read more...Links 5/18/2020
Storks Hatch in UK for First Time in 600 Years – Why That’s Great News for British Wildlife
In this time of worldwide COVID-19 pandemic, stork chicks hatch in the United Kingdom for the first time in 600 years.
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