As the private long-term care industry in the US comes under more visible stress, a 32-nation look at the success of public programs
Monday, January 20, 2025
Truce in Lebanon: Can Diplomacy Rise from the Ruins?
A wide-ranging overview of the truce in Lebanon and what might come next.
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/3/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, Syndemics ~
Wall Street Journal Tries “Recovery Finally Underway” Office Space Patter as Securitized Office Mortgage Delinquencies Hit a New Post-Crisis High of 10.4%
The Journal gets egg on its face for trying to call a bottom in the office space market even as delinquencies were accelerating
Is Fear of Hybrid War With Russia Making Cash Great (Or At Least, Necessary) Again in Europe?
As unintended consequences go, this could be a big one.
Trump Threatens BRICS Countries With 100% Tariffs if They Ditch the Dollar
Why Trump’s dedollarization tariff threat is much more bark than bite.
Self-Censorship and the Ad Hominem Inference
Identifying a key mechanism that fosters self censorship.
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/1/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; The urban-rural divide; Thomas Frank on populism (video); Blue periods …. ~
Make America Healthy Again: An Unconventional Movement That May Have Found Its Moment
The MAHA movement capitalizes on many of the nonconventional health concepts that have been darlings of the left, such as promoting organic foods and food as medicine.
Erdogan Backstabs His Way Into Center of Middle East Conflict
Ankara’s ongoing support for extremist paramilitary groups in Syria threatens ties with Russia and China, and by aiding Israel he insults the Turkish people who overwhelmingly oppose US-Israel actions in the region.
Nissan in Crisis, “12 or 14 Months to Survive,” as Size, Difficult Conditions for Non-China Carmakers Make Rescue Seem Remote
Nissan, with intensifying cash flow woes and vultures circling, looks like a canary in the coal mine for non-China carmakers.
Big Finance, Big Tech AI Titans Ride Next Wave of “Generative Biology”‘ Colonization at COP16
The COP16 biodiversity conference included Big Tech pushing black box “generative biology” AI-created DNA and related financial markets
Jay Bhattacharya, Trump’s Pick to Head the NIH, Is a Eugenicist Charlatan
Putting on my hazmat suit…
