~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, Syndemics ~
Monday, April 21, 2025
America First Deepens World Stagnation
Quelle surprise! America First is another leg down in the developing-country-unfriendly policies the Collective West has pursued.
Larry Ellison’s Dark Vision for OUR Future
One of the few things that the Trump 2.0 administration and Keir Starmer government have in common is the amount of influence Ellison seems to wield over them.
Hubert Horan: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Thirty-Five: What Drove Uber’s Recent $8 Billion P&L Improvement?
How did Uber achieved a $8 billion P&L improvement after losing $33 billion in its first 13 years? Misleading accounting plays a big role.
Can Europe Resist Concessions to Russia in Trump’s Ukraine Agreement?
An uber neocon contends that Europe has found substitutes for Russian energy and so can and will increase sanctions on Russia.
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/24/2025
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, Syndemics; Trump and patrimonialism; Spooks stirring from slumber? Elon’s “five bullets” email debacle.HP performs minor act of de-enshittification ~
Minority Reports: How Endowment Effect Would Make Ukraine Mineral Deal as a Tar Baby; Brian Berletic on US Preserving USAID Regime Change Capabilities; John Helmer on Shambolic US Conduct of Ukraine Negotiations
Challenging mainstream and prevailing independent media views on Trump’s plans for Russia and Ukraine and the US role in the world.
Rethinking Unemployment Insurance: New Evidence on Hidden Costs
Taking moral hazard among employed workers into account has substantial effects on the welfare implications of unemployment insurance
Germany Holds an Election in an Alternate Reality
The likely new government looks determined to double down on Germany — and Europe’s — destruction.
The Recent Weakness in the German Manufacturing Sector
A look at the fallen state of German manufacturing seems to understate the implications of the conditions it describes.
We’ve Been Here Before: A Review of Thomas Frank’s “The Wrecking Crew”
Plus ça change… unless we get lucky or clever?
Pain Clinics Made Millions From ‘Unnecessary’ Injections Into ‘Human Pin Cushions’
“It’s not fraud; it’s a fact of life.”
