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Links 12/21/2020

Brexit Event Horizon and Covid Mutation Deliver Lumps of Coal to UK for Christmas

“It’s always darkest before things go completely black.” That looks like a fit for Brexit.

Antitrust Spring

Regulators and officials are dusting off antitrust rule books to go after tech monopolists.

New Hope for Coral Restoration with “Electric Reefs”?

Can we mobilize to restore coral reefs using “mineral accretion technology” to mobilize, now that patents no longer restrict its use?

Links 12/20/2020

Wolf Richter: Who Holds the $1.65 Trillion of Apartment Building Debt amid Eviction Bans and Plunging Occupancy Rates at High Rises?

How much apartment building debt is there, and who holds it?

Links 12/19/2020

How President Biden Can Fix our Trade Problem

Trump’s approach to trade largely failed because the problem can’t be solved by tariffs. Here’s the answer.

SCOTUS: States Can Bar Pharmacy Benefit Manager Grifting

A new Supreme Court ruling upholds the ability of states to regulate pharmacy benefit managers.

We Are Fourteen Years Old

Fourteen years old and (hopefully) still making lots of trouble!

2:00PM Water Cooler 12/18/2020

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Why We Need to Adopt Friedrich Engels’ Thinking on Science in These Times

Friedrich Engels work on working class included describing how capitalists would not contrain their environmental damage.

Links 12/18/2020

Covid, the Politicization of Science, and More Questions About the Pfizer Vaccine Approval

How political considerations are getting in the way of science-based policy, as in not unduly tainted by commerce, special interests, or fashion.

Nearly 20 Years After September 11: America Hooked on All War, All the Time

Another look at America’s preoccupation with war.