Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Authoritative Consultant Slams Private Equity in Journal Article: Cheap Index Funds and In House Buys Beat PE Funds

Yet another authoritative source slams private equity returns.

Pain: The Next Public Health Challenge

Pain – the top joint problem in the US – differs by education.

Macroeconomics, Money (MMT Style) and Post-Brexit Recovery, All in One Twitter thread

Money, lending, government spending, QE….all explained in one tidy post!

Clouds, Cloud Formation, Climate, and the Precautionary Principle

We still cannot incorporate observational studies of cloud formation into our climate models. Does this matter?

Links 12/13/2020

It’s the Index, Stupid! Our New Not-So-Neutral Financial Market Arbiters

An overview of the recent changes in financial markets that have come from the rise of ‘passive’ investing.

Links 12/12/2020

Robert McChesney: The Decline of American Journalism

Why is US journalism in the crapper?

The Failure of the Public Health Establishment

Questioning whether the public health response to Covid is really about protecting the public.

2:00PM Water Cooler 12/11/2020

~ Today’s Water Cooler ~

Why Paying People To Get the Coronavirus Vaccine Won’t Work

More discussion of how to get the dogs to eat the vaccine dogfood.

Links 12/11/2020

On the Demise of Universities

More on how neoliberalism has been digging a grave for universities.

Medical System Cracking: New Rochelle Nurses Strike Over Unsafe Staffing Levels; Washington State Warns of Potential for “Catastrophic Loss of Medical Care”

Medical systems are already under strain due to Covid and some nurses have had enough.

It’s Time to Break Up Britain

The Tories’ shambolic, self-serving rule has stoked interest in Britain breakaways by Scotland and even Wales and the North. But are they viable?