Saturday, October 5, 2024
Coronavirus: More Wheels Coming Off
Some scattered but nevertheless telling signs of coronavirus impact.
The First Victims of the Oil Price War
Why Russia has the upper hand in the oil price war, and what that might mean for US shale players.
Local Covid-19 Report and Infection Modeling
More efforts to understand how efforts to contain Covid-19 might or might not be working.
2:00PM Water Cooler 3/31/2020
Today’s Water Cooler: #COVID19, new national poll, Biden steps on another rake, Sanders, Pelosi and SALT, vote-by-mail, consumer confidence, manufacturing, oil glut, air cargo, Nextdoor, ventilators, medieval lead pollution, gardening, nasal swabs, Darwin Awards for social distancing, Gannet lay-offs, podcasts slow, private equity and hospitals, Egyptian baking
Alejandro Nadal, a Giant in Global Conservation
A tribute to Alejandro Nadal, who fought for elephants and against wildlife trafficking and environmenal degredation.
Developing a Vaccine for Covid-19. What To Expect?
A quick look at the state of play for a Covid-19 vaccine.
Firing of Whistleblowing Emergency Room Doctor Ming Lin By Blackstone-Owned TeamHealth Demonstrates Outsized Role of Private Equity in Hospital Staffing
Blackstone’s TeamHealth, a big perp in the scam called “surprise billing,” retaliated against a doctor who criticized unsafe Covid-19 practices.
Brace Yourselves: The US Is Setting Up a Ghastly “Natural Experiment”
The US may be about to be exceptional…in not a good way.
Bills are Due and Payable: Workplace Strikes and Rent Strikes
A round-up of strike activity, with advice for the Sanders campaign.
2:00PM Water Cooler 3/30/2020
Today’s Water Cooler: #COVID19 chart, new national poll, Biden, Cuomo, Sanders, a reconfigured election season, manufacturing, warehouses and private equity, digital grocery shopping, Covidien, Arctic ozone hole, California #COVID19 efforts, “Tiger King,” Yale to New Haven: “Drop Dead,” tilde sites
Having It Easy in the Beginning, Tough in the End: How My Dad Predicted the Decline of America
This should be a time for a genuinely new approach, one fit for a world of rising disruption and disaster, one that would define a new, more democratic, less bellicose America.
Radical Imagination: Imagining How the World of Finance Really Works
Michael Hudson rings the changes on some of his favorite themes: the logic of ancient debt jubilees. and the role of finance in contemporary rent extraction.
