China has been setting up currency swap lines with many countries. But is this an idea that is ahead of its time?
Tuesday, October 28, 2025
Daunte Wright’s Killing Makes the Case for Shrinking Police Budgets
The failure to rein in police shootings of people of color is leading to new calls to defund the police. Top Dems remains silent.
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/15/2021
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Inflation in the Aftermath of Wars and Pandemics
Challenging the conventional wisdom that government responses to Covid will generate inflation.
Michael Hudson: America’s Neoliberal Financialization Policy vs. China’s Industrial Socialism
Further discussion of the American and Chinese economic models, focusing on financialization as a central distinction.
Pricey Learning Pods Are Now Helping Vulnerable Students. Will the Trend Survive the Pandemic?
A case study of the “innovation” of learning pods, and why they are being promoted as an alternative to remote instruction.
Whither AOC?
Trying to make sense of AOC’s gambit of giving $160,000 at $5,000 a pop to Dem Congresscritters who mainly hate her.
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/14/2021
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Experts Lay Out Their Case Against Carbon Pricing
Climate change policy advocates have turned against market approcaches like carbon offsets, which have clearly failed. But what next?
Why Work at Home Is Not Likely to Thrive After the Covid Era
Despite its popularity, expect work at home to be reined in when we reach life after Covid.
Slaughter Central: The United States as a Mass-Killing Machine
Puttig some metrics on America’s dedicated killing devices, from guns to armaments.
Lessons from the First New Deal for the Next One
Whether it is called “Build Back Better” or a Green New Deal, it is imperative to reject the false dichotomy of “jobs against climate.”
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/13/2021
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day Another shore-bird. Quite the wave-form. * * * #COVID19 At reader request, I’ve added this daily chart from 91-DIVOC. The data is the Johns Hopkins CSSE data. Here is the site. I feel I’m engaging in a macabre form of tape-watching. Vaccination by region: South […]
