Thursday, November 20, 2025

The Voice of Monetary Policy

A positive voice tone can lead to higher share prices and decreases in volatility, highlighting the importance of voice control for central bank communication.

Links 4/24/2021

The COVID-19 Catastrophe in India Keeps Growing

The Covid nightmare in India won’t end soon. Yet the West, despite self-interested reasons for reducing the contagion, is standing pat.

From an Un-Caring Economy to a Caring Economy: The Tax Justice Network Podcast, April 2021

“Caring economy” sounds awfully soft and fuzzy. However, it may finally be time to reject utlitarian views of how we organize our resources.

2:00PM Water Cooler 4/23/2021

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Money Alone Can’t Fix Central America – or Stop Migration to US

The US has played a big role in creating near or actual failed states in Central America. Are we capable of improving conditions?

Links 4/23/2021

Michael Hudson: Plato, Aristophanes and Aristotle on Money-Lust, 399-380 BC

While Plato, following Socrates, saw money as leading to hubris, Greek philosophers didn’t care much for working men either.

Biden’s Appeasement of Hawks and Neocons Is Crippling His Diplomacy

Is Biden’s high testosterone foreign policy a feature or a bug?

Ilargi: Ukraine Warheads

The US seems to be back in its “Fuck the EU” and frankly the American people mode over Ukraine.

2:00PM Water Cooler 4/22/2021

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The Coronavirus Crisis Within the Economy Is Far From Over – Because Reopening Creates a Whole New Type of Risk

Whither the post-Covid economy, assuming a “post-Covid”? The answer depends at least in part on where you sit.

Links 4/22/2021

CalPERS Employee Accused of Embezzling $685,000 from Beneficiary Bank and CalPERS Accounts Hasn’t Been Arrested, Much the Less Prosecuted. Why the Cover Up?

CalPERS has allowed an employee accused of massive embezzlement to go free for months rather than seek her arrest and prosecution. What is it hiding?

How America Can Curb the Epidemic of Violence Against Health Care Workers

Health care staffers are on the receiving end of violence more often than you might think, yet perilous little is done to protect them.