The pandemic may have severe after-effects, with deaths of despair impacting more distressed and newly-vulnerable populations.
Friday, September 19, 2025
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/3/2021
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‘Will End Up Hurting Tens of Millions’: Progressives Push Back as Dems Weigh Lower Income Cutoff for Stimulus Checks
“Means testing is a form of austerity. Scaling back on stimulus would be a mistake.”
More on the GameStop Short Squeeze: GME Myths Busted
Explaining why some of the nefarious theories about the evil GME short sellers are all wet.
Investors Not Reassured by Apollo Trying to ‘Splain Leon Black’s $188 Million in Payments to Serial Child Rapist Jeffrey Epstein
Apollo is not having much success with its claim that a $188 million paid by Leon Black to Jeffrey Epstein in fees and loans was bona fide.
Covid Road to Hell Paved with Good Intentions
Rich countries are subverting a program to assure that poor nations can afford Covid vaccines. Is a WTO mechanism a way out?
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/2/2021
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Long-Haul Covid Cases Cast New Light on Chronic Fatigue Sufferers
Getting a better understanding of long Covid, including its worrisome frequency.
Some Implications of the GameStop Short Squeeze
The seeming success of the GameStop short-slayers could in the long run come at high cost to some of them and most of us.
Oxygen Becomes a Scarce Resource in Latin America’s Two Largest Economies
In the case of Mexico, criminal gangs are taking full advantage of the medical oxygen shortage, with deadly consequences.
How Financial Markets Shape Social Values and Political Views
Whocoulddanode? Investing in financial assets produces a more conservative outlook.
Could We Learn How to Talk to Trees (or Forests)?
The forest is the computer?
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/1/2021
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