Rich countries are subverting a program to assure that poor nations can afford Covid vaccines. Is a WTO mechanism a way out?
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/2/2021
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
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
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Elizabeth Warren’s Not-Ready-for-Prime-Time Robinhood/GameStop Intervention
Elizabeth Warren is back in swinging hard, but she’s not yet connecting with the balls.
My Advice to an Aspiring Economist: Don’t Be an Economist
There is a new world that is fast-overtaking us, and it needs to be seen and explained on its own terms.
The Blindness of Using Venture Capital to Fight Human Trafficking
Venture capital relies on market-based solutions to maximize short-term gains. That is no way to address worker exploitation.
The Sad Death of “Roadside America”
The story of an offbeat tourist attraction (and ginormous model railroad) in Pennsylvania
