Thursday, October 3, 2024

Boeing Again Pushes Back Guesstimated 737 Max “Good to Go” Date to Mid 2020 as Company Bleeds Cash

Yet more bad news for the 737 Max.

Precarity: A Political Problem

‘Free market’ advocates claim that the rise of precarity was inevitable, as opposed to the result of political decisions.

Hope To See You! NYC Meetup Tomorrow, Thursday January 23 With Michael Hudson

Meetup reminder! Hope you can join us!

2:00PM Water Cooler 1/21/2020

Today’s Water Cooler: China trade deal, Biden, Bloomberg, Sanders, Sanders “apology” to Biden, Warren, impeachment, shipping and climate, Amazon hand recognition, AI regulation, SEC and “ghost revenue,” Extinction Rebellion, ozone and the Arctic, “Cats”, the marshmallow test, Oxford comma

Jeff Bezos’ Not So Excellent Indian Adventure: Modi Government Disses Inept Amazon

India’s top BJP ministers show cold shoulder to foreigner bearing “gifts”- the Amazon promise to create jobs- and push back accordingly.

Links 1/21/2020

The Lords and Ladies of Discipline: An Interview with Matt Stoller

Matt Stoller explains how economics reinforces established power relations.

In Historic Shift, Second Largest Physicians Group in US Has New Prescription: It’s Medicare for All

The 159,000-member American College of Physicians cal for major changes to the US health care system and endorse Medicare for All.

Thoughts on Warren, Sanders and the Convention: Warren’s Choice?

Unpacking the implications of the Warren attack on Sanders.

The New York Times Dual Endorsement of Klobuchar and Warren: This Ain’t It, Chief

Lambert puts on his yellow waders and ventures out on the Times Editoral Board…

A European Green Deal Will Not Work Without Refocusing Productivity

A welfare-oriented European Green Deal needs to focus on resource and energy productivity, not raising labour productivity.

Links 1/20/2020

Brexit: Digging In

Brexit again gets ugly.

Sex Workers Can Tell You Why Sex Work Is Work – Speak to Them

Combatting mispercptions about sex work, paritcularly the need for better work condiions.

Lake Erie, Toxic Algae, and Mobilizing to Protect Toledo’s Drinking Water by Declaring the Lake a Person

How Toledo citizens mobilized to protect the Lake Erie ecosystem by declaring it to be a person with rights, the reaction of the corporations and the State, and how you can help.