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The work of building biodiversity into our food systems has two distinct challenges. One is preserving the genetic material contained in the seeds and the centuries of agricultural knowledge that have developed alongside them. And two is nurturing a relationship with the seeds as living beings.

Hope you can visit with Michael Hudson and Yves at our meetup this Thursday!

Looking harder at the Australia and California fires.

The interplay of black and white economic history: slaves, freedmen, Jim Crow laws and the Great Migration.

Today’s Water Cooler: Biden, Buttigieg, Sanders, Trump, AOC’s PAC, good economic reports, blockchain, bulding empty apartments for the rich, DoorDash, Google Maps, invasive species, Inca canals, gardens, surprise billing, readlining and mortality, jobs guarantee, Buddhism and printing,

The myth of magical CEOs seems to break down in the public sector.

A law firm partner discusses SEC capture as if it were perfectly normal….which sadly, it is.

It makes strategic sense for Tesla, which is struggling mightily in the US, to try to find new markets. But the headwinds in China are even stronger.

Discussing tiny house considerations.

Todays’ Water Cooler: China trade deal, Biden, Buttigieg, Klobuchar, Sanders, Warren, Iowa caucus rules, unity drive, “artisanal mining,” Twitter, Google, Instagram, Australian bush fires and Murdoch, diet, Panama Canal water level, PFAS, Teamsters, ethics and a zombie apocalypse

A clinical look at digital money ideas for developing economies finds the benefits are narrower than boosters would have you believe.