Silicon Valley would never have taken off if noncompetes had been used in its early years, yet titans later restricted hiring across the industry.
Tuesday, November 18, 2025
The Oregon Republican Party Issues a Condemnation (and a Reader Query)
Soliciting reader help on identifying the ethnographics of the diehard Republican.
‘We’re Not Controlling It in Our Schools’: Covid Safety Lapses Abound Across US
America’s inability to devise and implement Covid-containment strategies in schools illustrates why the disease won’t be vanquished soon.
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/26/2021
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Poor Lives Matter, But Less
w the metrics for development and poverty, which drive policies and spending, often do the poor a disservice.
Michael Hudson: Finance Capitalism vs. Industrial Capitalism – The Rentier Resurgence and Takeover
Michael Hudson provides a deep dive into the rise and rise of the rentier under financial capitalism.
Why Is Everyone Talking About Squatters’ Rights in Covid-Ravaged Spain?
Squatters versus landlords: the battle lines are drawn as this once-in-a-lifetime crisis threatens to create a whole new generation of olvidados.
Why Apollo’s Palace Coup Against Leon Black and Further Disclosures on Jeffrey Epstein Are Not Reassuring
The few details that Apollo offered about Leon Black’s relationship to serial child rapist Jeffrey Epstein only make things look worse.
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/25/2021
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Alabama to Get New Marine Sanctuary?
Just off the Alabama coast lies a unique submerged 60,000 year-old cypress forest. Legislation is pending to preserve it from marauders.
Reader Query: Getting a Covid Vaccine in Your Area
ow difficult is the process for getting a Covid vaccine where you live?
Wolf Richter: Historic Mania in SPACs, IPOs. Huge Fees for Wall Street Banks. Mega Paydays for Insiders. Disdain for Valuations. Blind Faith that “This Time It’s Different”
SPAC mania, with billions raised: this time it’s different, everyone is saying again – another sign that the zoo has gone nuts.
Coronavirus and Banking: Evaluating Policy Options for Avoiding a Financial Crisis
A scorecard for various approaches to combatting the looming European banking crisis.
