Thursday, December 11, 2025
‘Beyond Outrageous’: Big Pharma Using Loophole to Get Taxpayers to Fund Billions in Fines for Fueling Opioid Crisis
Big Pharma firms may try and take a tax deduction for some of the $26 billion opioid settlement, thus reducing its payout.
Working From Home: Too Much of a Good Thing
Why and how much the working from home trend is likely to be unwound post Covid (assuming a post Covid).
Yanis Varoufakis: Trumpism after Trump – NEWSWEEK Magazine, Interviewed by Basit Mahmood
Varoufakis believes Biden Administration fecklessness and love of austerity will strengthen the Trump faction.
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/12/2021
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The Bank of England Should Stop Broadcasting the Views of a Comfortable Financial Elite
A “put foot in mouth and chew” episode from Bank of England chief economist Andy Haldane.
The Chip Shortage: Brought to You By American Neoliberalism
While the chip shortage will sort itself out in the next six months, the US can’t remedy its dependence on foreigners for critical supplies.
Big Money Drove the Congressional Elections—Again
The press account of the 2020 Congressional races got the money part completely wrong: Republican outspending was key to their wins.
Why Amazon Is Fighting So Hard to Stop Warehouse Workers From Unionizing
Amazon has much to answer for, like wage theft and brutal workplace condidtion, and is throwing its muscle behind not being held to account.
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/11/2021
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Why U.S. Labor Laws Need a Major Update—The PRO Act Is a Great Start
Biden is proposing some significant changes to labor law. Does the legislation live up to its billing?
The Most Fragile Oil Price Rally In History
Some of the economic forecasts underlying the bullish oil price views are so sunny I’m gonna need shades.
