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Thursday, December 4, 2025
Congress to Pass $17 Billion Bailout of Airlines, to Top Off Prior Bailout
Airlines are back at the trough while more and more Americans go hungry.
China Retrenches on Belt and Road Initiative as Defaults Rise
More on “Whither China?”
Brexit: Too Late for Fudge?
The options for extending the Brexit runway don’t look promising.
Market Capitalism
Some musings about late-stage capitalism and what it might take to fix it.
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/15/2020
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John le Carré Was a 21st Century Writer
Le Carré as a subversive anti-imperialist.
City of London Frets About Life After 2020
The City’s vast financial services sector benefited hugely from the creation of the euro. Now, a large part of that business is at risk.
More CO2 in the Atmosphere Hurts Key Plants and Crops More Than It Helps
A primer on CO2 and crops.
Intellectual Property Monopolies Block Vaccine Access
Vaccine profiteering is very much with us, even during a pandemic.
An Internal Medicine Doctor and His Peers Read the Pfizer Vaccine Study and See Red Flags [Updated]
The Pfizer vaccine study, hot off the presses in the New England Journal of Medicine, features troubling omissions and apparent obfuscation.
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/14/2020
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