Households and businesses are overloaded with debt. Richard Vague offers a set of proposals for how to restructure it.
Monday, November 24, 2025
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/17/2020
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How NAFTA Lost Democrats the South
How the New Democrats’ trade deals fractured the multi-racial coalition that Martin Luther King had helped forge in the South.
Telemedicine Tales
An MD who has supported telemedicine discusses some pitfalls in the Covid-era implementations.
Journey into a Libertarian Future: Part V – Dark Realities
A libertarian perspective on nobility, democracy, and lobbying.
Thousands of New York ‘Long Haulers’ Struggle with COVID-19 Months After Diagnosis
Some doctors estimate that there are as many as 70,000 “long Covid” patients in New York alone.
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/16/2020
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Demonizing Socialism and “Macroeconomic Populism”: Myths of Soft Budget Constraints
Some econmists have criticized industrial policy as zombie-crearting “macroeconomic populism.” Evidence indicates otherwise.
Brexit: Snake Eyes
Boris Johnson is pressing his Brexit luck, which wasn’t looking all that hot.
Isolation, Addiction, and Drug Use in the Covid-19 Moment
Covid is rough on pretty much everyone, but those with drug or other substance abuse issues are really on the ropes.
Trump’s Eviction Moratorium Opens the Door for Medicare for All by Executive Order
Since Covid-19 will be with us till at least the end oe 2021 (and I suspect longer), it opens the path for emergency Medicare for All.
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/15/2020
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Political HHS Appointees Demand Authority to Rewrite CDC Reports
Trump partisans and the ongoing war against the CDC; seeking authority to amend Mortality and Morbidity Weekly Reports.
