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Monday, November 10, 2025
The Effect of International Scrutiny on Manufacturing Workers: Evidence from the Rana Plaza Collapse in Bangladesh
Why an analysis that argues that post-Rana Plaza interventions hurt workers in the long run looks shoddy.
Delayed Second Stimulus Already Leading to Cuts in Grocery Store Spending
Hunger is on the rise. Grocery store operators see weaker spending now that the $600/week unemployment supplements are gone.
Tom Ferguson: Biden Blurring Almost Everything
Political scientist Tom Ferguson juxtaposes the factions around Biden with how Roosevelt eventually stared down banks and corporatists in the second phase of the New Deal
You Know In Your Heart That the Day of Real Resistance Is Coming
First demonstrations across the US, now a guillotine in front of Jeff Bezos’ house. Is this more #Resistance or a system-breaking resistance?
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/27/2020
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‘Threadbare’ US System Denounced as Study Shows 12 Million Lost Employer-Tied Health Care During Pandemic
New data on how many lost their health insurance, which often means health care, due to Covid. And the numbers are not getting better soon.
Emergency Situation: The Slow-Moving Tragedy of the Russian Arctic
The Russian version of America’s flyover has it pretty bad: declining industries and environmental stress.
Another COVID Mystery: Patients Survive Ventilator, But Linger in a Coma
Another way Covid-19 can mess up people who survive the disease: protracted comas
CalPERS Board Member Theresa Taylor, Under Investigation for Multi-Year Failure to Report Income, Digs Her and CalPERS’ Hole Deeper Via Supporting Conflicted Actions Taken by Ex-Chief Investment Officer Meng
CalPERS’ Board Vice President Theresa Taylor shoots herself and CalPERS in the foot.
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/26/2020
Covid in the Midwest and regionally ~ Biden’s grief ~ Trump air war and swing states ~ Kanye West ~ Markey v. Kennedy ~ Coleman ~ Republican National Convention ~ Durable goods, two recessions, debt, Chrome debacle ~ Kenosha: Two dead ~ Executive superspreaders ~ That asteroid
How Do Banks Create Money?
A short primer on banks from a Modern Monetary Theory perspective.
