COVID round the world and in US regions ~ Party on! ~ Biden Corvette ad (good) ~ Biden fundraising, ad spend ~ Jamaal Bowman lets the cat out of the bag ~ Employment, rail, household debt ~ Southwest ~ Chickens and teargas ~ Abolishing race ~ Employment in DC vs. New York ~ Sid!
Friday, October 24, 2025
Peter Kuznick: Why Did Americans Accept Barbaric Slaughter of Japanese Civilians?
In 1939, Roosevelt decried targeting civilians as “inhuman barbarism”. In 1945, the U.S. firebombed Japanese cities and dropped nuclear bombs.
CalPERS Chief Investment Officer Ben Meng Resigns Following Our Exposing His False, Felonious Financial Disclosure Filings and Private Equity Conflicts of Interest
CalPERS Chief Investment Officer Ben Meng has left abruptly. If you’ve been paying attention, this isn’t a total surprise.
Mass Gatherings Contributed to Early COVID-19 Mortality: Evidence from US Sports
A clever and disconcerting analysis shows how much big indoor gatherings boosted Covid-19 deaths.
Why International Financial Regulation Still Falls Short
Financial regulators still don’t like to tame bubbles even after seeing how costly it is when they go boom. Shame, that.
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/5/2020
COVID up-and-comers, swing states ~ Biden blows a gasket on cognitive testing question ~ Biden foreign policy ~ Allan Lichtman of keys fame predicts Trump loss ~ Cori Bush victory in Missouri ~ Employment, services, trade ~ Immunology ~ “The Science” ~ The Louvin Brothers ~ Adam Tooze
International Trade Has Cost Americans Millions of Jobs. Investing in Communities Might Offset Those Losses
After too many years of “Let them eat training,” a more practical answer to trade-induced job losses.
Washington Going Full Andrew Mellon as Stimulus Talks Drag, Inadequate Support Guaranteed
An inadequate second stimulus is guaranteed. The only question is “how inadequate”?
Remembering John Weeks
John Weeks was a leading critic of economic orthodoxy who dedicated his life to building a better world.
Preserve Our Post Office, Before It’s Too Late
It ought to be stunning that the Post Office needs to be defended….
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/4/2020
COVID: Party on ~ Biden as the next FDR ~ Sanders’ “10 reasons” ~ Trump interview ~ Closed Republican Convention ~ Podesta, war-gaming 2020, uses faithless electors strategy, Democrats threaten secession ~ Manufacturing, housing, employment ~ Herd immunity ~ Evictions
Call for ‘Emergency Charity Stimulus’ as Billionaire Wealth Soars and US Nonprofits Sink
Charity reform would help deploy more funds to address more Covid-19 needs, but the real remedy lies in much bolder government spending.
