Today’s Water Cooler: #COVID19 chart, new national poll, Biden, Cuomo, Sanders, a reconfigured election season, manufacturing, warehouses and private equity, digital grocery shopping, Covidien, Arctic ozone hole, California #COVID19 efforts, “Tiger King,” Yale to New Haven: “Drop Dead,” tilde sites
Wednesday, July 2, 2025
Having It Easy in the Beginning, Tough in the End: How My Dad Predicted the Decline of America
This should be a time for a genuinely new approach, one fit for a world of rising disruption and disaster, one that would define a new, more democratic, less bellicose America.
Radical Imagination: Imagining How the World of Finance Really Works
Michael Hudson rings the changes on some of his favorite themes: the logic of ancient debt jubilees. and the role of finance in contemporary rent extraction.
Tax Justice and Modern Monetary Theory – A Guide
Does Modern Monetary Theory take tax justice for granted?
The CARES Act: Stimulus and Unemployment Checks
Who gets a check? How much will the check be? How long will the check take to arrive? When will the checks stop?
Why COVID-19 Will Strain the Safety Net for Homeless Vets to the Breaking Point
While the COVID-19 crisis is unprecedented, the slapdash response underscores how fragile the safety net for America’s homeless really is.
Do Not Force Us to Shut Down Comments
Comments are out of control. If you do not shape up pronto, we will be forced to shut them down.
Four Ways You Can Take Caring Action Around Coronavirus – Even if You’re Overwhelmed
Some coronavirus coping and action strategies.
The Coronavirus Stimulus Bill Is a $2 Trillion Slush Fund for Washington Cronies
Why you should hate the coronavirus “stimulus” bill.
COVID-19 and the Working Class in the United States
Whither the working class after the Sanders campaign?
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