Today’s Water Cooler: Fundraising, BIden, Harris, Sanders, Steyer, Warren, Pelosi v AOC, Obama legacy, Trump emoluments case dismissed, business inflation expectations, Android apps, Amazon satellites, dependency on the automobile, PFAS everywhere, Grace Church, CBO endorses $15/hour minimum wage
Saturday, October 5, 2024
Recycling Woes: Indonesia Sends Waste Shipment Back to Australia
Developing countries are refusing to accept shipments of waste for recycling; China’s new rules on scrap metal may disrupt the worldwide market for such recycling.
‘Completely Terrifying’: Study Warns Carbon-Saturated Oceans Headed Toward Tipping Point That Could Unleash Mass Extinction Event
Carbon levels could be approaching a threshold that could trigger ocean acidification similar to that which contributed to previous mass extinction events.
Martin Wolf v. Trumponomics Whiffs Due to Fealty to Orthodoxy
The Financial Times’ Martin Wolf has a go at Donald Trump, but manages to score an own goal as far as his profession is concerned.
Is Industrial Policy Finally Legitimate?
Awfully late in the game, industrial policy gets the recognition it deserves.
2:00PM Water Cooler 7/9/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Trade and autos, Biden, Buttigieg, Sanders, Warren, fundraising, Jeffrey Epstein, small business optimism, employment, Zoom security flaw, butterfly keyboard, Amazon stores voice, maggots, no insurance for coal, the Internet and ocean rise, Mad Magazine, old codgers, gender reveals
Liquidity Fears Hit Other UK “Equity Funds” as Investors Remain Trapped in Woodford Fund
Shares of one fund plunged 22% on Friday. Other funds under pressure, raising serious questions about just how liquid “equity funds” in the UK are.
Why Busy-Ness Is So Damaging
How our economic and political order fuels busy-ness, harming both individual and community well-being.
Trump’s Version of the Iran Accord: Heads I Win, Tails You Lose
A clinical look at the Administration’s disingenuous Iran spin.
Mr. Market and the Press Diss Deutsche Bank’s Turnaround Plan
A hard look at Deutsche’s restructuring plan reveals a lot not to like
Mining and Electric Vehicles: Lithium, Nickel, Cobalt
Electric vehicle production at scale requires materials we don’t have enough of.
2:00PM Water Cooler 7/8/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Biden, Buttigieg, Gravel, Harris, O’Rourke, Sanders, Trump, Facebook and medical diagnosis, scooters, mangroves and methane, thawing permafrost, ocean heat, California coastline, political cartoons, health insurance and the tax on time, Tech bro glossary
