Links 2/29/2024 | naked capitalism
Gonzalo Lira was born today; like Frederick in the Pirates of Penzance, February 29 would have been his birthday. –lambert The Groundhog Watchers Nautilus. Citizen science! One of world’s smallest…
Gonzalo Lira was born today; like Frederick in the Pirates of Penzance, February 29 would have been his birthday. –lambert The Groundhog Watchers Nautilus. Citizen science! One of world’s smallest…
After years of terrible leadership in the UK, and now high inflation and a recession taking place when social services, particularly the NHS, have been hollowed out, it’s actually striking…
Yves here. This post is yet another reader critical thinking exercise. We have pointed out repeatedly that Congress has abdicated responsibility for management of the economy, preferring to punt it…
Yves here. KLG looks at where “science” is today, using philosopher of science Nancy Cartwright as a point of departure. She has focused on how scientists actually do science, with…
Yves here. Many readers will no doubt recoil at the idea that the answer to bad and fragmented US election technology is yet more technology, even if open-source is arguably…
Yves here. This post describes some approaches to building housing and designing communities to reduce their environmental impact. However, this sort of thinking is long overdue. Even though many of…
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Patient readers, after an unexpected piece of good news, I broke discipine and took a (solo, Aranet4-metered) liquid lunch, so this Water Cooler is shorter…
Yves here. Richard Murphy inveighs against the UK’s hate-the-poors posture, leading off with its level of food insecurity and follow-on health costs. The UK just entered a recession after lousy…
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Patient readers, please forgive this minimalist Water Cooler as I struggle to complete a post on Taylor Swift, Adele, and Covid, plus the pandemic insurance…
Economy 09 February 2024, 9:57 am 1 minute By Reuters News Agency Reuters exclusively reported that Bank of England policymaker Jonathan Haskel, who voted to raise interest rates on February…