Yves here. Another wide-ranging talk by Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson, here using the current inflation as a point of departure for discussing the considerable misunderstanding of what causes inflation…
By Conor Gallagher Elected officials continue to turn to draconian measures to disappear homeless people. In addition to passing a wave of laws across the country criminalizing homelessness, California is…
By Stephan Weiler, the William E. Morgan Endowed Chair as Professor of Economics at Colorado State University, and Tessa Conroy, an economic development specialist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison /Extension.…
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. “We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.” —Will Durant (attributed to Aristotle) Policy on Covid in the…
Economy 27 January 2023, 3:00 pm. 1 minute By Reuters News Agency Reuters exclusively reported that India’s federal government is likely to keep its gross market borrowing below 16 trillion rupees ($196…
What time is it on the Moon? Nature Decriminalize Moonshine! Reason Potemkin Village Heisenberg Report. On housing. Climate Natural disasters caused $313 bln economic loss in 2022 – Aon Reuters…
Ukraine’s wholesale digitization of government services predates the war, but in the eternal spirit of never letting a good crisis go to waste and with the financial support of USAID…
By Dana Drugmand, a freelance journalist specializing in climate change, clean energy, and citizen activism. She holds a Master’s degree in Environmental Law & Policy with a certificate in Climate…
Yves here. I am preserving the title of this post by William White from the Institute of New Economic Thinking website, even though “post-Covid” will justifiably trigger some readers. However,…
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Patient readers, I apologize that this Water Cooler is so light; I’ve had a tiring couple of days. But you can talk amongst yourselves! –lambert…