Today I want to tell you about farmworkers.
Specifically, the child farmworkers of California's Central Valley.
As young as 12 years old.
In a blue state that is failing to ensure their health and safety.
Amazing investigation in 2 parts from our friends at @capitalandmain.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy. Part I:
Californiaβs Child Farmworkers...
And Part II, which is about the exposure of these children to toxic pesticides.
prospect.org/2025/11/28/c...
Lax Oversight, Few Inspections...
"This column presents empirical evidence that inflation is highly granular β it is significantly influenced by the prices set by a small number of large firms"
Oh.
cepr.org/voxeu/column...
The granular origins of inflat...
Turkey is a bad way to judge grocery prices because they are deliberately underpriced to get shoppers in the store so they'll get all of their other Thanksgiving needs there. That said, turkey flocks are at a nearly 40-year low after a bird flu outbreak.
foodandpower.substack.com/p/bird-flu-h...
Bird Flu Hits a Consolidated T...
Despite holding just 10 percent of all banking deposits in the U.S., credit unions charge 47 percent of the total industryβs overdraft fees.
There's now 1 Trump-y regulator left, after Trump fired the 2 Democrats from the industry's main oversight board. prospect.org/2025/11/25/c...
Credit Unions Go Large and Go ...
We also have a deep dive into credit unions, which began as an alternative to increase community lending and now have behemoths that act more like big banks, including by purchasing banks wholesale and making them tax-exempt.
This is from freelance writer Adam Willems:
prospect.org/2025/11/25/c...
Credit Unions Go Large and Go ...
The race for deposits is at the heart of rapid bank consolidation. Larger banks also typically pay less in interest, making deposits more lucrative at larger sizes.
This is driving big banks to fight the CFPB's "move your money" rule that Silicon Valley has taken up.
https://amanita.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:nztbvvo2gl4227zuxjf7gog3&cid=bafkreic6lfik2zpoti5b4tg7voeb34fkj5ym2o7rregypic4ccd5y4e6u4This is a terrific primer on the economic history of Argentina by former Argentine central banker Matias Vernengo. He explains how Milei's policies have been tried before, failed then, and will fail again.
prospect.org/2025/11/24/a...
Make Argentina Crash Again: On...
John Roberts isn't coming in for enough discredit for the Trump presidency, writes @ryanlcooper.com@bsky.brid.gy.
"Roberts turned the presidency into a kingship, and the first president to govern under this ruling has compressed a solid millennium or two of monarchical misrule into a mere ten months."
The Right-Wing Legal Movement ...