Saturday, August 20, 2016
The Link Between Health Spending and Life Expectancy: The US is an Outlier
Why does lavish health spending in the US produce so little in the way of results?
Gaius Publius: “You Broke It, You Bought It” – A Sanders Activist Challenges Clinton Supporters
Clinton’s hard move to the right is causing some consternation among bona fide progressives. But what will they do about it?
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/19/2016
Today’s Water Cooler: TPP copyright, Clinton’s health, Trump shakeup, campaign body language, jobs, Uber, Corbyn vids, wealth, Hitler video
Dirk Bezemer and Michael Hudson: Finance is Not the Economy
Picking apart the conflation of real capital with finance capital and explaining how that confusion undermines sound analysis of the crisis.
SEC Shamed: Whistleblower Refuses Multimillion Dollar Award Due to Ex-Deutsche Bank Attorneys at SEC Protecting Deutsche Execs (and Themselves)
Deutsche Bank whistleblower Eric Ben-Artzi makes a huge financial sacrifice to call out corruption in SEC enforcement.
Brexit Delusion Rises Even Further: City Pumping for Presumptuous, Nightmarish-to-Negotiate “Swiss Plus” Plan
The Brexit fantasies get even bigger as the City pumps for a na ga happen “Swiss plus” plan.
Care Work as the Work of the Future
Economists despair about the impact of technology on jobs. They underestimate the need for care work, as in services for the young and aged.
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/18/2016
Today’s Water Cooler: Party realignment, jobless claims, leading indicators, NY real estate, NPR kills comments, killing cash, F35, trust
Trip Reports from Sanders Delegates at the Democrat National Convention
Sanders supporters sum up their experiences in Philly.
Expansionary Fiscal Consolidation Myth
Why fiscal consolidation, which is neoliberal economists’ pet idea that austerity increases growth, is all wet.
What Do US Wages Tell Us About the Business Cycle?
Does the US business cycle have longer to run?
Hedge Funds Get More Pushback on Terms as Enthusiasm for Strategy Wanes
Investors are trimming hedge funds’ sails….finally.
