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Friday, May 27, 2022
2:00PM Water Cooler 5/27/2022
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 55 Comments »
Links 5/27/2022
Topics: Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 205 Comments »
How to Lose Influence and Alienate Neighbors in Latin America, the US Way
“If the US assumes that it has staunch allies [in Latin America], it is making a big mistake.”
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:45 am | 26 Comments »
Getting Out of the Rat Race: Is an “Age of Leisure and Abundance” Possible?
Why can’t we have nice things like leisure time?
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Social policy, The destruction of the middle class, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:29 am | 23 Comments »
Understanding the Global Rise in Inflation
How high demand for traded goods is generating inflation, and central banks hitting the brakes is likely to hit growth unnecessarily hard.
Topics: Dubious statistics, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Free markets and their discontents, Global warming, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:53 am | 23 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 5/26/2022
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Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 82 Comments »
Ro Khanna: ‘Freedom’ Has Been Hijacked by the Right. Let’s Take It Back
Is it too late for the left to redefine and own libertarian-possessed words like freedom?
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Health care, Income disparity, Politics, Social policy, Social values, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 65 Comments »
The Danger of Underestimating Russia
If we keep insisting on sticking with our self-serving fantasies about Russia, we are only going to dig our hole deeper.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Europe, Politics, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:58 am | 110 Comments »
Links 5/26/2022
Topics: Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 158 Comments »
Why Is America Polarized? The Answer May Surprise You
America is divided against itself as never before. Some thoughts as to why.
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Media watch, Politics, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:38 am | 129 Comments »
The EU Needs More Than $1 Trillion for Plan to Ditch Russian Oil and Gas
The EU will have to make very large expenditures to end its depencence on Russian energy. But does it also have the organizational chops?
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Dubious statistics, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Europe, Globalization, Guest Post, Infrastructure, Politics, Privatization, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:32 am | 36 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 5/25/2022
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Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 112 Comments »
Reckoning With the Growing Demand for Long-Term Care
Long-term care needs for the elderly are growing. What to do?
Topics: Guest Post, Health care, Politics, Social policy
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 26 Comments »
Links 5/25/2022
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 295 Comments »