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Thursday, November 30, 2023
2:00PM Water Cooler 11/30/2023
Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 63 Comments »
Wall Street Journal: “Why No One Wants to Pay for the Green Transition”
The green energy transition, which truth be told has not gotten very far, is already hitting a wall.
Topics: Auto industry, Carbon credits, Doomsday scenarios, Energy markets, Environment, Free markets and their discontents, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Social policy, Social values, Taxes, Technology and innovation, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 62 Comments »
Links 11/30/2023
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 168 Comments »
The Thousand Boat Blockade-Busting Operation Changes Everything on the Gaza Front – if It Materialises
The Turkiye-sponsored thousand-boat flotilla, scheduled to set sail for Gaza this past Wednesday, looks to be a non-starter. What happened?
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Guest Post, Middle East, Politics, Russia, Turkey
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:54 am | 28 Comments »
Feds Need to Enlist Consumers to Police Eyepoppingly High Level of Medicare Advantage Ad/Marketing Fraud
Yet another reason to be leery of Medicare Advantage…..widespread deceptive marketing.
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Health care, Privatization, Regulations and regulators, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:50 am | 16 Comments »
The Destructively High Energy Cost of AI
More data on the energy cost of AI, which is projected soon to exceed that of several small countries.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Energy markets, Environment, Global warming, Guest Post, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:59 am | 28 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 11/29/2023
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Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 59 Comments »
Big Meat Unveils Battle Plans for COP28
The meat industry is coming under enough climate change pressure so as to have started messaging and astroturf campaigns.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Environment, Global warming, Media watch, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 15 Comments »
Links 11/29/2023
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:59 am | 105 Comments »
Gaza Conflict: End Game Not in Sight
While there is still tremendous uncertainty about where the conflict in Gaza is going, more Palestinian suffering near-term is baked in.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Middle East, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:58 am | 84 Comments »
New Technologies to Get Around Old Laws: Algorithms Being Used to Evade Antitrust Rules, Fix Prices and Worse
Is organizing a price-fixing cartel still illegal if an algorithm tells you to do it?
Topics: Corporate governance, Health care, Private equity, Real estate, Regulations and regulators, Technology and innovation, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:00 am | 23 Comments »
Car Dealers Warn Biden Administration to Pump Brakes on EV Plans
Auto dealers throw cold water on EV uptake hopium.
Topics: Auto industry, Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Environment, Free markets and their discontents, Global warming, Guest Post, Politics, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:55 am | 91 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 11/28/2023
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Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 44 Comments »
Why Did Argentina Elect a Right-Wing Non-Establishment Extremist?
More on the truly wacky new president of Argentina, Javier Milei who nevertheless may get some of his bad ideas implemented.
Topics: Banana republic, China, Commodities, Currencies, Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Privatization
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 23 Comments »
Links 11/28/2023
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:59 am | 111 Comments »