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Thursday, August 11, 2022
Is the US Underestimating China’s Space and Counterspace Capabilities?
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:27 am | No Comments »
The IRA Drug Price ‘Victory’
A high-level description of the empty bag known as the Inflation Reduction Act’s drug price controls.
Topics: Guest Post, Health care, Macroeconomic policy, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Ridiculously obvious scams, Social policy
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:52 am | No Comments »
Chip Shortages And Inflation Are Plaguing The Auto Industry
Chip woes still bedevil carmakers, to the degree that auto quality ratings are down, particularly for preimum vehicles.
Topics: Auto industry, Economic fundamentals, Guest Post, Pandemic, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:09 am | 6 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/10/2022
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Bird Song of the Day Black-and-white Triller (Northern), Ilocos Norte, Philippines. * * * Politics “But what is government itself, but the greatest of all reflections on human nature?” –James Madison, Federalist 51 “They had learned nothing, and forgotten nothing.” –Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Périgord “Here’s food for thought, had Ahab […]
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 105 Comments »
Italy’s Upcoming Election and Its Ongoing Neoliberal Project
More on the EU upset over Italy’s move to the right, like the expected success of Brothers of Italy (Fratelli d’Italia) in Sept. elections.
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Europe, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Social policy, Social values
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 12:45 pm | 10 Comments »
Links 8/10/2022
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:58 am | 292 Comments »
China And Saudi Arabia Intensify Energy Cooperation With Critical Deal
How China rescued bin Salman and leveraged that relationship into a deal that advances China’s aim of making the kingdom a client state.
Topics: China, Energy markets, Globalization, Guest Post, Middle East, Politics, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:23 am | 25 Comments »
Third Time May Not Be Charm for Patel as Voters Reluctant to Embrace Generational Change
A case study of why voters are inclinded to stick with office-holders well past their sell-by dates.
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Politics, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:10 am | 19 Comments »
How Employers Are Trying to Thwart a Wave of Union Drives
Union organizers are making headway, as measured by the more-aggressive cororate efforts to hobble them.
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Legal, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Social policy, Social values, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:25 am | 7 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/9/2022
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 112 Comments »
April Fool’s Inflation Medicine Threatens Progress
The world verges on recession. Central bank interest rate increases further slow growth without quelling supply-side cost-push inflation
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 28 Comments »
Links 8/9/2022
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 329 Comments »
Costa Rica’s New Government Overturns Covid-19 Vaccine Mandate, Launches Investigation Into Pfizer Contract
“We could end up in jail” if we disclose details of the former government’s contract with Pfizer, says the country’s Health Minister.
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:45 am | 18 Comments »
Wrong Way CalPERS Increased Private Equity Allocation by Over 50% as Investors Are Dumping Holdings
The Financial Times reports that private equity investors are running for the exits as CalPERS plans to pile on.
Topics: CalPERS, Dubious statistics, Investment management, Investment outlook, Politics, Private equity
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:29 am | 14 Comments »
America, Land of the Dying? Alarming Study Shows U.S. Killing Its Own Population
American became an outlier among rich countries in mortality rates pre pandemic, and Americans are dying younger than their peers abroad.
Topics: Banana republic, Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Hedge funds, Income disparity, Politics, Social policy, Social values, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:46 am | 58 Comments »