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Saturday, August 11, 2018
Links 8/11/18
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 82 Comments »
ECB Fears Contagion from Turkish Lira Collapse, Bank Stocks Plunge
The Turkish lira’s swan dive is causing all sorts of collateral damage.
Topics: Banking industry, Currencies, Doomsday scenarios, Europe, Politics, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:12 am | 12 Comments »
Gaius Publius: Why Is Thomas Frank Puzzled?
Is Thomas Frank really puzzled about the feckless Dems? Or is he still hoping they might change their stripes?
Topics: Banana republic, Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 1:25 am | 37 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/10/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: NAFTA, tariffs and fish, China trade, Avenatti 2020, midterms, consumer prices, oil, Mr. Market, the press and intelligence, heat, habits, the mind
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 159 Comments »
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Puerto Rico: 1427 Hurricane Maria Deaths
Government of Puerto Rico presents report to Congress acknowledging 1427 Hurricane Maria details– more than twenty times the previous estimate it had given. Meanwhile, prospects for meaningful debt relief remain slight.
Topics: Banana republic, Doomsday scenarios, Global warming, Guest Post, Income disparity, Infrastructure, Politics, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 9:55 am | 9 Comments »
Links 8/10/18
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 6:55 am | 210 Comments »
73 Years After Atomic Bombing of Japan: Nuclear Threat More Immediate Than Ever
In this Real News Network interview, conducted to commemorate the 73rd anniversary of the second atomic bomb drop on Nagasaki, historian Peter Kuznick reflects on how the nuclear threat is more immediate now than at any other time since the 1950s.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Guest Post, Japan, Politics, Russia
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 4:55 am | 23 Comments »
Empires, Past and Present
Which countries fit criteria that would lead them to be classified as empires?
Topics: Globalization, Guest Post, Income disparity, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 1:52 am | 44 Comments »
When Social Policy Saves Lives: Analyzing Trends in Mortality Inequality in the US and France
Mortality data from France makes a strong case for single payer.
Topics: Guest Post, Health care, Income disparity
Posted by Yves Smith at 1:38 am | 2 Comments »
The Unforeseen Consequences Of China’s Insatiable Oil Demand
Working through the implications of China’s ever-rising energy needs.
Topics: China, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Guest Post
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:33 am | 24 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/9/2018
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Trade “Hope Is Not a Plan: The Myth of American Manufacturing” [Industry Week]. “In building a case for an American manufacturing renaissance, economists cite increasing productivity, cheap natural gas, and rising value-added figures to show that manufacturing is in good shape and will get better. Some of these positivists [sic] […]
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 167 Comments »
Fracking Fracas: BLM to Open California Public Lands
The US Bureau of Land Management yesterday took first steps to opening 1.6 million acres public lands in California to fracking, ending a five-year moratorium on such practices.
Topics: Banana republic, Environment, Guest Post, Legal, Politics, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 9:55 am | 37 Comments »
Links 8/9/18
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 6:55 am | 159 Comments »
Baltimore Set To Be First Major US City to Ban Water Privatization
The city of Baltimore is poised to denounce the privatization fairy and reject privatization of its water and sewage system.
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Privatization, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 4:55 am | 19 Comments »
Asset Prices and Wealth Inequality
How asset prices have driven the evolution of US wealth inequality over the last 70 years.
Topics: Guest Post, Income disparity, Investment management, Real estate
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:25 am | 17 Comments »



