- 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/31/15
by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm
Monthly Archives: March 2015
March 31, 2015
- Bill Black: The Homophobic Law and the Indiana Governor Who Dares Not Speak Its Purpose
by Yves Smith 9:55 am
- Links 3/31/15
by Yves Smith 6:55 am
- Fracking’s New Nemesis: Earthquake Lawsuits
by Yves Smith 12:45 am
- Federal Credit Programs and the Birth of Lemon Socialism
by Yves Smith 12:22 am
March 30, 2015
- China’s Military and Growing Political Power
by Yves Smith 9:55 am
- Links 3/30/15
by Yves Smith 6:55 am
- Amazon Requires Badly-Paid Warehouse Temps to Sign 18-Month Non-Competes
by Yves Smith 5:25 am
- Rajiv Sethi: Store Stickers and Indiana’s Law – A Separating Equilibrium
by Yves Smith 2:32 am
March 29, 2015
- Links 3/29/15
by Yves Smith 6:55 am
- Elizabeth Warren Strikes Back as Citigroup Tries to Blackmail the Democratic Party
by Yves Smith 1:47 am
- Joe Firestone: The New York Times Soft-Pedals the Dangers of the TPP
by Yves Smith 1:45 am
March 28, 2015
- Links 3/28/15
by Yves Smith 6:55 am
- Central Banks Warn: Investors May Get Crushed When They All Run for the Exits
by Yves Smith 3:21 am
- Bill Black: Meet Citi’s Ethical Underwriter Who Fought and Won: Sherry Hunt
by Yves Smith 1:37 am
March 27, 2015
- 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/27/15
by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm
- Thoughts About the Trans-Pacific Partnership
by Yves Smith 9:55 am
- Links 3/27/15
by Yves Smith 6:55 am
- The Troika’s Leverage Over Greece: The Ongoing Bank Run
by Yves Smith 5:12 am
- Ilargi: Kiev, Moscow, Bonds and Haircuts
by Yves Smith 3:24 am
- Bill Black: How FCIC Spurned Its One Chance at Greatness
by Yves Smith 1:44 am
March 26, 2015
- 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/26/15
by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm
- Mathew D. Rose: Greece – Plus ça change
by Yves Smith 9:55 am
- Links 3/26/15
by Yves Smith 6:55 am
- Matt Taibbi Takes Up SEC’s Andrew Bowden Regulatory Capture Scandal
by Yves Smith 6:50 am
- The Retirement Crisis
by Yves Smith 6:00 am
- Epic Fail for the Postal Service: The Wrong Model and the Wrong Board
by Yves Smith 4:43 am
March 25, 2015
- 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/25/15
by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm
- How Wall Street Used Swaps to Get Rich at the Expense of Cities
by Ed Walker 9:55 am
- Links 3/25/15
by Yves Smith 6:55 am
- Bill Black: The DOJ and the SEC Spurn their Ace in the Hole – Richard Bowen
by Yves Smith 2:52 am
March 24, 2015
- 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/24/15
by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm
- Billl Black: The Lessons Richard Bowen’s FCIC Testimony Should Have Taught the Nation
by Yves Smith 9:55 am
- Links 3/24/15
by Yves Smith 6:55 am
- Gaius Publius: Ron Wyden, Progressives and the TPP
by Yves Smith 5:25 am
- Video of Panel Revealing SEC Regulatory Capture Put Back On Line by Stanford Law
by Yves Smith 3:15 am
March 23, 2015
- 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/23/15
by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm
- Comments on David Harvey’s “A Brief History of Neoliberalism”
by Lambert Strether 9:25 am
- Links 3/23/15
by Lambert Strether 6:55 am
- Leaked Tsipras Letter to Merkel Shows Increased Desperation, Warns of Imminent Default
by Yves Smith 6:20 am
- The New Authoritarianism
by Lambert Strether 2:55 am
- Shale Gas: “An Orgy of Over-Production”
by Yves Smith 2:48 am
March 22, 2015
- SEC’s Andrew Bowden Regulatory Capture Scandal Hits the Major Leagues with Los Angeles Times Column
by Lambert Strether 8:25 am
- Links 3/22/15
by Lambert Strether 6:55 am
March 21, 2015
- Links 3/21/15
by Yves Smith 6:55 am
- Latest Greece Talks End in Confusion, Dissent
by Yves Smith 4:00 am
- The Coming China Crisis
by Yves Smith 1:58 am
March 20, 2015
- 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/20/15
by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm
- What Happened to the “Feel Good” Economy?
by Yves Smith 9:55 am
- Links 3/20/15
by Yves Smith 6:55 am
- Yanis Varoufakis: Of Greeks and Germans: Re-imagining our Shared Future
by Yves Smith 6:01 am
- Michael Hudson: Europe Tilts East Towards China
by Yves Smith 5:23 am
- Who Owns the Post Office?
by Yves Smith 1:00 am
March 19, 2015
- 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/19/15
by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm
- Rob Parenteau: “Goebbelnomics – Austerian Duplicity and the Dispensing of Greece
by Yves Smith 9:55 am
- Links 3/19/15
by Yves Smith 6:58 am
- Bill Black: What Does it Take to Get Fired from the SEC?
by Yves Smith 6:51 am
- Wolf Richter: Investors Crushed as US Natural Gas Drillers Blow Up
by Yves Smith 6:19 am
- Meetup in Paris on Friday April 10?
by Yves Smith 12:10 am
March 18, 2015
- IMF Labels Greece “Most Unhelpful Client in its History”
by Yves Smith 3:09 pm
- 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/18/15
by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm
- Maya MacGuineas of Fix the Debt’s Profound Fiscal Irresponsibility
by Yves Smith 9:55 am
- Links 3/18/15
by Yves Smith 6:55 am
- Negotiations with Greece Close to Breakdown as Budget Strains Worsen
by Yves Smith 6:38 am
- Tech’s Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Amazon, Facebook, Google, Apple
by Yves Smith 4:40 am
- John Helmer: IMF Loan to Ukraine Props Up Failing Banks, Enriches Oligarchs
by Yves Smith 3:28 am
- The Big Dick School of American Patriotism, and What We Make of It
by Yves Smith 1:59 am
March 17, 2015
- 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/17/15
by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm
- The SEC’s Andrew Bowden: A Regulator for Sale?
by Yves Smith 11:30 am
- Links 3/17/15
by Yves Smith 6:55 am
- Nomi Prins: The Volatility/Quantitative Easing Dance of Doom
by Yves Smith 6:42 am
- Major American Allies Ignore U.S. Pleas and Join China’s Development Bank
by Yves Smith 6:20 am
- Oil Investors, Beware The “Fracklog”
by Yves Smith 4:39 am
March 16, 2015
- 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/16/15
by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm
- Links 3/16/15
by Yves Smith 6:55 am
- Is Momentum Building in Japan Towards Signing the TransPacific Partnership?
by Yves Smith 4:44 am
- Debunking America’s Energy Fantasy: Shale Gas and Tight Oil Peak in Next Decade
by Yves Smith 12:12 am
March 15, 2015
- Links 3/15/15 (Ides of March)
by Yves Smith 6:55 am
- Yanis Varoufakis: Presenting an Agenda for Europe at Ambrosetti
by Yves Smith 12:59 am
- Can One Union Save the Beleaguered U.S. Postal Service?
by Yves Smith 12:41 am
March 14, 2015
- Links 3/14/15
by Yves Smith 6:55 am
- Wolf Richter: The US Oil Bust Just Got Worse
by Yves Smith 4:08 am
- Michael Hudson on the IMF’s Tender Ministrations in Ukraine and Greece
by Yves Smith 3:40 am
- “File Under Improving Economy, Not”
by Yves Smith 3:27 am
March 13, 2015
- 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/13/15
by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm
- Links 3/13/15
by Yves Smith 6:55 am
- The Dispiriting and Corrupt State of Email Public Records, Plus a Good Suggestion That Will Never Be Adopted
by Lambert Strether 5:45 am
- The Fed Impedes GAO Audits by Destroying Source Documents
by Yves Smith 5:11 am
- Gaius Publius: Astroturf “Progressive” Support for the TPP – Meet “270 Solutions”
by Yves Smith 2:52 am
March 12, 2015
- Bloomberg: “Consumers Aren’t Spending Even In a Booming Job Market”
by Yves Smith 7:09 pm
- 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/12/15
by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm
- Did Ireland’s 12.5 Percent Corporate Tax Rate Create the Celtic Tiger?
by Yves Smith 9:55 am
- Links 3/12/15
by Yves Smith 6:55 am
- Gail Tverberg: The Oil Glut and Low Prices Reflect an Affordability Problem
by Yves Smith 4:02 am
- The Money Laundering Web: HSBC, Margaret Hodge, Sir Alan Duncan, Vitol…and Mossack Fonseca
by Richard Smith 2:32 am
- Michael Hudson: Quantitative Easing for Whom?
by Yves Smith 12:45 am
March 11, 2015
- 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/11/15
by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm
- Penciling Out Greece’s Payment Deadlines and Budget Needs
by Yves Smith 9:55 am
- LInks 3/11/15
by Yves Smith 6:55 am
- Edwards: “Core Inflation In The US Would Be Just As Low As In The Eurozone If Measured On The Same Basis”
by George Washington 1:33 am
- Fracking Industry Conspiring To Cover Up Oklahoma Earthquake Evidence?
by Yves Smith 12:35 am
March 10, 2015
- 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/10/15
by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm
- How Badly Does Medicare Suffer from a Neo-Liberal Infestation?
by Lambert Strether 8:25 am
- Links 3/10/15
by Lambert Strether 6:58 am
- The Below-Zero Lower Bound
by Lambert Strether 4:55 am
- Dear Federal Reserve: *Now* is the Time to Raise Interest Rates? Really? Seriously?!?
by Yves Smith 12:16 am
- Did Obamacare Coverage Expansion Help Young Adults?
by Yves Smith 12:14 am
March 9, 2015
- 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/9/15
by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm
- Rob Parenteau: Why Understanding Money Matters in Greece
by Yves Smith 9:55 am
- Links 3/9/15
by Yves Smith 6:55 am
- Doug Smith: Dear Stephanie – Uh, That Thing About McDonald’s Workers That’s Missing
by Yves Smith 5:00 am
- Rationalizing Lunacy: The Policy Intellectual as Servant of the State
by Yves Smith 12:30 am
- Will Currency Manipulation Vigilance Kick Off a New Wave of Trade Protection?
by Yves Smith 12:12 am
March 8, 2015
- Announcing the Surveillance Valley Project
by Yves Smith 11:15 am
- Obama Gives Another Greatest Speech Ever, This Time In Selma
by Lambert Strether 7:55 am
- Links 3/8/15
by Lambert Strether 6:55 am
- Connections in the Modern World: Network-Based Insights
by Lambert Strether 12:55 am
March 7, 2015
- Links 3/7/15
by Yves Smith 6:55 am
- Troika Tightening the Noose on Greece as Government Cash Crunch Worsens
by Yves Smith 1:13 am
- Look Who is Selling the TransPacific Partnership
by Yves Smith 12:01 am
March 6, 2015
- 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/6/15
by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm
- Debunking the Claim that Inequality Fell After the Crisis
by Yves Smith 9:55 am
- Corporate Greed is Killing Investment
by Yves Smith 7:38 am
- Links 3/6/15
by Yves Smith 6:55 am
- HSBC’s Money Laundering Nightmare (1): Mossack Fonseca
by Richard Smith 3:00 am
- Are Pilots Deserting Washington’s Drone War?
by Yves Smith 12:21 am
March 5, 2015
- 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/5/15
by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm
- No, the Secretary of State Does Not Get to Privatize Their Email, Not Even Hillary Clinton
by Lambert Strether 8:45 am
- Links 3/5/15
by Lambert Strether 6:55 am
- Wolf Richter: “Default Monday”: Oil & Gas Companies Face Their Creditors as the Fracking Bubble Bursts
by Lambert Strether 3:55 am
- Bill Black: Question to Our Bank CEOs Who Are Criminals: “Have You No Sense of Decency”?
by Lambert Strether 3:25 am
March 4, 2015
- 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/4/15
by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm
- Robert Parenteau: The Large Fly in Krugman’s New Keynesian Soup
by Yves Smith 9:55 am
- Links 3/4/15
by Yves Smith 6:55 am
- Cecilia Nahon: Argentina vs the Vultures
by Yves Smith 6:00 am
- Impotent Western Sanctions Fail To Disrupt Russian Energy Exports
by Yves Smith 3:09 am
- The Obama Administration, Shell, and the Fate of the Arctic Ocean
by Yves Smith 2:14 am
March 3, 2015
- 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/3/15
by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm
- John Helmer: Cyprus is More Important to Russia than Greece, but Not This Important
by Yves Smith 9:55 am
- Links 3/3/15
by Yves Smith 6:59 am
- Do Greece, the Troika, and the Eurogroup Actually Have a Deal?
by Yves Smith 6:58 am
- Could Oil Prices Plummet A Second Time?
by Yves Smith 2:44 am
March 2, 2015
- 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/2/15
by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm
- Greek Kolotumbas Increasing at Disconcerting Rate
by Yves Smith 9:08 am
- Links 3/2/15
by Yves Smith 6:55 am
- Matt Stoller: The Broader Net Neutrality Narrative
by Yves Smith 6:07 am
March 1, 2015
- Links 3/1/15
by Yves Smith 6:55 am
- Nurses Unite to Stop TransPacific Partnership Fast Track
by Yves Smith 2:49 am