Monthly Archives: November 2016

November 30, 2016

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/30/2016
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Why Has CalPERS Given Chief Investment Officer Ted Eliopoulos a $135,000 Gift Via a Bonus That Violates His Bonus Formula?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 11/30/16
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part One – Understanding Uber’s Bleak Operating Economics
  by Yves Smith 2:28 am

• Trump Starts Revealing His True Colors: Government by Plutocrats, For Plutocrats
  by Yves Smith 2:07 am

November 29, 2016

• We’re Under Attack
  by Yves Smith 11:50 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/29/2016
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Trump Loves to Win, But American Generals Have Forgotten How
  by Yves Smith 8:43 am

• Links 11/29/16
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• How the Global Left Destroyed Itself (or, All Sex Is Not Rape)
  by Yves Smith 6:31 am

• Wall Street Journal Puts Foot in Mouth and Chews Via False Claim That Tax Law Change Would Lead US Companies To Move Cash to US
  by Yves Smith 6:15 am

• Trump’s Existential Threat: Climate Change
  by Yves Smith 6:03 am

November 28, 2016

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/28/2016
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Still More Myths About Clinton’s Defeat in Election 2016 Debunked
  by Lambert Strether 1:37 pm

• Links 11/28/16
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Round Up No Suspects: The Bio Telemetry Settlement Demonstrates the Continuing Impunity of Health Care Organizational (and Other) Leaders
  by Lambert Strether 5:25 am

• Bill Black: Howard Dean Wants to Continue Austerity’s Assault on the Working Class
  by Yves Smith 4:08 am

• Oil Industry Worries About Peak Oil, as in Peak Demand
  by Yves Smith 4:00 am

November 27, 2016

• These Three Keen Websites Will Improve Your Language Skills!
  by Lambert Strether 11:55 am

• Links 11/27/16
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Bigger Cities Benefit the Rich, Harm the Poor
  by Lambert Strether 4:55 am

November 26, 2016

• Links 11/26/16
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Trumpism Has Dealt a Mortal Blow to Orthodox Economics and ‘Social Science’
  by Yves Smith 5:01 am

• Washington Post Promotes Shadowy Website That Accuses 200 Publications of Being Russian Propaganda Plants
  by Yves Smith 1:26 am

November 25, 2016

• One More Myth About Clinton’s Defeat in Election 2016 Debunked
  by Lambert Strether 1:31 pm

• Links 11/25/16
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Wolf Richter: US Pension Crisis: This is How Families Get Squeezed to Bail Out Pension Funds in Chicago
  by Lambert Strether 6:25 am

November 24, 2016

• 2:00PM Water Cooler Thanksgiving Day 2016
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links Thanksgiving Day 11/24/16
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Can Trump Really Make U.S. Coal Great Again?
  by Yves Smith 1:01 am

• Cutting Company Taxes is a Race to the Bottom
  by Yves Smith 12:01 am

November 23, 2016

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/23/2016
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• News Flash: Mary Jo White Claims SEC Produces “Bold and Unrelenting Results”
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 11/23/16
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Bill Black: Krugman’s Failure to Speak Truth to Power About Austerity
  by Yves Smith 3:16 am

• John Helmer: Cyprus Wins Victory for Sovereignity, Backed by Greek Principle and Russian Arms
  by Yves Smith 3:08 am

• 100% Renewable Powered Town Is The Best Place To Survive A Zombie Apocalypse
  by Yves Smith 12:06 am

November 22, 2016

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/22/2016
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Bill Black: Hillary’s Threat to Wage Continuous War on the Working Class via Austerity Proved Fatal
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 11/22/16
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Banks Whinge About Tougher EU Regulations to Reduce Too Big to Fail Risk
  by Yves Smith 3:22 am

• Michael Hudson: How Debt-Driven Home Price Increases Shafted Homeowners
  by Yves Smith 2:10 am

• Donald Trump: “My 100-Day Action Plan”
  by Yves Smith 1:49 am

November 21, 2016

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/21/2016
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Bill Black: Bloomberg Notices Paul Romer’s Indictment of Macroeconomics
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 11/21/16
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Economists and Trump: Straight Talk on Trade
  by Yves Smith 4:48 am

• Italy’s Bank Rescues Founder, With Small Savers and Prime Minister Renzi as Casualties
  by Yves Smith 3:10 am

• In Upset, François Fillon Beats Sarkozy, Leads Conservative Party Runoff Vote for French President
  by Yves Smith 2:29 am

November 20, 2016

• Links 11/20/16
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Where Was Roosevelt?
  by Yves Smith 3:57 am

• Thwarting Trump’s Climate Change Rollback: The Green-State Climate Agreement
  by Yves Smith 3:34 am

November 19, 2016

• Links 11/19/16
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Why Economic Recovery Requires Rethinking Capitalism
  by Yves Smith 3:18 am

• The Retreat of Financial Globalization?
  by Yves Smith 2:34 am

November 18, 2016

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/18/2016
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• India’s Cash Crisis May Take Months, Not Weeks To Resolve
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 12:55 pm

• Links 11/18/16
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Mary Jo White Leaves Behind a Weakened SEC for Trump to Weaken Further
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:25 am

• Trump Victory Kayoes TPP
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 4:55 am

• Gaius Publius: Google Scores a Pro-Monopoly Seat on Trump Transition Team
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 2:55 am

November 17, 2016

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/17/2016
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Mississippi Legislators Vote for Corruption by Voting to Make All Government Contracts Secret
  by Lambert Strether 1:25 pm

• Another Two Myths About Clinton’s Defeat in Election 2016 Debunked
  by Lambert Strether 11:30 am

• Links 11/17/16
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Tweeting Brexit: Narrative Building and Sentiment Analysis
  by Lambert Strether 6:25 am

• A Walk in the Forest After the Election
  by Lambert Strether 5:25 am

November 16, 2016

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/16/2016
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Two More Myths About Clinton’s Defeat in Election 2016 Debunked
  by Lambert Strether 12:55 pm

• Links 11/16/16
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• India’s Cash Crackdown: Chaos Continues
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:54 am

• What Will Trump’s Foreign Policy Mean for the World? An Interview With Patrick Cockburn
  by Lambert Strether 6:25 am

• USS Trump Pivots to Asia
  by Yves Smith 2:15 am

November 15, 2016

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/15/2016
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• From ObamaCare to TrumpCare: Neoliberalism Brews a Second Helping of Failure
  by Lambert Strether 12:55 pm

• Links 11/15/16
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• It’s Class, Stupid, Not Race
  by Yves Smith 6:33 am

• CalPERS Considers Cutting Out Private Equity Firms, Making Direct Investments in Companies
  by Yves Smith 6:00 am

• Wall Or No Wall: Trump Needs The Mexican Oil Industry
  by Yves Smith 12:32 am

November 14, 2016

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/14/2016
  by Lambert Strether 1:59 pm

• Three Myths About Clinton’s Defeat in Election 2016 Debunked
  by Lambert Strether 12:50 pm

• Links 11/14/16
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Philip Pilkington: Why the Pollsters Totally Failed to Call a Trump Victory, Why I (Sort Of) Succeeded – and Why You Should Listen to Neither of Us
  by Yves Smith 6:50 am

• Suspected 5th Columnist Streetwise Professor Knocks Blockchain… But Defends Elites
  by Clive 6:45 am

• Brexit and the Law
  by Lambert Strether 6:25 am

November 13, 2016

• From the Archives: “Richard Kline: Progressively Losing”
  by Lambert Strether 12:15 pm

• Links 11/13/16
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• In-Person Coaching at University versus Technology: Proactive, Constant Contact Matters
  by Lambert Strether 5:35 am

November 12, 2016

• Links 11/12/16
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Mark Blyth and Wendy Schiller – Election 2016: What Happened and Why?
  by Yves Smith 6:56 am

• France Plans to Implement Universal Biometric IDs
  by Yves Smith 6:46 am

November 11, 2016

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/11/2016
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Public Support for the Euro
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 11/11/16
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Trump To Clear Way For Oil Pipelines
  by Yves Smith 6:09 am

• Wolf Richter: What the Heck’s Going on with Foreclosures? Why this Spike?
  by Yves Smith 6:00 am

November 10, 2016

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/10/2016
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• India Moves to Severely Restrict Use of Cash, Forcing Much of Economy Into Barter
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 11/10/16
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Will Trump Be Rolled by the Republican Establishment?
  by Yves Smith 6:58 am

• Panama Papers: The Role of Western Secrecy Jurisdictions in Looting Africa
  by Yves Smith 6:35 am

• The Old Democrat Wall Street Plus Identity Politics Playbook is Dead
  by Yves Smith 6:25 am

November 9, 2016

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/9/2016
  by Lambert Strether 1:58 pm

• The Limitations of Randomised Controlled Trials
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 11/9/16
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Voters Repudiate Clinton
  by Yves Smith 4:15 am

• Bill Black: Liberals Didn’t Listen – The Immense Cost of Ignoring Tom Frank’s Warnings
  by Yves Smith 2:10 am

• Gaius Publius: TPP Is a Monopoly Protection Scheme, the Exact Opposite of a “Free Trade” Deal
  by Yves Smith 12:24 am

November 8, 2016

• 2016 Election Night Live Blog/Open Thread
  by Lambert Strether 8:30 pm

• 2:00PM Election Day Water Cooler 11/8/2016
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Monetary Policy at the Time of Elections
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 11/8/16: Election Day
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Liberalism Yet To Come: The Boundaries of the Thinkable
  by Outis Philalithopoulos 5:00 am

• Judge Jed Rakoff Throws Down Gauntlet to Judges on Lack of Due Process in America
  by Yves Smith 2:49 am

• Did the Farm Credit System Change Americans’ Thinking About Credit?
  by Yves Smith 12:51 am

• Be Sure to Join Our Election Night Live Blog/Open Thread Tomorrow Evening
  by Yves Smith 12:50 am

November 7, 2016

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/7/2016
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The Obamamometer’s Toxic Legacy: The Rule of Lawlessness
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 11/7/2016
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Neoliberalism’s Border Guard
  by Outis Philalithopoulos 5:00 am

• Whether Clinton or Trump, Tensions Will Escalate with China and Russia Under Next U.S. President
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 3:55 am

• Private Equity Energy Funds Did So Badly They Might Have to Do the Unthinkable – Pay Clawbacks
  by Yves Smith 3:13 am

• Election 2016: Playing a Game of Chicken With Nuclear Strategy
  by Yves Smith 12:57 am

November 6, 2016

• Links 11/6/16
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Wolf Richter: Come on Moody’s, Spare Us These Falsehoods: That $1.3 Trillion “Overseas Cash” Is Already in the US
  by Yves Smith 1:38 am

• A Colorado Ballot Measure Could Make it Nearly Impossible to Ban Fracking
  by Yves Smith 1:38 am

November 5, 2016

• Links 11/5/16
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Michael Hudson on Meet the Renegades
  by Yves Smith 12:59 am

• Whom to Trust: Why We Persistently Get It Wrong
  by Yves Smith 12:42 am

November 4, 2016

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/4/2016
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Easy Money is Dangerous Without Activist Fiscal Policy
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 11/4/16
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Liberalism Present: Disney’s Utopia
  by Outis Philalithopoulos 5:00 am

• Gauis Publius: TPP Has Picked Up a Powerful Enemy — Black Lives Matter
  by Yves Smith 12:31 am

• Creating a National Security State ‘Democracy,’ Or How the American Political System Changed and No One Noticed
  by Yves Smith 12:08 am

November 3, 2016

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/3/2016
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Obamamometer Whispers DAPL Sweet Nothings to Lure Progressives
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 11/3/16
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Wolf Richter: Done in by Overcapacity, Stagnant World Trade, and China, Korean Shipbuilders Collapse on Top of Taxpayers
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:55 am

• Liberalism Past: The Rise of Moral Clarity
  by Outis Philalithopoulos 5:00 am

• The Global Trade Slowdown is Both True and Non-trivial
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 2:55 am

November 2, 2016

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/2/2016
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Pardon Power: The Obamamometer’s Options
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links: 11/2/16
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Solution for Syria Requires United States to Concede on Assad
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:55 am

• Liberalism Past: the Secret Murder of Postmodernism
  by Outis Philalithopoulos 5:00 am

• Which Non-OPEC Producers Can Be Expected To Cut?
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 2:55 am

November 1, 2016

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/1/2016
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• How Your State and Local Tax Dollars Paid for Private Equity Firm TPG’s Elton John Appearance
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 11/1/16
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Liberalism Past: Not Being an Idiot
  by Outis Philalithopoulos 6:30 am

• CalPERS Reverses Itself on Its Plan to Violate California Constitution, Pave Way for Hiring Underqualified Candidate for Chief Actuary
  by Yves Smith 5:29 am

• Bill Black: Wall Street’s Apologist-in-Chief Mansplains Regulation to Senator Warren
  by Yves Smith 3:40 am

• Hope to See You at Our Dallas Meetup Tomorrow, November 2
  by Yves Smith 1:56 am