Monthly Archives: March 2018

March 31, 2018

• Links 3/31/18
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Climate Policy: When Starting With the Most Expensive Option Makes Sense
  by Yves Smith 3:47 am

• How to Democratise Brexit and Take Back Control of our Future: An Appeal to Jeremy Corbyn
  by Yves Smith 2:31 am

March 30, 2018

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/30/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• How Many Opioid Overdoses Are Suicides?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/30/18
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Current Kentucky Retirement Systems Trustees Considering Throwing Predecessors Under the Bus to Get Blackstone and KKR
  by Yves Smith 6:38 am

• Why We Should Not Be Surprised Trump Could Do a Deal Over Nuclear Weapons with North Korea
  by Yves Smith 6:08 am

• Callling All Twin Cities Residents! Be Sure to Swing by the Minneapolis Meetup Tomorrow PM, Saturday March 31
  by Yves Smith 3:48 am

• Gaius Publius: How to Turn Off Third-Party Data Access to Your Facebook Account
  by Yves Smith 1:48 am

March 29, 2018

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/29/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Trumponomics, the Left and the Return of Protectionism
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/29/18
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Millennials Are Waiting For The End Of Capitalism
  by Yves Smith 5:54 am

• Bank Enthusiasm for Blockchain Waning
  by Yves Smith 3:32 am

• Wolf Richter: Tesla Slammed by Tesla (and Moody’s)
  by Yves Smith 1:20 am

March 28, 2018

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/28/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The Necessary Transience of Happiness
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/28/18
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Why Not to Expect Much from US Trade Talks With China
  by Yves Smith 5:41 am

• Job Guarantee Winning More Fans on the Left and Right
  by Yves Smith 5:13 am

March 27, 2018

• Over One Fifth of Student Borrowers Used Loans to Gamble on Cryptocurrencies
  by Yves Smith 8:43 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/27/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• How the Agricultural Revolution Changed our Social and Economic Evolution
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/27/18
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Winners and Losers as PE Firm Cerberus’s Remington “Rollup” Collapses into Bankruptcy
  by Yves Smith 5:14 am

• The Decline in Quality of Manufacturing Entrepreneurship in the US
  by Yves Smith 4:00 am

• The Brexit Transition Deal
  by Yves Smith 12:05 am

March 26, 2018

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/26/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Plastic Watch: Great Pacific Garbage Patch Grows
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 3/26/18
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Aliso Canyon Disaster Highlights Risks, Inadequate Safety Rules Governing Natural Gas Storage
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:25 am

• Brexit: UK Capitulates
  by Yves Smith 5:20 am

• Employers to Women: Could You Be Any Dumber (Please)?
  by Yves Smith 3:17 am

March 25, 2018

• Biodiversity Plummets, Posing Grave Global Threat
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 3/25/18
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Who Will Stop the US-Russia Arms Race?
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 1:25 am

March 24, 2018

• Links 3/24/18
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• The Euro Area’s Deepening Political Divide
  by Yves Smith 4:44 am

• Surveillance is the DNA of the Platform Economy
  by Yves Smith 4:33 am

March 23, 2018

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/23/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Resisting the Gig Economy: The Emergence of Cooperative Food Delivery Platforms
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/23/18
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Mr. Market Has a Hissy Fit Over Trump’s “Coming Soon” China Tariffs
  by Yves Smith 6:30 am

• Gaius Publius: Despite Officially Hating Trump, Democrats Like a Lot of What He Does
  by Yves Smith 4:00 am

• Global C02 Emissions Rise for the First Time in 3 Years
  by Yves Smith 12:21 am

March 22, 2018

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/22/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Noam Chomsky on the Populist Groundswell, U.S. Elections, the Future of Humanity, and More
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/22/18
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Was Carillion’s Collapse the Beginning of the End for the UK’s Outsourcers?
  by Yves Smith 5:31 am

• Another CalPERS Victory: CalPERS to Publish “Court Reporter Style” Transcripts
  by Yves Smith 4:29 am

• Humanity’s Meat and Dairy Intake Must Be Cut in Half by 2050 to Avoid Dangerous Climate Change
  by Yves Smith 1:31 am

March 21, 2018

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/21/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Germany’s Pivot From Russian Gas Will Be Costly
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/21/18
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Andrew Bacevich Shellacks the New York Times’ Usefully Idiotic Coverage of America’s Never-Ending Wars
  by Yves Smith 3:57 am

• CalPERS (for Once) Does the Right Thing, Votes to Retain Transcription of Meetings
  by Yves Smith 3:51 am

• Wolf Richter: Then Why Is Anyone STILL on Facebook?
  by Yves Smith 12:20 am

March 20, 2018

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/20/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Whistleblower Woes: Retaliation
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 3/20/18
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Bill Of The Month: For Toenail Fungus, A $1,500 Prescription
  by Yves Smith 5:39 am

• Central Banks in the Age of Populism
  by Yves Smith 4:39 am

• Gaius Publius: Why Climate Activists Must Include Supply-Side Restrictions in Their Recommended Policy Mix
  by Yves Smith 12:40 am

March 19, 2018

• CalPERS Violates Law and Board Procedure: Cuts Microphone of Board Member Margaret Brown After Letting Her See Only Redacted Board Transcripts, Lodging Bogus Charges
  by Yves Smith 2:50 pm

• “Welcome to Hell”: Barcelona Taxi Drivers Prepare for Uber’s Return
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/19/18
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Is Verizon Violating Its Copper Network Settlement Already?
  by Yves Smith 6:20 am

• Hidden History of How US Corporations Gained Legal Personhood and Civil Rights
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 4:55 am

• J.D. Alt: Fiat Money and Three Big Societal Challenges
  by Yves Smith 12:49 am

March 18, 2018

• Fifth Circuit Axes Fiduciary Rule: Over to the SEC
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 3/18/18
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Criminalizing Peaceful Pipeline Protests: Are Oil Billionaires Trying to Undermine Our First Amendment Rights?
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 4:25 am

March 17, 2018

• Links 3/17/18
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Economists Shocked That China Invalidates Their Pet View That Economic Liberalization Producers Political Liberalization
  by Yves Smith 5:40 am

• NYC’s Fauxgressive Mayor De Blasio Turning into a Charter School Cheerleader
  by Yves Smith 4:37 am

• Announcing Tucson Meetup for Friday, April 6
  by Yves Smith 12:56 am

March 16, 2018

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/16/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• How Well Does Financial Regulation Work?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/16/18
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Jay Clayton’s SEC Lets Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes Get Away With Brazen Fraud
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Thousands of Students Protest Gun Violence
  by Yves Smith 6:07 am

• Senate Expands ‘Lobbyist Bill’ to Deregulate Real Estate
  by Yves Smith 12:43 am

March 15, 2018

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/15/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Bottled Water, Brought to You by Fracking?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/15/18
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• What Is CalPERS Trying to Hide? Plans to Eliminate Transcription of Board Meetings, A Giant Step Backwards in Transparency and Accountability
  by Yves Smith 2:28 am

• Announcing Our Plan to Launch “CalPERS Central” Transcript Portal
  by Yves Smith 2:27 am

• 50th Anniversary of Martin Luther King’s Last Speech: Have We Left the Haunted House?
  by Yves Smith 1:58 am

March 14, 2018

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/14/2018 (with Anti-Apple Rant)
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Worksheet for the 2018 Midterms (Democrat Biographies and Backers)
  by Lambert Strether 1:25 pm

• Links 3/14/18
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Waiting for the Chinese Bear Stearns
  by Yves Smith 6:58 am

• Best Buy’s Bait and Switch Returns Policy Reveals Yet More Creepy Consumer Monitoring
  by Yves Smith 6:50 am

• Thousands of Students Protest Gun Violence
  by Yves Smith 6:07 am

• LEAKED: Trump Threatens to Launch Trade War v. Rattled China Over IP Theft
  by Yves Smith 5:40 am

March 13, 2018

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/13/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Hiding from the Tax Man, International Wealthy Style
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/13/18
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• A Battered Doctor, A Slain Patient And A Family’s Quest For Answers
  by Yves Smith 6:53 am

• Silicon Valley’s Gilded Cage
  by Yves Smith 5:36 am

• Gaius Publius: The Racial Dimension of Student Debt
  by Yves Smith 12:16 am

March 12, 2018

• A History of the European Core and Its Periphery: How an Optimal Currency Area Forms
  by Lambert Strether 5:25 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/12/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 3/12/18
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• U.S. Steel and Aluminium Tariffs: How Should the EU Respond?
  by Lambert Strether 5:55 am

• Cryptocurrencies as Prosecution Futures: Judge Rules Manipulators Can Go to Jail
  by Yves Smith 5:39 am

• Brexit: EU Tightens the Noose
  by Yves Smith 4:47 am

• Announcing Minneapolis Meetup for March 31
  by Yves Smith 12:14 am

March 11, 2018

• Puerto Rico Update: Forests, Power, Depopulation, and Privatization
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm

• Links 3/11/18
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• How to Construct a New Invisible Hand: A Conversation with Peter Barnes
  by Lambert Strether 6:40 am

March 10, 2018

• Links 3/10/18
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Putin, Trump, and the Nuclear Danger
  by Yves Smith 4:53 am

• Meet the Democrats’ ‘Dirty Dozen’ Working to Gut Financial Reforms
  by Yves Smith 4:29 am

March 9, 2018

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/9/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Brexodus: The UK May Leave the EU, but the EU May Already Be Leaving the UK
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/9/18
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• What’s Happening to Italy?
  by Outis Philalithopoulos 5:00 am

• Michael Hudson: Trump’s Travesty of Protectionism
  by Yves Smith 4:05 am

• Monetary Policy and Fiscal Discipline: How the ECB Planted the Seeds of the Euro Area Crisis
  by Yves Smith 3:21 am

March 8, 2018

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/8/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Trump’s Steel and Aluminum Tariffs: How WTO Retaliation Typically Works
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/8/18
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Seeking Reader Sightings on the State of Flyover
  by Yves Smith 5:09 am

• Why Trump Is So Clumsy About Fighting ‘Free Trade’
  by Yves Smith 4:15 am

• European Court of Justice Nixes “Investor-State Dispute Settlement” Intra EU, Raising Doubts About Its Future
  by Yves Smith 12:52 am

March 7, 2018

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/7/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• How Cuba Became a Biopharma Juggernaut
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/7/18
  by Yves Smith 6:56 am

• Crash Out Brexit Now the Defender Position
  by Clive 5:33 am

• Is “US Energy Dominance” Overhyped? Top Experts Doubts Claims About Future Net Energy Exports
  by Yves Smith 5:14 am

• How the Democrat’s Corrupt Congressional Pay-to-Play Machine Sabotages Progressives and the Popular Will
  by Yves Smith 3:33 am

March 6, 2018

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/6/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Wall Street Journal Hyping Amazon Banking: “Ridiculous, Ridiculous, Ridiculous”
  by Yves Smith 7:49 am

• Links 3/6/18
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Brexit-Induced Pillaging of the UK Starts: US Fleecing UK on Must-Have Air Transport Pact
  by Yves Smith 5:46 am

• Elizabeth Warren Slams Democrats for Helping Gut Financial Regulations
  by Yves Smith 4:00 am

• Killing a Parasite, Part 2 — How to Implement Student Debt Cancellation
  by Yves Smith 2:17 am

March 5, 2018

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/5/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Worksheet for the 2018 Midterms (Introduction)
  by Lambert Strether 12:55 pm

• Links 3/5/18
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• So Bad the DoJ Woke Up: Saline Bag Makers Look to Have Endangered Patients Via Illegal “Tying” and Price Gouging
  by Yves Smith 6:45 am

• Weak States: Causes and Consequences of the Sicilian Mafia
  by Yves Smith 6:30 am

• More Frequent Central Bank Communication Worsens Financial and Macroeconomic Forecasts
  by Lambert Strether 5:25 am

March 4, 2018

• Notes on the West Virginia Teachers Strike of 2018
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm

• Links 3/4/18
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Don Quijones: The Oligopolization of Food Supply Hits a Snag
  by Lambert Strether 5:25 am

March 3, 2018

• Links 3/3/18
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Even McKinsey Gets It: High Wages Improve Economic Performance
  by Yves Smith 4:39 am

• FinTech and Banks
  by Yves Smith 4:15 am

March 2, 2018

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/2/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Stock Buybacks Hurt Workers and the Economy. We Should Ban Them.
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/2/18
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Top NYT Editor: ‘We Are Pro-Capitalism, the Times Is in Favor of Capitalism’
  by Yves Smith 4:35 am

• Trump’s Tariff Threat to Kick Off Trade War?
  by Yves Smith 4:15 am

• MIT Study: Median Uber and Lyft Profits Less Than Half Minimum Wage; 30% of Drivers Lose Money
  by Yves Smith 2:48 am

March 1, 2018

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/1/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• With Official Unemployment This Low, Why Are Wages Rising So Slowly?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/1/18
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Tories, Trapped by Their Red Lines, Again Blame EU as Clock Runs Down
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Money: The High Cost of Betrayal
  by Yves Smith 4:53 am

• Commentary on Study Finding Gun Injuries Fall 20% During NRA Conventions Curiously Omits Some Possible Explanations
  by Yves Smith 12:54 am