Monthly Archives: July 2018

July 31, 2018

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/31/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Misperceptions About Immigration and Support for Redistribution
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/31/18
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• New York Evicts Internet Provider For High-Speed Failure
  by Yves Smith 6:09 am

• CalPERS Former CFO Charles Asubonten’s Appeal of Termination Confirms Due Diligence Failure by CalPERS; Will Board Hold CEO Marcie Frost and General Counsel Matt Jacobs Accountable?
  by Yves Smith 4:15 am

• Missed Visits, Uncontrolled Pain And Fraud: Report Says Hospices Lacks Oversight
  by Yves Smith 4:06 am

July 30, 2018

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/30/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Emoluments Decision: No Way Back Machine
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 1:55 pm

• Links 7/30/18
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Surprise, Surprise: Energy Department LNG Export Study Draft Ignores Climate Change
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:55 am

• Debunking the Putin Panic with Stephen F. Cohen
  by Yves Smith 4:27 am

• More Brexit Grim Tidings: WTO Warns Ireland to Prepare for Crash-Out; Deutsche Moves Half of Euro Clearing Ops to Germany; Food Freakout
  by Yves Smith 4:00 am

July 29, 2018

• Ocean Wilderness Vanishing
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 7/29/18
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Taxcast: A Firewall to Protect EU Citizens from the Big Four Accountancy Firms and the Tax Avoidance Lobby
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 3:25 am

July 28, 2018

• Links 7/28/18
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Bill Maher Leads Attack on Larry Wilkerson over Trump Meeting with Putin
  by Yves Smith 2:49 am

• Google Android: European ‘Techlash’ or Milestone in Antitrust Enforcement?
  by Yves Smith 1:36 am

July 27, 2018

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/27/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Can the Migration Plan of Spain’s PSOE Reverse the Fortunes of Europe’s Social Democrats?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/27/18
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Michel Barnier Nixes Theresa May’s Customs Union Scheme as Bad Brexit Dynamics Worsen
  by Yves Smith 6:03 am

• Tom Engelhardt: Three Failing Experiments – Mine, America’s Humanity’s?
  by Yves Smith 2:07 am

• China Pumps $74B Into Banks Amid Credit Crisis
  by Yves Smith 12:03 am

July 26, 2018

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/26/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The World Is Hot, on Fire, and Flooding. Climate Change is Here.
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/26/18
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• CalPERS Pays $3.4 Million to Dow Jones to Settle Massive Copyright Infringement That We Exposed
  by Yves Smith 4:44 am

• The Middle Precariat: The Downwardly Mobile Middle Class
  by Yves Smith 2:37 am

• Financial Times: Chinese Officials “Awed” by Trump’s “Skill as a Strategist and Tactician”
  by Yves Smith 1:44 am

July 25, 2018

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/25/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• 10 Down-to-Earth Things Powell Said about Cryptocurrencies
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/25/18
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Brexit Crash Out Virtually Certain
  by Yves Smith 6:10 am

• Michael Hudson: Argentina’s New $50 Billion IMF Loan Is Designed to Replay its 2001 Crisis
  by Yves Smith 2:14 am

• The Regulation That Could Push Oil To $200
  by Yves Smith 1:22 am

July 24, 2018

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/24/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Argentina 20 Years On: Has the IMF Really Changed Its Ways?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/24/18
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Reader Coping Strategies for Engaging With Committed Liberals
  by Yves Smith 5:31 am

• America’s Subprime Economy
  by Yves Smith 4:08 am

• Why Is CalSTRS Continuing to Out-Perform CalPERS?
  by Yves Smith 2:32 am

July 23, 2018

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/23/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Worksheet for the 2018 Midterms (Status Quo, with a Look at the Winners So Far)
  by Lambert Strether 12:55 pm

• Links 7/23/18
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• (Mis)Adventures in Portland and a Visit to Occupy ICE
  by Yves Smith 5:36 am

• The Missing Profits of Nations
  by Lambert Strether 2:25 am

• John Feffer: Trump Doctrine as Kamikaze Antiglobalism
  by Yves Smith 12:15 am

July 22, 2018

• Usage Examples of “Our Intelligence Community”, with Implications
  by Lambert Strether 3:55 pm

• Links 7/22/18
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• A New Way to Think About Solving the World’s Biggest Problems
  by Lambert Strether 2:25 am

July 21, 2018

• Links 7/21/18
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Trump Tariffs Hit Largest US Aluminum Company, ALCOA
  by Yves Smith 1:14 am

• Economy of Intangibles
  by Yves Smith 12:35 am

July 20, 2018

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/20/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Cumulative Stress Impairs Great Barrier Reef Recovery
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 7/20/18
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Migrants, Pro-Globalization “Leftists,” and the Suffocating Middle Class
  by Outis Philalithopoulos 6:06 am

• Tariq Ali: “No Real Choice” at the Ballot Box for the People of Pakistan
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:25 am

• Marshall Auerback: Trump’s Trade War with China Will Cause an Economic Catastrophe — Here’s a Better Solution
  by Yves Smith 1:13 am

July 19, 2018

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/19/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:15 pm

• Obama Continues His Long Con at the Nelson Mandela Annual Lecture
  by Lambert Strether 1:50 pm

• Links 7/19/18
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Google Bitten by 2nd Antitrust Fine in the EU, $5 Billion, Hugest Ever Anywhere. Third Waiting in the Wings
  by Lambert Strether 3:55 am

• Can Globalization Be Reversed?
  by Yves Smith 3:23 am

• Marshall Auerback: How Plan to Replace LIBOR Will Cement Fed’s Role as Global Central Banker
  by Yves Smith 12:27 am

July 18, 2018

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/18/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Gun Control: Remington Rejects Navajo Nation Bid
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 7/18/18
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Net Neutrality: FCC’s Scuppering Will Stand; Meanwhile, India Adopts World’s Most Sweeping Protections
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:50 am

• Commandos Sans Frontières: The Global Growth of US Special Operations Forces
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 3:55 am

• Don Quijones: Multiyear, Job-Creating, Mass-Tourist Boom in Spain Runs Out of Steam
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 2:25 am

July 17, 2018

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/17/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Why I Hate Google, Twitter, and Facebook
  by Lambert Strether 1:50 pm

• Trump Administration Succeeds at Securing Confirmation of US Attorneys
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 7/17/18
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Gaius Publius: Facebook Launches TV News Feed; Fox News Prominently Featured
  by Yves Smith 2:37 am

• The National Insecurity State and the United States of Inequality
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 am

• Meetup Reminders! Portland with Gaius Publius on Wednesday July 18, Seattle July 19
  by Yves Smith 12:12 am

July 16, 2018

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/16/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Good News? Percentage of Americans Who Believe Climate Change is Real Reaches New High
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 7/16/18
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Has Mueller Caught the Hackers?
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:55 am

• Michael Hudson: Argentina Gets Biggest IMF Loan in History
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 4:55 am

• EU Elite on the (Far) Right Side of History
  by Yves Smith 1:33 am

July 15, 2018

• Four Rs: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and…Repair
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 7/15/18
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Can Trump, Israel, and Gulf Allies Get Putin to Turn On Iran?
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 3:55 am

July 14, 2018

• Links 7/14/18
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Reproducibility Crisis Reaches All Randomised Controlled Trials
  by Yves Smith 2:52 am

• Trump’s Visit Marks the Start of Shock Doctrine Brexit
  by Yves Smith 12:30 am

July 13, 2018

• Meetups on Deck! San Francisco This Saturday, July 14; Portland with Gaius Publius Next Wednesday, July 18; Seattle July 19
  by Yves Smith 8:47 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/13/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Two Senate Democrats Call for Investigation into Smart TVs
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 7/13/18
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• From Donald Trump to Theresa May: How a US-UK Network Pushes Climate Science Denial and Lobbies for a Hard Brexit — Mapped
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 4:55 am

• Gaius Publius: Which Would Be Harder to Ban, Single-Use Plastic or Money-Bought Government?
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 3:25 am

July 12, 2018

• Why Is CalPERS’ Staff Serving Up Tech Charlatanism to Its Board?
  by Yves Smith 10:54 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/12/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Labor Migration as a Human Supply Chain
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm

• Links 7/12/18
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Leaving Money on the Table: Declining Responsiveness and the Productivity Slowdown
  by Lambert Strether 4:55 am

• Interim Report on Lambert’s 2018 Garden
  by Lambert Strether 3:25 am

• Mexico’s President-Elect Plans to End the Nation’s War on Drugs
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 am

July 11, 2018

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/11/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• UN Reports One-Third of Fish Caught Wasted
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 7/11/18
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Iran Sanctions Are Different This Time
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:55 am

• Michael Olenick: Update Confirms That Share Buybacks Are Still Corporate Suicide
  by Yves Smith 2:14 am

• Meetups Coming Soon! San Francisco This Saturday, July 14; Portland Next Wednesday, July 18 and Seattle, Thursday July 19
  by Yves Smith 12:10 am

• The Political Representation of the European People
  by Yves Smith 12:06 am

July 10, 2018

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/10/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The “Illegals” and Our Professional Classes
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm

• Links 7/10/18
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• How Data Service Naviance Helps Students of Elite High Schools Get Into Top Colleges
  by Yves Smith 2:45 am

• A Baby Was Treated With A Nap And A Bottle Of Formula. The Bill Was $18,000.
  by Lambert Strether 2:25 am

• Gaius Publius: How to Block the Trump Nomination: Shut Down the Senate
  by Yves Smith 12:45 am

July 9, 2018

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/9/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Who, Exactly, Are the “Illegals,” Anyhow?
  by Lambert Strether 11:55 am

• Links 7/9/18
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• SEC Knifes Its Whistleblower Program
  by Yves Smith 4:41 am

• Beyond Nord Stream 2: A Look at Russia’s Turk Stream project
  by Lambert Strether 3:55 am

• David Davis Resignation Throws UK Brexit, Cabinet Into Chaos
  by Yves Smith 1:20 am

July 8, 2018

• The Jobs Guarantee, “Make-Work,” and FDR’s Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm

• Links 7/8/18
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Why Mexican Farmers Are Hopeful About López Obrador’s Win
  by Yves Smith 12:22 am

July 7, 2018

• Links 7/7/18
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• As the Yield Curve Flattens, Threatens to Invert, the Fed Discards it as Recession Indicator
  by Lambert Strether 3:55 am

• Europe Isolates China Trade Cheat
  by Yves Smith 12:04 am

July 6, 2018

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/6/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Fast Fashion: Recycling No Panacea
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 7/6/18
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Pruitt Resigns as EPA Chief: So What?
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:25 am

• Bill Black: Fed Lets Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley Off Hook, Investors Profit Billions
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 3:55 am

• Gaius Publius: SF Chronicle OpEd – The Next U.S. Constitution Is Forming now
  by Yves Smith 12:54 am

July 5, 2018

• Meetup Reminders! Chicago Meetup Friday July 6; Sunday July 8 Meetup in Green Bay
  by Yves Smith 7:27 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/5/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Was Martin Luther King a Socialist?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/5/18
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Iran Threatens To Close the Strait of Hormuz
  by Yves Smith 12:48 am

• Richard Murphy: Ignore the Gini Coefficient – Real Inequality Is Growing and People Are Suffering as a Result
  by Yves Smith 12:33 am

July 4, 2018

• Links 7/4/18
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Interview: Teaching Graham Elwood Modern Money, and How the Progressive Media Gets It Wrong
  by Yves Smith 3:29 am

• Why Don’t Americans Take More Vacations? Blame It on Independence Day
  by Yves Smith 3:15 am

• Meetups Coming Soon! Friday July 6 in Chicago, Sunday July 8 in Green Bay
  by Yves Smith 1:25 am

July 3, 2018

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

• Links 7/3/18
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Anthony Kennedy and Our Delayed Constitutional Crisis
  by Yves Smith 3:15 am

• Richard Murphy: Stock Markets Look Ever More Like Ponzi Schemes
  by Yves Smith 3:08 am

• Holiday Schedule
  by Yves Smith 2:24 am

July 2, 2018

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

• As Industry Pushes Billion-Dollar Fracked Petrochemical Projects, State Regulators Struggle To Keep Up
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:25 am

• Links 7/2/18
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• EU Calls Trump’s Bluff on Auto Tariffs as Trump Tries Dead on Arrival WTO Exit Plan
  by Yves Smith 4:26 am

• Women (and Men) of the World, Unite! How to Stand Up to Extremist Orthodox Jews Who Demand You Give Up Your Airline Seat
  by Yves Smith 2:48 am

• California Passes Online Privacy Law
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 12:25 am

July 1, 2018

• Race and Economic Opportunity in the United States
  by Lambert Strether 4:25 pm

• Links 7/1/18
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Taxcast: How Accountants Broke Capitalism
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:25 am