- 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/31/2019
by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm
Monthly Archives: January 2019
January 31, 2019
- How the Peak Oil Story Could Be “Close,” But Not Quite Right
by Yves Smith 9:55 am
- Links 1/31/19
by Yves Smith 6:55 am
- Venezuela Coup Attempt Part of US Plan to Remake Latin America
by Yves Smith 5:59 am
- Controversial Nord Stream 2 Pipeline Could Be Operational By November
by Yves Smith 3:52 am
January 30, 2019
- 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/30/2019
by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm
- Is China’s Debt Crackdown Hitting California’s Commercial Real Estate Bubble?
by Yves Smith 9:55 am
- Links 1/30/19
by Yves Smith 6:55 am
- Many Countries at UN Oppose Trump Interference in Venezuela
by Yves Smith 4:22 am
- The Silicon Curtain: The Gloves Come Off With China
by Yves Smith 4:02 am
January 29, 2019
- 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/29/2019
by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm
- The Natural Rate of Interest Is Anything But
by Yves Smith 9:55 am
- Links 1/29/19
by Yves Smith 6:55 am
- Brexit Is Good News for Those in the Business of War
by Yves Smith 4:27 am
- Chinese Growth: A Balancing Act
by Yves Smith 4:03 am
- Minnesota Winters Ain’t What They Used To Be
by Yves Smith 3:07 am
January 28, 2019
- 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/28/2019
by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm
- Global Gains on Right to Repair
by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am
- Links 1/28/19
by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am
- How This Oil Refiners Group Rallied GOP Governors’ Support for Trump’s Rollback of Auto Standards
by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 3:55 am
- Confirming Fort Lauderdale Meetup for Thursday, February 7
by Yves Smith 1:01 am
January 27, 2019
- 7th Circuit Rules Age Discrimination Law Does Not Include Job Applicants
by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 1:25 pm
- Links 1/27/19
by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am
- Marshall Auerback: In Antitrust, Size Isn’t Everything
by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 1:55 am
January 26, 2019
- Links 1/26/19
by Yves Smith 6:55 am
- Brexit “Singapore on the Thames” Fantasies
by Yves Smith 4:29 am
January 25, 2019
- 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/25/2019
by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm
- Are Federal Workers Being Forced Into Involuntary Servitude?
by Yves Smith 9:55 am
- Gilets Jaunes Under Attack
by Yves Smith 8:25 am
- Links 1/25/19
by Lambert Strether 6:55 am
January 24, 2019
- Jonathan Tepper’s The Myth of Capitalism: “Fucking Unreadable”
by Yves Smith 11:00 pm
- 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/24/2019
by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm
- Links 1/24/19
by Yves Smith 6:55 am
January 23, 2019
- 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/23/2019
by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm
- MMT’s Opening
by Yves Smith 9:55 am
- Links 1/23/19
by Yves Smith 6:55 am
- Brexit: May’s Sweatbox
by Yves Smith 4:45 am
- Medicare For All — The Democratic Party Audition for 2020
by Yves Smith 2:51 am
- IEA Chief: EVs Are Not The End Of The Oil Era
by Yves Smith 12:26 am
January 22, 2019
- 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/22/2019
by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm
- Links 1/22/19
by Yves Smith 6:55 am
- Brexit’s Primitive Passions Could Bring Havoc to Ireland – and Far Beyond
by Yves Smith 5:35 am
- Bill Black: AOC# and MMT Spook the AEI
by Yves Smith 2:21 am
January 21, 2019
- 2:00PM Water Cooler Martin Luther King Day 2019
by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm
- AOC’s Green New Deal as Politics
by Lambert Strether 12:55 pm
- Links 1/21/19
by Lambert Strether 6:55 am
- 8 Percent of Americans Recently Changed Their Minds on Climate. What Gives?
by Lambert Strether 5:55 am
- BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Tells Corporate CEOs to Engage in Better Eyewash
by Yves Smith 4:45 am
- 3 Ways Trump Could Disrupt Health Care for the Better
by Yves Smith 4:15 am
January 20, 2019
- The Social Contract According to Elizabeth Warren
by Lambert Strether 2:55 pm
- Links 1/20/19
by Lambert Strether 6:55 am
- Wolf Richter: Bottom Suddenly Falls Out of Demand in China in Many Sectors
by Lambert Strether 6:25 am
January 19, 2019
- Links 1/19/19
by Yves Smith 6:55 am
- Trump’s Space Force: Nuclear Lunacy
by Yves Smith 2:47 am
- The Planetary Health Diet Isn’t Much Use to People Living in Food Poverty
by Yves Smith 2:21 am
January 18, 2019
- 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/18/2019
by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm
- Brexit: Blame It on the Banking Crisis
by Yves Smith 9:55 am
- Links 1/18/19
by Yves Smith 6:55 am
- How Teacher Strikes Are Exposing the Corrupt Charter School Agenda
by Yves Smith 3:16 am
- France’s Great Debate
by Yves Smith 2:29 am
- Ray Dalio: Capitalism Isn’t Working
by Yves Smith 1:40 am
January 17, 2019
- 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/17/2019
by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm
- French School Lunch
by Yves Smith 9:55 am
- Links 1/17/19
by Yves Smith 6:55 am
- Brexit: Chasing Their Tails
by Yves Smith 6:10 am
- GoFundMe CEO: ‘Gigantic Gaps’ In Health System Showing Up In Crowdfunding
by Yves Smith 3:42 am
- Repeating the Mistakes of 1914?
by Yves Smith 3:08 am
January 16, 2019
- 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/16/2019
by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm
- Michael Olenick: Helicidine – French Miracle Snails
by Yves Smith 9:55 am
- Links 1/16/19
by Yves Smith 6:55 am
- Brexit: Chaos
by Yves Smith 4:47 am
- What Truck Drivers Say about “Driver Shortage” & Pay Increases
by Yves Smith 2:32 am
- The Shutdown Will Harm the Health and Safety of Americans, Even After It’s Long Over
by Yves Smith 2:22 am
January 15, 2019
- 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/15/2019
by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm
- Do Not Disturb: The Right to Disconnect
by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am
- Links 1/15/19
by Yves Smith 6:55 am
- Why the Green New Deal Is the Stuff of Fantasyland
by Yves Smith 4:32 am
- Bill Black: Trump CFPB Plans Obscene Change to Payday Lender Rule
by Yves Smith 2:53 am
January 14, 2019
- 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/14/2019
by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm
- Links 1/14/19
by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am
- Rethinking Free Trade Agreements in Uncertain Times
by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:55 am
January 13, 2019
- Links 1/13/19
by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am
- Plastic Watch: Ocean Cleanup Array to Arrive Today in Hilo for Necessary Repairs
by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:50 am
- Wolf Richter: Oops, SpaceX to Lay Off 10% of its Employees after Funding Fiasco in November
by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 3:55 am
January 12, 2019
- Links 1/12/19
by Yves Smith 6:55 am
- $15 Minimum Wage: Job Killer or Path Out of Poverty?
by Yves Smith 12:02 am
January 11, 2019
- 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/11/2019
by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm
- The Downside of Market-Minded Philanthropy
by Yves Smith 9:55 am
- Links 1/11/19
by Lambert Strether 6:55 am
- Trillions In IPO Funds At Risk Over Government Shutdown
by Yves Smith 1:33 am
- China Won’t Be Taking Over
by Yves Smith 12:52 am
- Thoughts on Warren and Sanders: How Much Change Is Needed in 2021?
by Yves Smith 12:40 am
January 10, 2019
- 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/10/2019
by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm
- How Shocking Was Shock Therapy?
by Yves Smith 9:55 am
- Links 1/10/19
by Yves Smith 6:55 am
- Here’s What a Real Strike Looks Like: 150 Million Say No to Despotism in India
by Yves Smith 2:11 am
January 9, 2019
- Mortality, Medical Coding and the (Purported) Drop in Hospital Readmission Rates
by Lambert Strether 2:55 pm
- 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/9/2019
by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm
- Links 1/9/19
by Lambert Strether 6:55 am
- Health Insurer Greed or Desperation? An Odd Data Point From Cigna
by Yves Smith 2:11 am
- The Mysteries Surrounding Rhodes Pharmaceuticals, the Sackler Family’s Second Opioid Company
by Yves Smith 12:40 am
- The Economics of Cryptocurrency Pump and Dump Schemes
by Yves Smith 12:12 am
January 8, 2019
- 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/8/2019
by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm
- Wolf Richter: Housing Bubble Trouble in Silicon Valley & San Francisco
by Yves Smith 9:55 am
- Links 1/8/19
by Yves Smith 6:55 am
- Richard Murphy: Davos Wants a Better Measure of Failure
by Yves Smith 1:02 am
- Starting the New Year Badly and Well
by Yves Smith 12:20 am
January 7, 2019
- 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/7/2019
by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm
- AOC’s Green New Deal as Policy
by Lambert Strether 1:50 pm
- Links 1/7/19
by Lambert Strether 6:55 am
- The Return on Information Technology
by Lambert Strether 5:25 am
- Kiss What Is Left of Your Medical Data Privacy Goodbye
by Yves Smith 12:34 am
- Journey into a Libertarian Future: Response to Reader Comments
by Yves Smith 12:23 am
January 6, 2019
- Should Institutional Providers Be Incentivized by Profit under Medicare for All?
by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm
- Links 1/6/19
by Lambert Strether 6:55 am
- The Euro at 20: An Enduring Success but a Fundamental Failure
by Lambert Strether 6:25 am
January 5, 2019
- Links 1/5/19
by Yves Smith 6:55 am
- 6 Ways the Trump Shutdown Is Hurting the Country
by Yves Smith 2:25 am
- Joining a Group Makes Us Nastier to Outsiders
by Yves Smith 12:48 am
January 4, 2019
- 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/4/2019
by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm
- Another Win for Fossil Fuels: EPA to Weaken Basis for Calculating Mercury and Future Environmental Standards
by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am
- Links 1/4/19
by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am
- Wolf Richter: Markets Are in a Tizzy. So What Will the Fed Do?
by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:55 am
- Journey into a Libertarian Future: Part VI – Certainty
by Yves Smith 1:16 am
January 3, 2019
- 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/3/2019
by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm
- Piketty’s World Inequality Review: A Critical Analysis
by Yves Smith 9:55 am
- Links 1/3/19
by Yves Smith 6:55 am
- Brexit: Circling the Drain
by Yves Smith 3:03 am
- Intergenerational Mobility in the US: One Size Doesn’t Fit All
by Yves Smith 1:43 am
- Journey into a Libertarian Future: Part V – Dark Realities
by Yves Smith 1:09 am
January 2, 2019
- 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/2/2019
by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm
- Links 1/2/19
by Lambert Strether 6:55 am
- UN Backs Seed Sovereignty as Defense Against Multinational-Led GMO Projects
by Lambert Strether 5:55 am
- These 2018 Corporate Scandals Demonstrate Why the New Democratic Congress Must Crack Down on Corruption
by Lambert Strether 5:25 am
- Journey into a Libertarian Future: Part IV – The Journey into a Libertarian Past
by Yves Smith 1:07 am
- PG&E Could Face Murder Charges for California’s Wildfires
by Yves Smith 1:06 am
January 1, 2019
- Links 1/1/19
by Lambert Strether 6:55 am
- 2019 Headlines in Advance
by Yves Smith 1:21 am
- Journey into a Libertarian Future: Part III – Regulation
by Yves Smith 12:53 am