Monthly Archives: July 2019

July 31, 2019

• Live Blog: Democrat Presidential Primary Debate #4 in Detroit (Second Night)
  by Lambert Strether 7:30 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/31/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Carbon Dividends: A Plan for Earth’s Survival that Can Survive U.S. Politics?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/31/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Financial Times Goes Wobbly on Brexit No Deal Impact
  by Yves Smith 5:33 am

• Restoring the Commons
  by Yves Smith 3:05 am

July 30, 2019

• Live Blog: Democrat Presidential Primary Debate #3 in Detroit (First Night)
  by Lambert Strether 7:30 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/30/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Reclaiming the Commons Through State Ownership? Maybe Not
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/30/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Brexit: Can Anyone Take the Wheel From Johnson?
  by Yves Smith 5:27 am

• Hospitals Squeal Like Stuck Pigs Over Trump Proposal to Force Disclosure of Insurance Company Discounts
  by Yves Smith 3:42 am

• The “Existential Battle” Is for Control of the Democratic Party
  by Yves Smith 12:30 am

July 29, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/29/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Carmakers and California Agree on Emissions Rules
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 7/29/19
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Hit by Epic Construction Downturn, Mexico Faces Reality: New President Tries to Get Folks to Play by the Rules, and Everything Stalls
  by Yves Smith 3:35 am

• ‘People are Dying’: Bernie Sanders Heads to Canada With an Insulin Caravan
  by Yves Smith 12:50 am

• Michael Hudson: The Coming Savings Writedowns
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 12:35 am

July 28, 2019

• Roundup Roundup: Judge Slashes Punitive Damages Award in Glyphosate Lawsuit
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 7/28/19
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• As Risky Finances Alienate Investors, Fracking Companies Look to Retirement Funds for Cash
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:10 am

July 27, 2019

• Links 7/27/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• New Study Predicts Millions of Americans May Become Exposed to “Off the Charts” Heat
  by Yves Smith 3:59 am

• How the Government Can Steal Your Stuff: 6 Questions About Civil Asset Forfeiture Answered
  by Yves Smith 3:31 am

July 26, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/26/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Libra – Freedom for Whom, from What?
  by Clive 9:55 am

• Links 7/26/19
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• South China Sea Time Bomb Threatens To Go Off
  by Yves Smith 4:52 am

• Brexit: Boris Johnson’s Impossibility Theorem
  by Yves Smith 4:45 am

• Trump Promised Massive Infrastructure Projects—Instead We’ve Gotten Nothing
  by Yves Smith 4:40 am

July 25, 2019

• The World’s Biggest Lawsuit: Juliana v. United States
  by Lambert Strether 3:55 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/25/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 7/25/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• CalPERS General Counsel Matt Jacobs Violated “Zero Tolerance” Policy via Manhandling CEO Marcie Frost; Will CalPERS Sanction Jacobs or Change the Policy?
  by Yves Smith 1:07 am

• Nobel Economist Angus Deaton: Inequality is Destroying Democratic Capitalism
  by Yves Smith 12:52 am

• Rising Emissions Are Robbing Us of Nutrients
  by Yves Smith 12:34 am

July 24, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/24/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The Politics of CEOs
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/24/19
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• “We Wargamed the Last Days of Brexit. Here’s What We Found Out.”
  by Yves Smith 4:08 am

• ‘This Is the Beginning’: New Study Warns Climate Crisis May Have Been Pivotal in Rise of Drug-Resistant Superbug
  by Yves Smith 1:53 am

• Softening Real Estate Markets in Prime West Coast Cities: Does China Trump IPOs?
  by Yves Smith 1:07 am

July 23, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/23/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Keeping the Oil in the Soil
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/23/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Facebook: Mark Zuckerberg’s Fake Accounts Ponzi Scheme
  by Yves Smith 6:33 am

• Elizabeth Warren Seeks to Cut Private Equity Down to Size
  by Yves Smith 6:33 am

• John Helmer: MH17 Evidence Tampering Revealed by Malaysia – FBI Attempt To Seize Black Boxes; Dutch Cover-Up of Forged Telephone Tapes; Ukrainian Air Force Hid Radar Records; Crash Site Witness Testimony Misreported
  by Yves Smith 2:11 am

July 22, 2019

• Robert O. Paxton’s “The Five Stages of Fascism”
  by Lambert Strether 3:25 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/22/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 7/22/19
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Insurers Running Medicare Advantage Plans Overbill Taxpayers By Billions As Feds Struggle To Stop It
  by Lambert Strether 5:25 am

• Syriza, R.I.P.
  by Yves Smith 4:59 am

• Incentivizing an Ethical Economics
  by Yves Smith 4:58 am

July 21, 2019

• Links 7/21/19
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Michael Hudson: U.S. Economic Warfare and Likely Foreign Defenses
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• The Cost of Climate Change: Steve Keen Dismantles William Nordhaus
  by Lambert Strether 6:53 am

July 20, 2019

• Links 7/20/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Trump’s Peace Plan and the Future of Palestine
  by Yves Smith 5:33 am

• Willing to Pay for Security: Gig Workers, Freelancers, and the Self-Employed Want Steady Jobs
  by Yves Smith 4:05 am

July 19, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/19/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The UK’s Dubious Role in the New Tanker War With Iran
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/19/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• “The Ten Brexit Questions No-One’s Giving a Straight Answer To”
  by Yves Smith 4:38 am

• Trump Was [Selectively] Right About the Dollar
  by Yves Smith 2:35 am

• China: The Covert Credit Superpower
  by Yves Smith 2:19 am

July 18, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/18/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Everything’s Fine Until Suddenly it Isn’t: How a “Leveraged Loan” Blows Up
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

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

• Why Are Billionaires Like Jeff Bezos So Interested in Space?
  by Yves Smith 6:00 am

• Agroecology as Innovation
  by Yves Smith 5:08 am

• Banks Again Hoist on Their Cost-Cutting Petard: Burgeoning Credit Card Fraud
  by Yves Smith 4:00 am

July 17, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/17/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• As Flood Risks Rise Across the US, It’s Time to Recognize the Limits of Levees
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/17/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• CalPERS’ Long-Term Care Policy Train Wreck – Is Bankruptcy the End Game?
  by Yves Smith 6:46 am

• The Numbers Are In, and Trump’s Tax Cuts Are a Bust
  by Yves Smith 6:01 am

• The ‘New Right’ Is Not a Reaction to Neoliberalism, but Its Offspring
  by Yves Smith 5:30 am

July 16, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/16/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Waste Watch: Why Do We Discard So Many Edible Fish We Pull From the Sea?
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 11:55 am

• Links 7/16/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Taxes for Revenue Are Obsolete
  by Yves Smith 5:35 am

• The Big Blue Gap in the Green New Deal
  by Yves Smith 3:30 am

• Why Social Mobility Is a Lousy Idea
  by Yves Smith 2:44 am

July 15, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/15/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• How NGOs in Rich Countries Control their Counterparts in Poor Countries..and Why they Refuse to Resolve it
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 7/15/19
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• CalPERS Sleaze Watch: Showcases Criminal Ex-General “Betray-Us” as Keynote Speaker at Offsite
  by Yves Smith 5:25 am

• CalPERS’ Hedge Fund With 34% Stake in National Enquirer Parent Alleged To Be “Parking” Rather Than Selling (Updated)
  by Yves Smith 5:24 am

• 737 Max May Stay Grounded into 2020; Why Does Boeing CEO Muilenburg Still Have a Job?
  by Yves Smith 2:43 am

July 14, 2019

• Climate Change Lawsuits Increase Globally
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:25 am

• Links 7/14/19
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Will Democratic Party Superdelegates Prevent a Progressive Nominee in 2020?
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 4:55 am

July 13, 2019

• Links 7/13/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Is There a Global Future for Unions?
  by Yves Smith 4:22 am

• A World Without Ice
  by Yves Smith 2:11 am

July 12, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/12/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Deutsche Bank Highlights a Society at Risk
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/12/19
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Michael Hudson: De-Dollarizing the American Financial Empire
  by Yves Smith 6:07 am

• Brexit: Will Boris or Won’t He?
  by Yves Smith 4:49 am

• Hospitals Block ‘Surprise Billing’ Measure In California
  by Yves Smith 1:56 am

July 11, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/11/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• A Way Out from Rock Bottom: Economic Policies Can Reduce Deaths of Despair
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/11/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• It Is Time To Start Forgiving Student Loans – And Here Is What It Will Cost
  by Yves Smith 6:00 am

• Transfer (Mis)pricing, the Jewel in Every Multinational Enterprise’s Crown
  by Yves Smith 4:54 am

• PG&E Neglected Maintenance for Years Despite Known Fire Risk; Judge Demands Prompt and Clear Answers to WSJ Expose
  by Yves Smith 2:59 am

July 10, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/10/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Recycling Woes: Indonesia Sends Waste Shipment Back to Australia
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 7/10/19
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• ‘Completely Terrifying’: Study Warns Carbon-Saturated Oceans Headed Toward Tipping Point That Could Unleash Mass Extinction Event
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:50 am

• Martin Wolf v. Trumponomics Whiffs Due to Fealty to Orthodoxy
  by Yves Smith 2:48 am

• Is Industrial Policy Finally Legitimate?
  by Yves Smith 2:16 am

July 9, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/9/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Liquidity Fears Hit Other UK “Equity Funds” as Investors Remain Trapped in Woodford Fund
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/9/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Why Busy-Ness Is So Damaging
  by Yves Smith 5:40 am

• Trump’s Version of the Iran Accord: Heads I Win, Tails You Lose
  by Yves Smith 5:00 am

• Mr. Market and the Press Diss Deutsche Bank’s Turnaround Plan
  by Yves Smith 4:00 am

July 8, 2019

• Mining and Electric Vehicles: Lithium, Nickel, Cobalt
  by Lambert Strether 4:25 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/8/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 7/8/19
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Bill Black: Facebook’s Libra Currency Monetizes Identity and Threatens Privacy
  by Lambert Strether 5:55 am

• Deutsche Bank Throws in the Towel, Announces Restructuring into Bad Bank/Good Bank, Firing of 18,000
  by Yves Smith 2:53 am

• The Myth of Expansionary Austerity
  by Yves Smith 2:28 am

July 7, 2019

• Reforestation as a Solution for Carbon Capture: Hype and Reality
  by Lambert Strether 2:55 pm

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

• Philadelphia Explosion One in String of ‘Near Miss’ Accidents at Refineries Using Deadly Chemical
  by Lambert Strether 5:55 am

July 6, 2019

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

• Kip Sullivan on Why the Bernie Sanders Bill Is Not Single Payer
  by Lambert Strether 2:55 am

• Should We Tax Wealth?
  by Yves Smith 12:29 am

July 5, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/5/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Farewell, Flat World
  by Lambert Strether 10:55 am

• The Global Capital Flows Cycle and Its Drivers: Not Only a US Monetary Policy Story
  by Lambert Strether 9:55 am

• Links 7/5/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Ilargi: Memo to the US – The Winds Are Shifting
  by Yves Smith 1:37 am

• I Think, Therefore I Know: San Francisco Edition
  by Yves Smith 1:26 am

July 4, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler Independence Day 2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 7/4/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Michael Hudson Discusses the IMF and World Bank: Partners In Backwardness
  by Yves Smith 4:40 am

• U.N. Report: ‘Human Rights Might Not Survive’ Climate Crisis
  by Yves Smith 3:38 am

July 3, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/3/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Mobility and the Desire for Sovereignity in Europe
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/3/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Congress Sniffing Around Botched McKinsey Studies Depicted as Impairing Intelligence Agencies
  by Yves Smith 4:19 am

• Charter Schools Unleashed “Educational Hunger Games” in California. Now It’s Fighting Back.
  by Yves Smith 1:35 am

• ”Maximum Pressure” Campaign Fails To Kill Off Iran’s Oil Exports
  by Yves Smith 12:57 am

July 2, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/2/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• One Hundred Years After World War I, Are We Heading Back to the Abyss?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/2/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Takers and Makers: Who Are the Real Value Creators?
  by Yves Smith 3:55 am

• Brexit Radicals
  by Yves Smith 3:25 am

• Rebel Economist Breaks Through to Washington on How Shareholder Value Theory Rewards the Undeserving
  by Yves Smith 2:50 am

July 1, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/1/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Plastic Watch: G20 Issues Pathetic Declaration
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 12:55 pm

• Links 7/1/19
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Climate Change is Devastating India With Heat Waves and Water Shortages
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:25 am

• How Media Workers are Organizing in the Dual Economy
  by Yves Smith 2:24 am

• Escape(d) from New York
  by Yves Smith 1:10 am