Monthly Archives: September 2019

September 30, 2019

• Wow! Met Our First Fundraiser Goal in Record Time! Next Is More Meetups and Travel
  by Yves Smith 5:07 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 9/30/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• America’s Final Patriots: An Interview + Book Review of Crisis of Conscience: Whistleblowing in an Age of Fraud by Tom Mueller (Riverhead Books, 2019)
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 9/30/19
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Fundraiser 2019: What We Did for You in the Past Year
  by Yves Smith 4:42 am

• Fundraiser 2019: Fighting the Good Fight
  by Yves Smith 4:42 am

• From 2014: R. Hunter Biden Should Declare Who Really Owns His New Ukrainian Employer, Burisma Holdings
  by Yves Smith 4:41 am

• The Cost/Benefit Analysis of No Deal
  by Yves Smith 2:50 am

• The Knock-On Consequences of the US-China Trade Tariffs on Global Value Chains
  by Yves Smith 2:29 am

• Wolf Richter: Treasury’s Weak Denial Acts as Confirmation: US Weighs Crackdown on Capital Flows to Chinese Companies, Stocks & Bonds, Listed in the US or China
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 am

September 29, 2019

• Coral Reefs, Climate Change, and Mobilization
  by Lambert Strether 2:25 pm

• Links 9/29/19
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• The End of Super Imperialism?
  by Lambert Strether 6:45 am

September 28, 2019

• Links 9/28/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• How Facial Recognition Technology Is Bringing Surveillance Capitalism to Our Streets
  by Yves Smith 4:41 am

• Why Cheaper Drugs from Canada Likely Won’t Cure What Ails US
  by Yves Smith 2:49 am

September 27, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 9/27/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• We Can’t Rely on Corporations to Reform Themselves – We Must Challenge Their Power
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 9/27/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Brexit: Gaming It Out
  by Yves Smith 4:51 am

• To Save Our Oceans, We Have to Change What We Do on Land
  by Yves Smith 4:02 am

• Iran’s Ultimate Middle East Power Play
  by Yves Smith 12:35 am

• NYC Meetup Tuesday October 29; Possible Dallas and Houston or Austin Meeups in November
  by Yves Smith 12:28 am

September 26, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 9/26/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Could Climate Change Fuel the Rise of Right-Wing Nationalism?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 9/26/19
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Cory Doctorow: Permanent Record: Edward Snowden and the Making of a Whistleblower
  by Yves Smith 6:01 am

• Wolf Richter: How Employees & Employers Get Bled by Health Insurance
  by Yves Smith 4:27 am

• Who Advocates For Surprise Medical Billing? – Private Equity Hides Behind Physicians’ White Coats
  by Yves Smith 2:30 am

September 25, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 9/25/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• After Climate-Focused 2020 Bid, Inslee Faces Indigenous Campaigners’ Demand to End All Fossil Fuel Projects in Washington
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 9/25/19
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Michael Hudson: Asset-Price Inflation and Rent Seeking
  by Yves Smith 6:56 am

• Brexit: All Eyes on Boris
  by Yves Smith 6:43 am

• Big Tech ‘Nudges’ Our Behavior for Its Own Greed: Here’s a 4-Step Social Media Self-Defense Class
  by Yves Smith 4:04 am

September 24, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 9/24/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Take Your Pick of Left Wing Climate Change Narratives: Green Abundance or Righteous Austerity
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 9/24/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• The Failure of Higher Education: A Tale of Two Diplomas
  by Yves Smith 3:24 am

• Trump’s Fannie/Freddie Privatization Giveaway: Why GSE Reform Is Hard
  by Yves Smith 3:08 am

• Reminder: Pop-up Meetup in NYC Today (with Michael Hudson and Jerri-Lynn): We Look Forward to Seeing You!
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 1:25 am

• Want To Reduce Suicides? Follow The Data — To Medical Offices, Motels And Even Animal Shelters
  by Yves Smith 12:18 am

September 23, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 9/23/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• India to Ban Single-Use Plastics; Global Recycling Market Still Chaotic
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 11:25 am

• Links 9/23/19
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Interest Rate Derivatives Trading Explodes to $6.5 Trillion/Day
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:25 am

• Brexit: Past the Event Horizon
  by Yves Smith 1:58 am

• Working Conditions on Digital Labour Platforms: Opportunities, Challenges, and the Quest for Decent Work
  by Yves Smith 1:52 am

• Pop-up Meetup in NYC (with Michael Hudson and Jerri-Lynn) Tomorrow
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 12:25 am

September 22, 2019

• North American Bird Populations Plunge 30% Since 1970
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 11:55 am

• Links 9/22/19
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Documentary “Blowout” Follows Climate Cost of Oil Boom from Fracking to Exports
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:55 am

September 21, 2019

• Links 9/21/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Trump May Get Much of the World’s Manufacturing Out of China, but It Won’t Be Coming Back to the U.S.
  by Yves Smith 2:24 am

• Ending Temp Workers Is at Center of Auto Workers Strike
  by Yves Smith 1:40 am

September 20, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 9/20/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Iran Doesn’t Want Conflict, Says Foreign Minister Javad Zarif, But Any US-Saudi Attack Would Spark ‘All-Out War’
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 9/20/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• The Fed Has Not Covered Itself in Glory: Fed Funds Mess Edition
  by Yves Smith 5:50 am

• CalPERS Short-Changed by CIM in Pay-to-Play/Bribery Scandal; Looks Like Apollo Stiffed CalPERS Too
  by Yves Smith 4:13 am

• Why Degrowth Is the Only Responsible Way Forward
  by Yves Smith 3:49 am

September 19, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 9/19/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• New Evidence on the Consequences of Gentrification for Children
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 9/19/19
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• The Financial Times’ Martin Wolf Discovers that Rentier Capitalism and Financialization Increase Inequality and Hurt Growth
  by Yves Smith 4:35 am

• Urgent Culture For A Foot-Dragging Congress
  by Yves Smith 3:19 am

• Two Entrepreneurs Explain Why the Health Insurance Industry Is a Direct Threat to Middle-Class Life
  by Yves Smith 1:59 am

September 18, 2019

• Two Horrid Wall Street Journal Stories Show What a Malefactor Amazon Has Become
  by Lambert Strether 5:25 pm

• What is the Theory of Change in Naomi Klein’s “On Fire: The Burning Case for a Green New Deal”?
  by Lambert Strether 3:25 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 9/18/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Another School Leadership Disaster: Private Companies Work an Insider Game to Reap Lucrative Contracts
  by Lambert Strether 9:55 am

• Links 9/18/19
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• America’s Workforce Elderly Workforce To Double By 2028
  by Lambert Strether 6:45 am

September 17, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 9/17/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Purdue Files for Bankruptcy, Agrees to Settle Some Pending Opioids Litigation: Sacklers on Hook for Billions?
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 1:55 pm

• Links 9/17/19
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• FAA Hoist on Its Own Boeing 737 Max Petard: Multiagency Panel to Issue Report Criticizing Agency Approval Process, Call for Certification Changes
  by Yves Smith 3:20 am

• Brexit: A Repeat of the Turmoil of 1914-1922?
  by Yves Smith 12:51 am

• Drama in the Oil Markets After Attacks on Saudi Production. But This Isn’t 2007 Anymore
  by Yves Smith 12:30 am

September 16, 2019

• Pop-Up NYC Meetup (with Michael Hudson and Jerri-Lynn) – 24th September
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:55 pm

• Elizabeth Warren Finally Puts a Health Care Page on Her Campaign Site, Fails to Allay Doubts
  by Lambert Strether 4:25 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 9/16/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Air Ambulances Woo Rural Consumers With Memberships That May Leave Them Hanging
  by Lambert Strether 9:55 am

• Links 9/16/19
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Hubert Horan: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Twenty-One: Mike Isaac’s Book Ignores Economics and Financial Results and Gets the Uber Story Almost Entirely Wrong
  by Yves Smith 6:53 am

• London Meetup (with Jerri-Lynn)
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 12:55 am

• Keynes Was Really a Conservative
  by Yves Smith 12:52 am

September 15, 2019

• Coal, and the Harlan County Coal Miners Who Blocked a Train Over Bankrupt Blackjewel’s Wage Theft
  by Lambert Strether 3:25 pm

• Links 9/15/19
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• How Money Can Turn Electoral Results Upside Down
  by Lambert Strether 6:25 am

September 14, 2019

• Links 9/14/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Dude! Where’s My Democracy?
  by Yves Smith 3:46 am

• Majority in US Back Free College Tuition and Student Debt Cancellation, New Poll Finds
  by Yves Smith 3:37 am

September 13, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 9/13/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• 48 States to Investigate Google: Anti-Trust or Politicking?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 9/13/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• The US Massively Underestimates the Trade War Blowback
  by Yves Smith 3:46 am

• Modi’s Kashmir Power Grab Was Decades in the Making
  by Yves Smith 2:28 am

September 12, 2019

• Live Blog: Democrat Presidential Primary Debate #5 in Houston
  by Lambert Strether 7:30 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 9/12/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Kalecki, Minsky, and “Old Keynesianism” Vs. “New Keynesianism” on the Effect of Monetary Policy
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 9/12/19
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Michael Hudson: Why We Need to Abolish the Democratic National Committee, Even if That Means Breaking Up the Democratic Party
  by Yves Smith 6:33 am

• Richard Murphy: Brexit Yellowhammer Is Wrong, but That Doesn’t Mean We Should Ignore It
  by Yves Smith 5:13 am

• Axios: What’s the Actual Cost of Not Addressing Climate Change?
  by Yves Smith 2:03 am

September 11, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 9/11/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The Two Sides of Government Guarantees for Banks
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 9/11/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Under Bloomberg Pressure, CalPERS Coughs Up BCG Report on Private Equity, Confirming Criminal Abuse of Open Meeting Law; Board President Henry Jones Casually Leaks Confidential Information
  by Yves Smith 1:20 am

• Andrew Bacevich, Ending War, American-Style
  by Yves Smith 12:05 am

September 10, 2019

• CalPERS Election Corruption: Huge and Illegally Opaque Dark Spending Against Pro-Accountability Candidate JJ Jelincic
  by Yves Smith 7:04 pm

• CalPERS, Treasurer Fiona Ma, Board Members David Miller and Theresa Taylor, and CalPERS Employees Engage in Illegal and Dishonest Electioneering Against Candidate JJ Jelincic
  by Yves Smith 6:51 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 9/10/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• California Privacy Law Looms
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 1:55 pm

• Links 9/10/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• States Pass Record Number Of Laws To Reel In Drug Prices
  by Yves Smith 6:15 am

• Here Are Photos of Some of the Dilapidated Equipment San Francisco Wants to Buy from Bankrupt PG&E for $2.5 Billion
  by Yves Smith 2:55 am

• Who’s Responsible for the Ecocide in the Amazon
  by Yves Smith 2:27 am

September 9, 2019

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

• Democratic Presidential Candidates Face 7 Hours of Tough Questions on Climate Change, From Fracking to Fossil Fuels
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 9/9/19
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Brexit: Ultra Fracas
  by Yves Smith 4:35 am

• From Cohabitation to Cohousing: Older Baby Boomers Create Living Arrangements To Suit New Needs
  by Yves Smith 4:19 am

September 8, 2019

• CalPERS’ Blatant Election and Mail Fraud: See-Through Envelopes for Completed Ballots; Illegal Electioneering by Treasurer Fiona Ma, Board Members David Miller and Theresa Taylor; Huge and Illegally Opaque Spending Against Challenger JJ Jelincic
  by Yves Smith 3:35 pm

• Take the (Night) Train Redux
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 1:55 pm

• Links 9/8/19
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• US and Iran “At Cliff’s Edge”
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 1:55 am

• Maine Meetup Report: Great Conversation, Lost and Found
  by Yves Smith 1:05 am

September 7, 2019

• Is it Really “Full Employment”? Margins for Expansion in the US Economy in the Middle of 2019
  by Yves Smith 10:44 am

• North Carolina Did What SCOTUS Wouldn’t – Ended GOP Gerrymandering
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 9/7/19
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• One Very Bad Habit Is Fueling the Global Recycling Meltdown
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 4:55 am

September 6, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 9/6/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• While PG&E Played a ‘Cat and Mouse Game’ With California Regulators, Where Was Kamala?
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 12:55 pm

• Links 9/6/19
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Trump Seeks to Revoke California Emissions Waiver
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:50 am

• Why 2020 Dems Should Target the Nonprofit Charter School Industry
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 3:55 am

• Private Equity and Surprise Medical Billing
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 12:55 am

September 5, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 9/5/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Apple Blinks on Right to Repair: Or Does It?
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 9/5/19
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Germany to Ban Use of Glyphosate By End 2023
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:50 am

• Summers and the Road to Damascus
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 4:55 am

• FabScrap Tackles Fashion Waste
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 3:55 am

September 4, 2019

• ‘Father Is Surgeon’: How Money Talked in USC Admissions Scandal
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 9/4/19
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• UN High Seas Treaty Looks Set to Founder
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:50 am

• As Aerial Footage of Devastated Bahamas Emerges, Campaigners Ask How Much Destruction and Death Before Global Climate Action Taken?
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 2:55 am

• Brexit: Thar She Blows
  by Yves Smith 1:14 am

• Why Does Teen Vogue Need a Labor Column?
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 12:25 am

September 3, 2019

• R.I.P. Immanuel Wallerstein, Sociologist and “World Systems” Theorist
  by Lambert Strether 4:25 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 9/3/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 9/3/19
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Starving Seniors: How America Fails To Feed Its Aging
  by Lambert Strether 6:45 am

September 2, 2019

• Meetup Reminder: Hope You Can Stop by Our Mid-Coast/Bailey Island Maine Meetup Wednesday Sept 4
  by Yves Smith 3:45 pm

• Alaska: Log, Mine, Drill, Despoil
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 12:55 pm

• Links 9/2/19
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• CEO Compensation Increased 940% Between 1978 and 2018, Workers’ Only by 12%
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 12:25 am

September 1, 2019

• My First Real Jobs
  by Lambert Strether 2:25 pm

• Links 9/1/19
  by Lambert Strether 6:57 am

• AOC Calls Out Barbara Boxer for Helping Lyft Fight Against California Labor Bill
  by Lambert Strether 6:50 am