Monthly Archives: January 2020

January 31, 2020

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/31/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Student Enrollment Dropped 11% Since 2011, Student-Loan Balances Surged 74%. Why?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 1/31/2020
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• US Loses Nearly 4 Million Jobs to China Since WTO Entry
  by Yves Smith 5:01 am

• Brexit D-Day
  by Yves Smith 3:57 am

• How Iowa Chooses National Convention Delegates and What That Means For Us
  by Yves Smith 12:32 am

January 30, 2020

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/30/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Secular Stagnation: Demand Is Indeed the Culprit
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 1/30/2020
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Michael Hudson on the History of Debt Cancellation, Austerity in Europe, January 2020
  by Yves Smith 6:53 am

• #MeToo Shamefully Nowhere To Be Found as SEIU Not Only Refuses to Fire Staffers Charged With Multiple Instances of Sexual Misconduct, but Retaliates Against Press and Whistleblowers
  by Yves Smith 4:45 am

• The War in Libya Will Never End
  by Yves Smith 12:05 am

January 29, 2020

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/29/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• How CEOs, Experts and Philosophers See the World’s Biggest Risks Differently
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 1/29/2020
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Dr. Victor Shih: Coronavirus MUCH Worse Than SARS
  by Yves Smith 5:43 am

• Anti-Abortion Laws: A War Against Poor Women
  by Yves Smith 4:41 am

• The Dead Zone Downstream: Gulf Edition
  by Yves Smith 2:36 am

January 28, 2020

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/28/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• A New Type of Conflict: France’s Ongoing Struggle for Pensions
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 1/28/2020
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Coronavirus: Not Looking Good
  by Yves Smith 6:30 am

• US Firearm Related Mortality
  by Yves Smith 2:27 am

• The Truth & the Irony: Consortium News and The Continuing Tale of Chrystia Freeland’s Grandfather and His and Her Nazi Scheme for Ukraine Today
  by Yves Smith 2:00 am

January 27, 2020

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/27/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• WSJ Reports: State AGs to Cooperate with Feds to Take on Google?
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 1/27/2020
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Blue Acceleration: Our Dash for Ocean Resources Mirrors What We’ve Already Done to the Land
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:50 am

• Desperation Hidden in Plain Sight: Coastal Edition
  by Yves Smith 4:38 am

• “A Who’s-Who” of People Against Progressives’ Agenda: DNC’s Perez Under Fire for Convention Committee Picks
  by Yves Smith 4:24 am

January 26, 2020

• Puerto Rico: Earthquake Aftershocks and Aftermath
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 1/26/2020
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• This Problem With Fracked Oil and Gas Wells Is Occurring ‘at an Alarming Rate’
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 4:55 am

January 25, 2020

• Links 1/25/2020
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Local Climate Policy Run Amok, Bellingham Edition
  by Yves Smith 3:42 am

• Another Great Depression or Tax Justice and Transparency? The Tax Justice Network January 2020 Podcast
  by Yves Smith 3:17 am

January 24, 2020

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/24/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Dark Satanic Mills Are Not Just a Historical Artifact: MP Castigates Leicester Fast Fashion Factories
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 1/24/2020
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• War on Cash: New York City Businesses Must Accept Cash, City Council Decides
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:55 am

• Wolf Richter: The Great American Shale Oil & Gas Bust: Fracking Gushes Bankruptcies, Defaulted Debt, and Worthless Shares
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 3:55 am

• Could Sleeper Trains Replace International Air Travel?
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 2:25 am

January 23, 2020

• Why I Am Worried About the Legitimacy of the 2020 Election Balloting Process
  by Lambert Strether 2:55 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/23/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• STATEMENT: House Budget Committee, “Reexamining the economic costs of debt”, Nov 20, 2019
  by Lambert Strether 11:45 am

• Links 1/23/2020
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• China Coronavirus Watch: Updated – Another Chinese City Locked Down to Prevent Spread
  by Yves Smith 3:29 am

• Is Secondhand Screen Time the New Secondhand Smoking?
  by Yves Smith 12:59 am

January 22, 2020

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/22/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Plastics Watch: China to Ban Single-Use Plastics, Malaysia Rejects Waste Shipments
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 1/22/2020
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• While Establishment Erupts Over Anti-Corruption Expert Pointing Out Biden’s Troubling Record, Progressives Say: Look at the Troubling Record
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:50 am

• Boeing Again Pushes Back Guesstimated 737 Max “Good to Go” Date to Mid 2020 as Company Bleeds Cash
  by Yves Smith 2:48 am

• Precarity: A Political Problem
  by Yves Smith 12:56 am

• Hope To See You! NYC Meetup Tomorrow, Thursday January 23 With Michael Hudson
  by Yves Smith 12:37 am

January 21, 2020

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/21/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Jeff Bezos’ Not So Excellent Indian Adventure: Modi Government Disses Inept Amazon
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 1/21/2020
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• The Lords and Ladies of Discipline: An Interview with Matt Stoller
  by Yves Smith 6:35 am

• In Historic Shift, Second Largest Physicians Group in US Has New Prescription: It’s Medicare for All
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:25 am

• Thoughts on Warren, Sanders and the Convention: Warren’s Choice?
  by Yves Smith 12:12 am

January 20, 2020

• The New York Times Dual Endorsement of Klobuchar and Warren: This Ain’t It, Chief
  by Lambert Strether 3:55 pm

• A European Green Deal Will Not Work Without Refocusing Productivity
  by Lambert Strether 11:05 am

• Links 1/20/2020
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Brexit: Digging In
  by Yves Smith 5:28 am

• Sex Workers Can Tell You Why Sex Work Is Work – Speak to Them
  by Yves Smith 5:27 am

January 19, 2020

• Lake Erie, Toxic Algae, and Mobilizing to Protect Toledo’s Drinking Water by Declaring the Lake a Person
  by Lambert Strether 3:25 pm

• Links 1/19/2020
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• For a Sustainable Food System, Look to Seeds
  by Lambert Strether 6:45 am

• Please Join Us! NYC Meetup This Thursday January 23 With Michael Hudson
  by Yves Smith 4:10 am

January 18, 2020

• Links 1/18/2020
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• How Climate Change Influenced Australia’s Unprecedented Fires
  by Yves Smith 3:47 am

• Integrating Black and White American Economic History
  by Yves Smith 3:35 am

January 17, 2020

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/17/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The Impact of CEOs in the Public Sector: Evidence from the English NHS
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 1/17/2020
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• SEC With Investment Managers: “Like the FBI Sitting Down With the Mafia”
  by Yves Smith 5:15 am

• Wolf Richter: Tesla, Hit by Sagging US Sales, Goes Full-China with Design Center, Loans & Factory
  by Yves Smith 4:50 am

• So, You Want To Live Tiny? Here’s What To Consider When Choosing a House, Van or Caravan
  by Yves Smith 1:01 am

January 16, 2020

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/16/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:03 pm

• Digital Money: Implications for Emerging Market and Developing Economies
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 1/16/2020
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Trump’s China Trade Deal Handwave
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• UN’s Warning that Gaza Will Not Be a “Liveable Place” by 2020 Has Been Realised
  by Yves Smith 4:13 am

• John Helmer: German Parliament Office Reports No Russian Invasion of Donbass, Rejects Media and Government Propaganda
  by Yves Smith 2:48 am

January 15, 2020

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/15/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• PolitiFact Wrongly Lets Biden Off the Hook: The Truth About Social Security Cuts
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 1/15/2020
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Like Adding ‘Five to Six Hiroshima Bombs of Heat Each Second,’ Study Shows Oceans Warming at Record Rate
  by Yves Smith 6:02 am

• Will Italy’s ‘Sardines’ Be Effective in the Upcoming Regional Election?
  by Yves Smith 4:59 am

January 14, 2020

• Live Blog: Democrat Presidential Primary Debate #9 in Des Moines, Iowa
  by Lambert Strether 8:30 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/14/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Homeless Californians Adapt to Camp Sweeps and ‘The Caltrans Shuffle’
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 1/14/2020
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Trump and the Mad Negotiator Approach
  by Yves Smith 6:19 am

• Conservative Win in Britain Means More Than Economic Trouble Ahead
  by Yves Smith 3:41 am

January 13, 2020

• 2:00PM Water Cooler Special: Warren Goes Rovian by Signal Boosting and Fundraising Off a Poorly Sourced Politico Hit Piece
  by Lambert Strether 4:55 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/13/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Plastic Watch: Senate Passes Save Our Seas Act 2.0
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 1:55 pm

• Come In From the Cold! Please Join Our NYC Meetup Next Thursday January 23
  by Yves Smith 9:00 am

• Links 1/13/2020
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• ‘Cowardice’: Olympics Committee Slammed for New Guidelines Barring Athletes From Kneeling, Raising Fists
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:25 am

• Who Owns, and Who is Accountable for the New US For-Profit Medical Schools?
  by Yves Smith 4:17 am

• US Still at Risk of Iran Retaliation on Oil and Other Fronts
  by Yves Smith 2:24 am

January 12, 2020

• New Songbirds Discovered in Indonesia
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 1/12/2020
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Fossil Fuel Interests Applaud Trump Administration’s Weakening of Major Environmental Law
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:55 am

January 11, 2020

• Links 1/11/2020
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Big Pharma Won’t Let Us Import Drugs From Canada, But Insists on Sending Carcinogen-Contaminated Pills to the Public
  by Yves Smith 4:12 am

• The 2020 Election in Three Graphs
  by Yves Smith 3:54 am

January 10, 2020

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/10/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Inequality and Trade: Simulation Evidence for 54 Developing Nations
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 1/10/2020
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Brexit: The End of the Beginning?
  by Yves Smith 6:13 am

• Can The US Assassination Of Qassem Soleimani Be Justified?
  by Yves Smith 5:01 am

• Jane Fonda Is Pitching For Our Future. Lend an Ear.
  by Yves Smith 12:57 am

January 9, 2020

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/9/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Climate Change: Bad News from Australia, Indonesia, and the US
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 1/9/2020
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Oil and Gas Emissions Are Reversing Progress from Coal’s Decline
  by Yves Smith 5:03 am

• ‘Make No Mistake: Harvard Has the Money to Pay Us Livable Wages’
  by Yves Smith 4:38 am

• Debt Has Not Been Caused by Low Interest Rates, but Higher Rates Would Topple the Whole World Economy
  by Yves Smith 4:00 am

January 8, 2020

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/8/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Why US Hostility Towards Chinese Tech Groups Feels Like Déjà Vu
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 1/8/2020
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• 2019 in Climate Science: A Continued Warming Trend and ‘Bleak’ Research
  by Yves Smith 4:48 am

• The Real Reason the U.S. Is Interested in Iran
  by Yves Smith 3:57 am

• Student Loans, Meet Greece: Extend and Pretend Bond Maturities
  by Yves Smith 3:00 am

January 7, 2020

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/7/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• What Is Next for Venezuela?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 1/7/2020
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• ‘Because Insects Are Key to Our Own Survival,’ 73 Scientists Unveil Global Roadmap to Battle Bugpocalypse
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:50 am

• In Iran Showdown, Conflict Could Explode Quickly – and Disastrously
  by Yves Smith 5:10 am

• Bloomberg Making Nice to China Pays Off; Highly Profitable Conferences Help Stoke Terminal Business
  by Yves Smith 4:40 am

January 6, 2020

• Iraq Coverage: Yet Another Cavalcade of Stupid at the Wall Street Journal
  by Lambert Strether 3:55 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/6/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 1/6/2020
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• American Pot Is The Gold Standard. But Canada Leads The Export Game — For Now.
  by Lambert Strether 6:45 am

• Nick Turse: Trump Threatens Mass Destruction in Afghanistan
  by Yves Smith 3:50 am

• FAA Considering Mandatory Simulator Training for Boeing 737 Max as New Hardware Problem Surfaces
  by Yves Smith 3:30 am

January 5, 2020

• Iraq Parliament Calls for U.S. Troops to Be Expelled (plus Cavalcade of Stupid)
  by Lambert Strether 2:25 pm

• Links 1/5/2020
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Australia’s Bushfires Are A Wake-Up Call: We Must Build A More Humane Economy Before It’S Too Late
  by Lambert Strether 6:25 am

January 4, 2020

• Links 1/4/2020
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Manufacturing Employment, New Orders & Production Fall Fastest Since Apr-Aug 2009
  by Yves Smith 4:30 am

• What if We Let the Oceans Into Our Cities?
  by Yves Smith 4:14 am

January 3, 2020

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/3/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Plastics Problem: Overview, Plus What YOU Can Do to Reduce Your Use of Plastics
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 12:55 pm

• Links 1/3/2020
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• What Is Climate Change Adaptation, and Why Does It Matter?
  by Yves Smith 6:00 am

• The Crapification of Mattresses and Retail Therapy (and an Iran Aside)
  by Yves Smith 5:08 am

• Credit Cycles and Asset Returns
  by Yves Smith 5:00 am

January 2, 2020

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/2/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 1/2/2020
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• A Theory or Two of These Grim Times
  by Yves Smith 5:22 am

• We Broke Down the Last Decade of Climate Change in 7 Charts
  by Yves Smith 4:07 am

• AI and the Productivity Paradox
  by Yves Smith 2:56 am

January 1, 2020

• FDA Failed to Police Opioids Makers, Thus Fueling Opioids Crisis
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 1/1/2020
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Wolf Richter: How Ratings Agencies Inflate Credit Ratings to Get Deals & Fees
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:55 am

• Extending Sort of Comments Holiday
  by Yves Smith 1:13 am