Monthly Archives: March 2020

March 31, 2020

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/31/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Alejandro Nadal, a Giant in Global Conservation
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/31/2020
  by Yves Smith 6:58 am

• Developing a Vaccine for Covid-19. What To Expect?
  by Yves Smith 6:20 am

• Firing of Whistleblowing Emergency Room Doctor Ming Lin By Blackstone-Owned TeamHealth Demonstrates Outsized Role of Private Equity in Hospital Staffing
  by Yves Smith 6:10 am

• Brace Yourselves: The US Is Setting Up a Ghastly “Natural Experiment”
  by Yves Smith 5:47 am

March 30, 2020

• Bills are Due and Payable: Workplace Strikes and Rent Strikes
  by Lambert Strether 4:55 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/30/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Having It Easy in the Beginning, Tough in the End: How My Dad Predicted the Decline of America
  by Lambert Strether 11:25 am

• Links 3/30/2020
  by Lambert Strether 6:57 am

• Radical Imagination: Imagining How the World of Finance Really Works
  by Yves Smith 5:02 am

• Tax Justice and Modern Monetary Theory – A Guide
  by Yves Smith 3:01 am

March 29, 2020

• The CARES Act: Stimulus and Unemployment Checks
  by Lambert Strether 4:55 pm

• Why COVID-19 Will Strain the Safety Net for Homeless Vets to the Breaking Point
  by Lambert Strether 9:25 am

• Links 3/29/2020
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Do Not Force Us to Shut Down Comments
  by Yves Smith 12:11 am

March 28, 2020

• Links 3/28/2020
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Four Ways You Can Take Caring Action Around Coronavirus – Even if You’re Overwhelmed
  by Yves Smith 6:13 am

• The Coronavirus Stimulus Bill Is a $2 Trillion Slush Fund for Washington Cronies
  by Yves Smith 5:35 am

March 27, 2020

• COVID-19 and the Working Class in the United States
  by Lambert Strether 4:55 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/27/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Closing Hours of 2020 Mini-Fundraiser for Water Cooler!
  by Lambert Strether 11:59 am

• The Irish Buddhist Monk Who Faced Down the British Empire
  by Lambert Strether 11:25 am

• Links 3/27/2020
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Give Us This Day Our Daily Bread: Coronavirus and Food Security
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:50 am

• Covid-19 Hits the Dual Economy: Incomes Destroyed at the Bottom, Profits Supported at the Top
  by Yves Smith 1:54 am

• Can the Intra-Party Rift Be Healed, At Least For Now? Or Must the Fight Be Fought in 2020?
  by Yves Smith 12:41 am

March 26, 2020

• COVID-19 and Class in the United States
  by Lambert Strether 5:25 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/26/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Announcing 2020 Mini-Fundraiser for Water Cooler!
  by Lambert Strether 12:01 pm

• Edible Forest Gardens: A Quick Review of a Very Beautiful and Useful Book
  by Lambert Strether 11:30 am

• The COVID-19 Pandemic: A Letter to G20 Leaders (“The G20 must act now”)
  by Lambert Strether 9:55 am

• Links 3/26/2020
  by Lambert Strether 6:57 am

• RJ Eskow: 7 Rules for the Boeing Bailout
  by Lambert Strether 6:45 am

March 25, 2020

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/25/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Michael Hudson: A Brady Bond Solution for America’s Unpayable Corporate Debt
  by Yves Smith 9:12 am

• Links 3/25/2020
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Coronavirus Kayoes U.S. Recycling
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:25 am

• How Far Will Trump Go To Save U.S. Shale
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 4:25 am

• ‘This Is a Massive Scandal’: Trump FDA Grants Drug Company Exclusive Claim on Promising Coronavirus Drug
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 3:25 am

March 24, 2020

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/24/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• What the Government Needs to Do Next to Tackle the Crisis
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/24/2020
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Debt and Power: An Interview With Michael Hudson
  by Yves Smith 6:46 am

• At Long Last the Government Can Borrow Straight From the Bank of England – As Modern Monetary Theory Has Always Suggested It Should
  by Yves Smith 2:35 am

• Rule Number 1 for Government Bailouts of Companies: Make Sure Voters and Taxpayers Share in the Upside
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 1:25 am

March 23, 2020

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/23/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Global Level 4 Travel Advisory: Stealth Subsidy for Insurers?
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 1:55 pm

• Sanders Calls for ‘Unprecedented Legislative Response’ to Coronavirus Crisis—Not Corporate Bailouts
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 7:55 am

• Links 3/23/2020
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Bailout Shenanigans: Making 2008 Look Good?
  by Yves Smith 5:54 am

• Covid-19: A Tale of Three Regions
  by Yves Smith 4:25 am

March 22, 2020

• A Modest Proposal: Make Sure the Public Knows, in Real Time, When Congresscritters are Dumping Shares
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 10:45 am

• Links 3/22/2020
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Michael Hudson: A Debt Jubilee is the Only Way to Avoid a Depression
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 3:55 am

March 21, 2020

• Links 3/21/2020
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• NYU Preparing for Possible Use of Dorms as Field Hospitals
  by Yves Smith 6:48 am

• UN Chief Warns of Coming Recession for the Planet
  by Yves Smith 6:07 am

March 20, 2020

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/20/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The Pros and Cons of Planting Trees To Address Global Warming
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/20/2020
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• How McKinsey Got Greedy
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Why the Coronavirus Pandemic Could Weaken the School Privatization Agenda
  by Yves Smith 2:27 am

• Low-Cost Ventilators Could Be Available Next Year. But Will It Happen?
  by Yves Smith 2:00 am

March 19, 2020

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/19/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Prisons and the COVID-19 Pandemic: What Must Be Done NOW to Prevent Catastrophe
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 3/19/2020
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• A View From The Front Lines Of California’s COVID-19 Battle
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• The Coming Fiscal Crisis Of State And Local Governments
  by Yves Smith 6:45 am

• IMF Refuses Aid to Venezuela in the Midst of the Coronavirus Crisis
  by Yves Smith 4:53 am

March 18, 2020

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/18/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• There’s Nothing So Political as a Pandemic
  by Lambert Strether 12:55 pm

• Links 3/18/2020
  by Lambert Strether 6:57 am

• Why Sending $1,000 Checks to Everyone Won’t Solve the Coronavirus Crisis (Updated)
  by Yves Smith 6:42 am

• Debt and Financial Crises: Will History Repeat Itself?
  by Yves Smith 5:15 am

• Triggering a Global Financial Crisis: Covid-19 as the Last Straw
  by Yves Smith 4:05 am

March 17, 2020

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/17/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Closing Polling Places Is the 21st Century’s Version of a Poll Tax
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/17/2020
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Coronavirus Means Zero Hour for the European Union
  by Yves Smith 5:23 am

• Brexit: The ‘Australian Option’?
  by Yves Smith 4:50 am

• Why Sanctions Against Iran and Venezuela During a Pandemic Are Cruel
  by Yves Smith 3:08 am

March 16, 2020

• Social Insurance in a Time of Pandemic: A Proposal for the Government to Act as Buyer of Last Resort
  by Yves Smith 7:07 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/16/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• How Lifesaving Organs For Transplant Go Missing In Transit
  by Lambert Strether 12:25 pm

• Links 3/16/2020
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• The Fed Backfires: Shock and Awe Rate Drop to 0%, Emergency Bond Buying Program Leads to Limit Down Drops in US Equity Futures as Real World Coronavirus Damage Worsens
  by Yves Smith 5:45 am

March 15, 2020

• Live Blog: Democrat Presidential Primary Debate #13 in Washington, DC
  by Lambert Strether 7:30 pm

• I Knew My Dad Was a Sexual Predator
  by Lambert Strether 12:55 pm

• Links 3/15/2020
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• The Future of Exxon and the Permian’s Flaring Crisis
  by Lambert Strether 6:50 am

March 14, 2020

• Links 3/14/2020
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• ‘Grotesque Level of Greed’: Owned by World’s Richest Man Jeff Bezos, Whole Foods Wants Workers to Pay for Colleagues’ Sick Leave During Coronavirus Pandemic
  by Yves Smith 5:49 am

• Coronavirus Testing Shortages Force Extreme Shift In Strategy By Local Health Officials
  by Yves Smith 5:33 am

March 13, 2020

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/13/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• How the COVID-19 Shock Is Different
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/13/2020
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• COVID-19 Math Explained, With Data
  by Yves Smith 6:44 am

• CalPERS Legacy Assets: How Much in Overvaluation Has CalPERS Been Hiding?
  by Yves Smith 3:26 am

March 12, 2020

• Why You Should Stop Using or Cancel Your Citi Mastercard: Systematic Violation of Cardmember Chargeback Rights, Insistence on Using Fraud-Friendly Voiceprints
  by Yves Smith 4:31 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/12/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• When Safety Measures Lead to Riskier Behavior by More People
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• After Bloody Day, Coronavirus Meltdown Continues. Big Danger: Italian and Eurobanks Are Set To Blow
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Links 3/12/2020
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Boeing Crashes: $43 Billion in Share Buybacks Turn into Existential Threat
  by Yves Smith 6:31 am

• Harvard’s “Let Them Eat Veritas”: Richest University’s Poor Students Shafted as School Provides Spotty, Inadequate Help as It Throws Them Out of Dorms and Jobs
  by Yves Smith 12:01 am

March 11, 2020

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/11/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Who’s Responsible? How the “Independent Contractor” Dodge Guts Employment Protections
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/11/2020
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Coronavirus: Three Vignettes
  by Yves Smith 6:15 am

• MMT is a Political Problem: Part 1
  by Yves Smith 5:19 am

• Coronavirus Reveals the Cracks in Globalization
  by Yves Smith 2:10 am

March 10, 2020

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/10/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Malnourished Insects: Higher CO2 Levels Make Plants Less Nutritious
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/10/2020
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• As Youth Suicides Climb, Anguished Parents Begin To Speak Out
  by Yves Smith 6:00 am

• Oil Price Crash: 50% Of U.S. Shale Could Go Bankrupt
  by Yves Smith 5:18 am

• Marcie Frost Indictment: Overwhelming Majority of Investment Professionals Would Not Recommend Joining CalPERS
  by Yves Smith 2:20 am

March 9, 2020

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/9/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• A Tale of Two Cities: How Hong Kong Has Controlled its Coronavirus Outbreak, While New York City Scrambles
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 11:30 am

• Links 3/9/2020
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Will Biden’s Trade Policy Record Come Back to Haunt Him in Midwest?
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:50 am

• Mr. Market Loses It Over Coronavirus Risk: Oil Tanks, S&P Futures Trades Halted on Limit Down Overnight, Gold Jumps
  by Yves Smith 4:27 am

• ‘Internet of Things’ Could Be an Unseen Threat to Elections
  by Yves Smith 1:56 am

March 8, 2020

• Right to Repair: Will the European Commission Have the Guts to Stand Up to Apple et al? Details on Wednesday…
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 3/8/2020
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Let’s Get Real. Economists Have a Women Problem
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 3:55 am

March 7, 2020

• Links 3/7/2020
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• The Catherine Principle for Negotiating With the Turks – Let Arms Do the Talking
  by Yves Smith 5:03 am

• Revillaging: Looking to Our Roots as We Redesign Towns and Cities
  by Yves Smith 4:19 am

March 6, 2020

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/6/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• China Could Start A New Solar Price War
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

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

• Airlines: Bleeding from Coronavirus, and Worse to Come
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Is the U.S. Fracking Boom Based on Fraud?
  by Yves Smith 6:29 am

• Coronavirus: Kids About as Likely as Adults to Become Infected; What Happens When School Closures Become Widespread?
  by Yves Smith 5:41 am

March 5, 2020

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/5/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• ‘Biological Clocks’, Import Competition, and the Gender Gap in Earnings: The China Effect
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/5/2020
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Chief Justice John Roberts Denounces Chuck Schumer’s ‘Threatening’ Remarks About Gorsuch and Kavanaugh
  by Yves Smith 5:38 am

• New MH17 Leak – Dutch Prosecutors Have Received No US Satellite Evidence of the Shoot-Down by a Buk Missile
  by Yves Smith 4:25 am

• How Books and Bookshops Improve Our Mental Health – And Why We Must Protect Them
  by Yves Smith 3:32 am

March 4, 2020

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/4/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Banks and Landlords Have To Pick Up the Costs of the Pandemic To Come to Forestall a Depression
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/4/2020
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Brexit: Pawing and Snorting
  by Yves Smith 6:40 am

• According to the WHO, Coronavirus Is WORSE Than the Spanish Flu … Which Killed Tens of Millions of People
  by Yves Smith 3:25 am

March 3, 2020

• Super Tuesday Open Thread
  by Yves Smith 7:33 pm

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

• Tim Cook and Apple Bet the Farm on China, But Then Coronavirus Hit
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 3/3/2020
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Let’s Crush the Woke Plutonomy! An Interview + Review of The Populist’s Guide to 2020: A New Right and New Left are Rising by Krystal Ball and Saagar Enjeti
  by Yves Smith 6:50 am

• US Successfully Planned for the ‘Endless Frontier’ of Science Research in 1945 – Now It’s Time to Plan the Next 75 Years
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:25 am

• Why Our Food Systems Need a Radical Overhaul
  by Yves Smith 4:21 am

March 2, 2020

• How the National Disaster Medical System (NDMS) Could Help Pay for #COVID-19 Treatment (and Lead to #MedicareForAll)
  by Lambert Strether 4:55 pm

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

• What Viktor Frankl’s Logotherapy Can Offer in the Anthropocene
  by Lambert Strether 10:25 am

• Links 3/2/2020
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Coronavirus: Bracing for the Economic Shockwave
  by Yves Smith 6:15 am

• Porkfest! Tallying How Much the Pentagon Really Costs
  by Yves Smith 6:10 am

March 1, 2020

• 2020’s Plague of Locusts: Updates on Africa and Pakistan (and China)
  by Lambert Strether 2:25 pm

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

• Why East Germans Are Not Taking Advantage of the Large Wage Gap Between East and West Germany
  by Lambert Strether 5:55 am