Monthly Archives: September 2020

September 30, 2020

• Hooray! Met Our Sixth Goal, On to Our Seventh: More Original Reporting
  by Yves Smith 9:43 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 9/30/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Announcing the 2020 “Sarah Henry Double-Your-Donation Challenge”!
  by Yves Smith 12:35 pm

• Naked Capitalism: Your Coach in Financial Self-Defense
  by Yves Smith 12:30 pm

• The US Excess Mortality Rate from COVID-19 Is Substantially Worse than Europe’s
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 9/30/2020
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• The Problem With California’s Electric Dream
  by Yves Smith 6:27 am

• Corralling the Facts on Herd Immunity
  by Yves Smith 5:50 am

• Huzzah! Met Our Fifth Goal, and on to the Sixth: Expanding Our Reach
  by Yves Smith 5:03 am

September 29, 2020

• Live Blog: Presidential Primary Debate #1 in Cleveland, OH.
  by Lambert Strether 8:30 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 9/29/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Nassim Nicholas Taleb Wants You to Donate to Naked Capitalism
  by Yves Smith 12:41 pm

• Shareholder Capitalism’s Ugly Legacy
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 9/29/2020
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• The IRS Moves to Crack Down on Cryptocurrency Tax Evaders
  by Yves Smith 3:51 am

• How Donald Trump Abandoned Workers After Promising to Bring Manufacturing Back to the U.S.
  by Yves Smith 3:20 am

• The Minimal Effects of TV Debates Between Candidates
  by Yves Smith 2:14 am

September 28, 2020

• Hurrah! Met Our Fourth Goal, On to Our Fifth: Karōshi Prevention
  by Yves Smith 9:11 pm

• Naked Capitalism’s Mission Impossible
  by Yves Smith 5:30 pm

• Trump’s “Operation Warp Speed” Covid-19 Vaccine Development Program: Dominated by Military Personnel, Accused of Corruption
  by Lambert Strether 4:55 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 9/28/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Fiscal Federalism and the COVID-19 Shock in the US
  by Lambert Strether 11:46 am

• Links 9/28/2020
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Looking for the Private Equity Lending Train Wreck in All the Wrong Places?
  by Yves Smith 6:30 am

• Announcing the 2020 Double Your Donations Challenge!
  by Yves Smith 1:05 am

• How Bankers Hide Losses
  by Yves Smith 12:40 am

September 27, 2020

• Update on Federal Covid-19 Data at HHS: Hysteria on TeleTracking Data Manipulation Unwarranted, but Concern on Palintir Surveillance Oddly Muted
  by Lambert Strether 4:55 pm

• Thomas Neuburger: The War Against the War Against the People, or Why You Should Contribute to Naked Capitalism
  by Yves Smith 12:45 pm

• Links 9/27/2020
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Why isn’t Donald Trumpeting His Foreign Policy Record?
  by Lambert Strether 6:16 am

September 26, 2020

• Ponds, Beaver Ponds, Arctic and Antarctic Ponds, and Walden Pond
  by Lambert Strether 4:25 pm

• Naked Capitalism: Commentary That Has a Bite
  by Yves Smith 12:49 pm

• Links 9/26/2020
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• These Secret Safety Panels Will Pick the COVID Vaccine Winners
  by Lambert Strether 6:25 am

• Bravo! Hit Our Third Fundraiser Target, On Our Way to the Fourth: Guest Bloggers
  by Yves Smith 1:46 am

September 25, 2020

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

• The Resilience of Naked Capitalism
  by Yves Smith 12:52 pm

• Andrew Cuomo Says NY Officials Will Do Separate Review of Any COVID-19 Vaccine
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 9/25/2020
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Continued Tight UK Self-Isolation Rules Continue to Hammer Tourism Sector
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:50 am

• Derision, Disbelief After Iowa Meatpacking Plant Where Hundreds Caught Coronavirus Fined Just $957
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 4:55 am

• Why Trump’s Promise to Save Manufacturing Was One He Never Intended to Keep
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 2:25 am

• Hooray! Met Our Second Target Quickly! On to the Third: Continuing Expanded News Coverage and Maybe Meetups
  by Yves Smith 1:33 am

September 24, 2020

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

• NYT Report: 9 of Every 10 Restaurants and Bars in N.Y.C. Can’t Pay Full Rent
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 1:55 pm

• Matt Stoller: Naked Capitalism – Your Antidote to the Toxicity of Late-Stage Neoliberalism
  by Yves Smith 12:56 pm

• News from the Archives: A Tale of Two Presidents, Letters Between Nixon and Trump
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 7:55 am

• Links 9/24/2020
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Pompeo: We are Building A Coalition Against Nord Stream 2
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:50 am

• Wow! Met Our First Goal in Record Time! On to the Second: Supporting the Comments Section
  by Yves Smith 4:09 am

• Recycling Isn’t Enough to Tackle the World’s Worsening Plastic Pollution Crisis
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 2:55 am

September 23, 2020

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

• Oh No, Say it Ain’t So: NYC’s Century 21 to Shutter Its Doors
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 1:55 pm

• Fundraiser 2020: When the Going Gets Tough
  by Yves Smith 1:00 pm

• Fundraiser 2020: What We Did for You in the Past Year
  by Yves Smith 12:59 pm

• Links 9/23/2020
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Oil Industry’s Shift to Plastics in Question as Report Warns $400 Billion in Stranded Assets Possible
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:55 am

• New Justice Confirmed By Election Day?
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 4:55 am

• Signs of an ‘October Vaccine Surprise’ Alarm Career Scientists
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 3:55 am

September 22, 2020

• CDC Flip-Flops on Paradigm Shift to SARS-COV-2 Transmission via Aerosols
  by Lambert Strether 5:25 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 9/22/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Wolf Richter: Nikola Hype Collapses, Shares Plunge Further, Founder/CEO Pushed Out. GM Swoons
  by Lambert Strether 11:57 am

• Links 9/22/2020
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• How Hypocrites in High Places Have Contributed to the Riots in the Streets
  by Yves Smith 2:21 am

• We Must Defeat the US Trade Deal
  by Yves Smith 1:47 am

September 21, 2020

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 9/21/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Pity the Poor College Frosh: “Definitely Weird”
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 12:25 pm

• Links 9/21/2020
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Dems Pressured to ‘Pick a Fight for Once’ Over RBG Seat as Collins and Murkowski Oppose Pre-Election Vote
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:50 am

• Coronavirus Economic Distress Hitting Indebted Professionals
  by Yves Smith 1:19 am

• Ilargi: Why Trump Will Win
  by Yves Smith 12:04 am

September 20, 2020

• Voting By Mail: When Will November’s Election Results Be Settled?
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 9/20/2020
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Civil War? What Civil War?
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:55 am

September 19, 2020

• RIP Ruth Bader Ginsburg: What’s Next?
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 9/19/2020
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• ‘Astounding’: Trump Officials Reportedly Bypassed CDC Scientists to Publish ‘Dangerous’ Covid-19 Testing Guidelines
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:55 am

September 18, 2020

• The “Crew Change” Crisis: 300,000 Seafarers Trapped. Will International Trade Grind to a Halt?
  by Lambert Strether 5:25 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 9/18/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Importing Inequality: Immigration and the Top 1%
  by Lambert Strether 12:23 pm

• Links 9/18/2020
  by Lambert Strether 7:56 am

• How Hospitals’ Profit Orientation Led to Covid-19 Unpreparedness
  by Yves Smith 6:13 am

• It’s Time for a Debt “Jubilee”
  by Yves Smith 5:59 am

September 17, 2020

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 9/17/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• How NAFTA Lost Democrats the South
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 9/17/2020
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Telemedicine Tales
  by Yves Smith 4:42 am

• Journey into a Libertarian Future: Part V – Dark Realities
  by Yves Smith 2:37 am

• Thousands of New York ‘Long Haulers’ Struggle with COVID-19 Months After Diagnosis
  by Yves Smith 12:46 am

September 16, 2020

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 9/16/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Demonizing Socialism and “Macroeconomic Populism”: Myths of Soft Budget Constraints
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 9/16/2020
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Brexit: Snake Eyes
  by Yves Smith 6:11 am

• Isolation, Addiction, and Drug Use in the Covid-19 Moment
  by Yves Smith 1:41 am

• Trump’s Eviction Moratorium Opens the Door for Medicare for All by Executive Order
  by Yves Smith 12:06 am

September 15, 2020

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 9/15/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Political HHS Appointees Demand Authority to Rewrite CDC Reports
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 9/15/2020
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Brazil’s Pantanal Wetland is On Fire, Joining Other Places Where Wildfires Rage or Have Recently Burned Out of Control
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:50 am

• NIH ‘Very Concerned’ About Serious Side Effect in Coronavirus Vaccine Trial
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:25 am

• The Rise of Ultra-Processed Foods and Why They’re Really Bad for Our Health
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 4:25 am

September 14, 2020

• As Boeing Inches Toward 737 MAX Recertification, 787 and Lunar Lander Go Sour, Charleston v. Seattle Looms
  by Lambert Strether 5:55 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 9/14/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• We Lost Because We Weren’t Big Enough (the Left in the UK and the US)
  by Lambert Strether 11:55 am

• Links 9/14/2020
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Hubert Horan: The Airline Industry Collapse Part 4 – Total Paralysis Continues
  by Yves Smith 6:29 am

• The Bahrain-Israel Mutual Recognition
  by Yves Smith 2:29 am

September 13, 2020

• Topsoil Degradation, Soil Erosion, and Soil Governance (Global or Otherwise)
  by Lambert Strether 4:25 pm

• Links 9/13/2020
  by Lambert Strether 6:59 am

• How Charles Koch Is Buying Credibility With Academic Investments
  by Lambert Strether 6:50 am

September 12, 2020

• Climate Crisis and Population Growth Will Displace 1 Billion over Next 30 Years
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 9/12/2020
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Wolf Richter: Unemployment Crisis Going in Wrong Direction: Week 25 of U.S. Labor Market Collapse
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:50 am

September 11, 2020

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 9/11/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• More than 500,000 People in Oregon Flee Wildfires
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 9/11/2020
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• America’s Dire Inequality Demands a New Conceptual Framework. This Economist Has One.
  by Yves Smith 2:40 am

September 10, 2020

• CalPERS Cooks Its Books: Grossly Understated Investment Consultant Meketa’s Expenses in Annual Financials; Made a Criminal False Account by Burying the Cost
  by Yves Smith 9:05 pm

• CalPERS’ Bad Numbers: CEO Marcie Frost’s Multi-Hundred Thousand /Year Advisor Randle Communications Missing from Board Reports
  by Yves Smith 9:00 pm

• Sediment, Big Spring Run, and River Restoration to Pre-Colonial Times
  by Lambert Strether 3:55 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 9/10/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 9/10/2020
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• ‘Dereliction of Duty’: Outrage as USPS Board Issues Gushing Praise for DeJoy Amid Mail Slowdowns, Medicine Delays, and Straw-Donor Scandal
  by Yves Smith 6:13 am

• What Rent Drop? Listed Prices Aren’t Budging Where COVID-19 Hit Hardest
  by Yves Smith 5:11 am

• How US Consumers Use Their Stimulus Payments
  by Yves Smith 4:42 am

September 9, 2020

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

• Regressive Taxation Must Be Reversed
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 9/9/2020
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Democracy Scares, from the Destruction of Bryan to the Abdication of Bernie: Why America Desperately Needs a Second Populist Movement but Ain’t Gonna Get One an interview + Review of The People, No! A Brief History of Anti-Populism by Thomas Frank
  by Yves Smith 6:23 am

• Brexit: Pear Shaped
  by Yves Smith 6:05 am

• How Warming Will Widen the Italy North-South Economic Gap
  by Yves Smith 4:51 am

September 8, 2020

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 9/8/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Treating Offenders: They Tried To Make Me Go to Rehab and I Said “Yes, Yes, Yes”
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 9/8/2020
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• History Gives Reason to Hope That We Can Beat Inequality
  by Yves Smith 5:33 am

September 7, 2020

• Another Compliance Failure: CalPERS Discussed Recusal of Ex-CIO Ben Meng but Failed To Enforce It; CEO Marcie Frost Says “Not My Job”
  by Yves Smith 9:48 pm

• Influential California State University Council Calls for CalPERS CEO Marcie Frost to Go on Administrative Leave During Investigation by Inspector General
  by Yves Smith 9:47 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler Labor Day 2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 9/7/2020
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Hoboken, New Jersey Sues Oil Industry for Climate Impacts From its ‘Deceptive Actions’
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:25 am

September 6, 2020

• CalPERS Staff Yet Again Tries to Usurp Board’s Power by Steering Governance Reforms After CIO Ben Meng Departure
  by Yves Smith 9:51 pm

• China Faces Food Shortage?
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

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

• ‘The Situation Is Dire’: As Trump Takes Victory Lap, New Jobs Report Reveals Alarming Surge in Permanent Unemployment
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:50 am

September 5, 2020

• Links 9/5/2020
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Michael Hudson: Debt, Land and Money, From Polanyi to the New Economic Archaeology
  by Yves Smith 4:52 am

• Robert Pollin: Biden Not Phasing Out Fossil Fuel, Relies on Carbon Capture
  by Yves Smith 3:06 am

September 4, 2020

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 9/4/2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• State Controller Betty Yee Calls for Public Discussion of CalPERS Governance Reforms Following Sudden Departure of CIO Ben Meng
  by Yves Smith 12:15 pm

• COVID: Where Science Goes To Die
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 9/4/2020
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Charter Schools Find Gold in Federal Government Aid to Small Businesses While Black-Owned Firms Get the Shaft
  by Yves Smith 12:02 am

• Steve Keen: Eulogy to David Graeber
  by Yves Smith 12:01 am

September 3, 2020

• Labor Day Weekend Posting and Comments Schedule
  by Yves Smith 7:38 pm

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

• US Tax Dollars Funded Every New Drug in the Last Decade
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 9/3/2020
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Preserve the People’s Post Office: Let Us Do Meaningful Postal Reform
  by Yves Smith 4:19 am

• 22 Year Study Finds Hedge Fund Managers Collect 64% of Investors’ Gross Returns
  by Yves Smith 3:57 am

September 2, 2020

• How CalPERS Staff Keeps the Board in the Dark About Compliance Problems
  by Yves Smith 10:06 pm

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

• Are Riots Counterproductive, and Who Decides?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 9/2/2020
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Journey into a Libertarian Future: Part IV – The Journey into a Libertarian Past
  by Yves Smith 4:02 am

• Fauci Says COVID Vaccine Trials Could End Early If Results Are Overwhelming
  by Yves Smith 3:42 am

September 1, 2020

• Influential CalPERS Retiree Group Demands Resignation of Board President Henry Jones; Calendars Confirm Secret “Board Within Board” Abuse
  by Yves Smith 10:09 pm

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

• Could Religious Exemptions Trump a COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate? Well, That Depends
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 9/1/2020
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Michael Hudson: How an “Act of God” Pandemic Is Destroying the West: The U.S. Is Saving the Financial Sector, Not the Economy
  by Yves Smith 6:38 am

• Teachers Strike Authorization Vote Looms as Union and City Launch Last-Ditch Safety Talks
  by Yves Smith 5:55 am