Subprime Auto Loans Explode, “Serious Delinquencies” Spike to Record. But There’s No Jobs Crisis, These Are the Good Times
Nearly a quarter of all subprime auto loans are 90+ days delinquent. Why?
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Psychologist Explains Why Economists—and Liberals—Get Human Nature Wrong
Why moral psychology can help us see ourselves and each other more clearly than economists’ homo economicus.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 2/11/2020
Today’s Water Cooler: Bloomberg on “stop and frisk,” Buttigieg’s goons, Sanders, Trump, Warren, Iowa, Nevada, foreign “meddling,” #2019-nCoV (food delivery, containers), robot car datasets, skin cancer apps grift, Amazon, Oreos, locusts, honey and coughs, surprise billing, education, Jules Verne
Read more...Yet More Finance Profiteering: Green Bonds
Count on Wall Street to find a profit angle in actual or pending disaster. Green bonds are becoming a hot idea.
Read more...Links 2/11/2020
Developing Countries Showing America Up
America isn’t a very comfortable place.
Read more...Orwell Goes to Iowa
In fairness, Orwell was far more skilled than the Iowa Democratic Party and DNC are showing themselves to be. This is just lame.
Read more...How Corporations Are Forcing Their Way Into America’s Public Schools
Virginia shows how corporations such as Amazon, Cisco and Ford want to control schools right down to the curriculum.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 2/10/2020
Today’s Water Cooler: NH polls, Bloomberg (the burbs, influencers), Buttigieg (Russian oligarch, racism), Sanders (“Laundromat Caucus”), Warren, Weld, NH, coming debacles in NV and CA, IA debacle, Spotify, Apple, food delivery, China pharma, #2019-nCoV, extractivism, libraries, skylines
Read more...Most Long-Term Growth Forecasts by Economics Researchers Biased Upwards
Forecasts tend to be biased upwards and involve significant uncertainty, even for economics researchers specialising in macroeconomics or economic growth.
Read more...Links 2/10/2020
400 Million Locked Down in China To Fight Coronavirus
Another estimate of the severity and potential broader impact of the coronavirus.
Read more...Stunning Sinn Féin Win Upends Ireland Politics
Sinn Féin is on its way to shaking up Ireland.
Read more...A Socialism Equal to the World
Now that “socialism” is an acceptable word to use in conversation, what should socialists and their potential allies seek?
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