Monthly Archives: February 2021

February 28, 2021

• Preparing to Celebrate the Only Season Named for the Soil: Mud Season
  by Lambert Strether 5:25 pm

• Links 2/28/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• What Happens If Bitcoin Succeeds?
  by Lambert Strether 6:45 am

February 27, 2021

• Links 2/27/2021
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• The Oil Industry Is Ready To Fight President Biden In Court
  by Yves Smith 5:28 am

• A Less Trumpy Version of Trumpism Might Be the Future of the Republican Party
  by Yves Smith 5:18 am

February 26, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/26/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• “I’m Sorry,” Says Ro Khanna, “An Unelected Parliamentarian Does Not Get to Deprive 32 Million Americans the Wage Raise They Deserve.”
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 2/26/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Eviction Moratorium Deemed Unconstitutional by Federal Judge in Texas
  by Yves Smith 5:30 am

• America Needs New Infrastructure to Survive, But Will Biden Deliver?
  by Yves Smith 5:00 am

• The Climate Crisis, Rationing and Conscription
  by Yves Smith 12:11 am

February 25, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/25/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Why Black and Hispanic Small-Business Owners Have Been So Badly Hit in the Pandemic Recession
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 2/25/2021
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Why It’s Good for San Francisco that Rents Dropped 29% to Multiyear Low. But They Haven’t Dropped Nearly Enough Yet
  by Yves Smith 5:56 am

• Is the Post-COVID Boom Going to Bust?
  by Yves Smith 4:47 am

• This Obscure Energy Treaty Is the Greatest Threat to the Planet You’ve Never Heard Of
  by Yves Smith 2:51 am

February 24, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/24/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Ilargi: But….Then There’s the [Lithium] Math
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 2/24/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Michael Hudson Discusses the Economic Winds of [Non] Change Under Biden on Radical Imagination
  by Yves Smith 5:19 am

• Housing and the American Dream: Is A House Still a Home?
  by Yves Smith 3:48 am

• More Evidence That Private Equity Kills: Estimated >20,000 Increase in Nursing Home Deaths, 160,000 Life Years Lost Due to Cuts in Care
  by Yves Smith 1:47 am

February 23, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/23/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• An Ancient Greek Approach to Risk and the Lessons It Can Offer the Modern World
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 2/23/2021
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Scandal-Splattered UK Outsourcing Giant, Serco, Sets Sights on the Ultimate Gravy Train: U.S. Defense Contracting
  by Nick Corbishley 6:31 am

• Why Behavioral Economics Needs Behavioral Biology: Avoiding Arms Races
  by Yves Smith 3:05 am

• Deathbed Confession: FBI and NYPD Responsible for Malcolm X Assassination
  by Yves Smith 12:13 am

February 22, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/22/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• FAIR Act: Will Congress Finally Complete the Project the CFPB Fumbled and Ban Mandatory Arbitration Clauses?
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 12:55 pm

• Links 2/22/2021
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:58 am

• Sanders ‘Confident’ $15 Minimum Wage Possible Through Senate Reconciliation
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Hubert Horan: The Airline Industry Collapse Part 6 – U.S. Airlines Lost Over $35 Billion in 2020
  by Yves Smith 6:00 am

• Google’s Dominance of Online Ads is a Big Deal. Here’s How to Fix It.
  by Yves Smith 3:13 am

February 21, 2021

• Plastics Watch: Annie’s Homegrown Vows to Eliminate Ortho-Phthalates from Its Mac and Cheese
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 2/21/2021
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Feds OK’d Export of Millions of N95 Masks as U.S. Workers Cried for More
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:25 am

February 20, 2021

• Links 2/20/2021
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Republicans Offer Preview of Brutal Climate Policies in Texas
  by Yves Smith 4:22 am

• Artificial Intelligence Could Mean Large Increases in Prosperity—But Only for a Privileged Few
  by Yves Smith 2:23 am

February 19, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/19/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Hoist on His Own Petard? Kentucky Attorney General’s Apparent Plan to Settle Landmark Pension Case Mayberry v. KKR Likely to be Undermined by Discovery
  by Yves Smith 8:58 am

• Links 2/19/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Cold Truth: The Texas Freeze is a Catastrophe of the Free Market
  by Yves Smith 6:10 am

• Thomas Frank: YouTube Censorship and Now What’s Happening in Kansas –
  by Yves Smith 5:48 am

• Pandemics Swing Elections, But Not as Much as You Think
  by Yves Smith 1:37 am

February 18, 2021

• CDC School Reopening Guidance Suppresses Aerosols Based on Thin Evidence and Driven by Budgetary Concerns
  by Lambert Strether 7:25 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/18/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 2/18/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Chief GameStop Tout and Registered Representative Keith Gill, Target of Class Action Suit, at Congressional Hearings Today
  by Yves Smith 6:35 am

• Facebook Bans News in Australia to Avoid Paying Charges
  by Yves Smith 6:25 am

• “Almost Cartoonish Defender of the 1%, Kathryn Wylde” Rears Her Head to Attack Plans to Tax the Rich to Save New York City
  by Yves Smith 1:34 am

February 17, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/17/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The Internet’s Big Carbon Footprint Need Not Doom the Climate
  by Lambert Strether 11:25 am

• Links 2/17/2021
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• James Galbraith: CBO Not Competent to Assess Economics of Minimum Wage
  by Yves Smith 6:52 am

• Global Coup d’État: Mapping the Corporate Takeover of Global Governance
  by Yves Smith 6:38 am

• ‘The Mauritanian’ Rekindles Debate Over Gitmo Detainees’ Torture – With 40 Still Held There
  by Yves Smith 5:23 am

February 16, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/16/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Family Caregivers, Routinely Left Off Vaccine Lists, Worry What Would Happen ‘If I Get Sick’
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 2/16/2021
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Italy’s Newly Unelected Prime Minister, Mario Draghi, Has Urgent Unfinished Business With the World’s Oldest Bank
  by Nick Corbishley 6:31 am

• Hubert Horan: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Twenty-Four: Uber Loses Another $6.8 Billion
  by Yves Smith 5:20 am

• The Non-Profit Industrial Complex Stands in the Way of Direct Aid
  by Yves Smith 5:06 am

February 15, 2021

• Waste Watch: News from the U.S. and the Maldives
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 2/15/2021
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• How to Make COVID Vaccines More Effective: Give People Vitamin and Mineral Supplements
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:50 am

• Black Lives Matter Inland Empire Announces Break With BLM Global Network: Calls Out Lack of Transparency, Democratic Party Control
  by Yves Smith 3:37 am

• ‘Fire DeJoy Before He Burns Down USPS’: Postmaster General Pushes Plan for Slower Mail, Higher Prices
  by Yves Smith 2:59 am

February 14, 2021

• Valentine’s Day Food Security Special: Hold the Pink Kraft Dinner, Serve Up Comfort Food
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 2/14/2021
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• ‘Beyond Outrageous’: Big Pharma Using Loophole to Get Taxpayers to Fund Billions in Fines for Fueling Opioid Crisis
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:25 am

February 13, 2021

• Links 2/13/2021
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Working From Home: Too Much of a Good Thing
  by Yves Smith 6:10 am

• Yanis Varoufakis: Trumpism after Trump – NEWSWEEK Magazine, Interviewed by Basit Mahmood
  by Yves Smith 5:15 am

February 12, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/12/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The Bank of England Should Stop Broadcasting the Views of a Comfortable Financial Elite
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 2/12/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• The Chip Shortage: Brought to You By American Neoliberalism
  by Yves Smith 5:09 am

• Big Money Drove the Congressional Elections—Again
  by Yves Smith 2:49 am

• Why Amazon Is Fighting So Hard to Stop Warehouse Workers From Unionizing
  by Yves Smith 12:57 am

February 11, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/11/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Why U.S. Labor Laws Need a Major Update—The PRO Act Is a Great Start
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 2/11/2021
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• The Most Fragile Oil Price Rally In History
  by Yves Smith 4:51 am

• As Pandemic Surged, Contact Tracing Struggled; Biden Looks to Boost It
  by Yves Smith 3:44 am

• The Dangers of Sustainability Metrics
  by Yves Smith 2:07 am

February 10, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/10/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Monetary Policy and Racial Inequality
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 2/10/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Criminal Tax Cheat Robert Smith of Private Equity Firm Vista Gets a Pass for Conduct Worse Than Apollo’s Leon Black, Now in Epstein Doghouse
  by Yves Smith 6:20 am

• Is There Really a Problem with Left Wing Extremism in the UK, or Is the Government Seeking Excuses to Suppress Fair Protest?
  by Yves Smith 6:18 am

• Guantánamo Prisoner to Joe Biden: ‘The Last Two Decades of My Life Have Been a Nightmare Without End’
  by Yves Smith 12:58 am

February 9, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/9/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Corporate Concentration in the US Food System Makes Food More Expensive and Less Accessible for Many Americans
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 2/9/2021
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• How the Catalonia Question Caused Blushes for Brussels in Moscow
  by Nick Corbishley 6:31 am

• One Year After the Collapse of the Airline Business Began: What’s the Status Now?
  by Yves Smith 4:59 am

• Intellectual Property Cause of Covid Death, Genocide
  by Yves Smith 3:59 am

February 8, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/8/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Myanmar Coup and Fast Fashion: Sanctions Would Harm Poor Textile Workers
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 2/8/2021
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Goldman Is Evil But McKinsey Is Worse
  by Yves Smith 6:37 am

• ‘Unbelievable,’ Says Sanders, That Some Dems Want to Further Limit Eligibility for Covid-19 Relief Checks
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:25 am

• America, the Unreliable Superpower: Can Biden Shore Up Its Record?
  by Yves Smith 12:11 am

February 7, 2021

• Will 2021 Be the Year for the Right to Repair?
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 2/7/2021
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Tim Berners-Lee’s Plan to Save the Internet: Give Us Back Control of Our Data
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:25 am

February 6, 2021

• Links 2/6/2021
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Michael Hudson – Changes in Super Imperialism
  by Yves Smith 6:10 am

• Negative Interest Rates Are Coming, but There Is No Chance That They Will Work
  by Yves Smith 5:36 am

February 5, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/5/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Betsy DeVos Is Gone, But Her Education Agenda Is Rolling Out Across the Country
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 2/5/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• “The Vibe in North Houston”: A Report on Working Class Men Betrayed and in Angst
  by Yves Smith 6:45 am

• Mayberry v. KKR: Kentucky Attorney General Shows True Colors, Looks Over-Eager to Settle Pathbreaking Pension Case Rather Than Inconvenience Private Equity Kingpins Blackstone and KKR
  by Yves Smith 6:44 am

• As COVID Rages, Bankruptcy Cases Fall…..For Now
  by Yves Smith 4:47 am

February 4, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/4/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Citizen Scientists Are Filling Research Gaps Created by the Pandemic
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 2/4/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Warning: If Your Business Depends on a Platform, You Don’t Have a Business
  by Yves Smith 6:52 am

• Pension Bridge Presents Former CalPERS CIO Ben Meng as ESG Leader Despite California Investigation for Conflict of Interest That Led to His Exit
  by Yves Smith 5:00 am

• RIP Michael Perelman
  by Yves Smith 4:59 am

• Epidemic of Despair Could Haunt America Long After COVID
  by Yves Smith 4:55 am

February 3, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/3/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• ‘Will End Up Hurting Tens of Millions’: Progressives Push Back as Dems Weigh Lower Income Cutoff for Stimulus Checks
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 2/3/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• More on the GameStop Short Squeeze: GME Myths Busted
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Investors Not Reassured by Apollo Trying to ‘Splain Leon Black’s $188 Million in Payments to Serial Child Rapist Jeffrey Epstein
  by Yves Smith 6:50 am

• Covid Road to Hell Paved with Good Intentions
  by Yves Smith 6:24 am

February 2, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/2/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Long-Haul Covid Cases Cast New Light on Chronic Fatigue Sufferers
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 2/2/2021
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Some Implications of the GameStop Short Squeeze
  by Yves Smith 6:50 am

• Oxygen Becomes a Scarce Resource in Latin America’s Two Largest Economies
  by Nick Corbishley 6:31 am

• How Financial Markets Shape Social Values and Political Views
  by Yves Smith 4:59 am

February 1, 2021

• Could We Learn How to Talk to Trees (or Forests)?
  by Lambert Strether 5:25 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/1/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 2/1/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Elizabeth Warren’s Not-Ready-for-Prime-Time Robinhood/GameStop Intervention
  by Yves Smith 6:43 am

• My Advice to an Aspiring Economist: Don’t Be an Economist
  by Lambert Strether 6:34 am

• The Blindness of Using Venture Capital to Fight Human Trafficking
  by Yves Smith 6:29 am