Monthly Archives: June 2021

June 30, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/30/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Pentagon Papers Case Fifty Years On: Some Personal Reflections
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 11:55 am

• Links 6/30/2021
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Experts Warn Florida Tower Disaster Is Climate Emergency ‘Wake-Up Call’
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:50 am

• The Data Privacy Paradox and Digital Demand
  by Yves Smith 5:36 am

• Health Insurance Tricks and Traps: Using Cheap at Home Colon Cancer Test Exposes Insureds to Big Colonoscopy Bill
  by Yves Smith 4:42 am

June 29, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/29/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Myths, Lobbies Foster Competitive International Corporate Tax Cutting
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 6/29/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Tourism Begins to Recover in Europe, But Is It Just a Dead Cat Bounce?
  by Nick Corbishley 6:49 am

• Biden Classifies Opposition to ‘Capitalism and Corporate Globalization’ As Extremism
  by Yves Smith 5:35 am

• Quick Comment on the Dismissal of Antitrust Suits Against Facebook
  by Yves Smith 5:29 am

June 28, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/28/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• NZ to Ban Some Single Use Plastics, Following a Familiar Distressing Pattern
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 11:55 am

• Links 6/28/2021
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Ralph Nader: Leaves Must be Canceled. All Hands on the Congressional Deck.
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:50 am

• Covid Vaccine Whack-a-Mole?
  by Yves Smith 4:21 am

• Andrew Bacevich: America on the Downhill Slope
  by Yves Smith 2:52 am

June 27, 2021

• J & J Agrees to Pay New York $230 Million to Settle Opioids Lawsuit; Global Settlement Soon?
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 6/27/2021
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Yellowstone is Losing its Snow as the Climate Warms, and That Means Widespread Problems for Water and Wildlife
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:50 am

June 26, 2021

• Links 6/26/2021
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Blackout Risk And Electricity Prices Are Spiking In California
  by Yves Smith 5:34 am

• Musical Interlude (“On the Path of Decent Groove”): Country
  by Yves Smith 5:30 am

• Hamid Dabashi: U.S. Sanctions Strengthen Iranian Theocracy
  by Yves Smith 3:58 am

June 25, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/25/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The Climate Emergency Calls for a New Approach to Mental Health
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 6/25/2021
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• In Praise of the Hospital for Special Surgery
  by Yves Smith 6:50 am

• Australian Funds Take Aim at Private Equity by Moving to Do Deals in House
  by Yves Smith 4:43 am

• James Galbraith: China and Supply Chains – The White House Review’s Focus on US Dependence
  by Yves Smith 12:08 am

June 24, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/24/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Can The Fate Of Dolphins and Louisiana’s Fishing Industry Stop A $50 Billion Mississippi River Diversion Plan?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

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

• Will Tether Bring All The Cryptocurrencies Way Down?
  by Yves Smith 6:50 am

• A Report from Sierra Leone: Covid-19 Has Helped People Understand the Vital Connection Between Energy and Health
  by Yves Smith 6:23 am

• Update on Surgery and Mother’s Hospitalization
  by Yves Smith 5:45 am

June 23, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/23/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Supreme Court Rules 9-0 Against NCAA, Opening Door to Further Antitrust Challenges of Student-Athlete Compensation Bans
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 6/23/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Nassim Nicholas Taleb Shellacks Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies
  by Yves Smith 5:08 am

• How Energy Transition Models Go Wrong
  by Yves Smith 2:21 am

• The Politics of ‘Follow the Science’
  by Yves Smith 12:18 am

June 22, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/22/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• ‘Managed Retreat’ from Climate Disasters Can Reinvent Cities So They’re Better for Everyone – and Avoid More Flooding, Heat and Fires
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 6/22/2021
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Is Another Military Coup Brewing in Peru, After Historic Electoral Victory for Leftist Candidate?
  by Nick Corbishley 6:47 am

• The Bullshit Economy: How Amazon Sidewalk Steals Your Bandwidth
  by Yves Smith 4:34 am

• Decade Of Chaos Could Send Oil To $130 Per Barrel
  by Yves Smith 4:13 am

June 21, 2021

• Mindat: The Wikipedia for Minerologists, Miners, and “Rock Hounds” (Except Not)
  by Lambert Strether 5:55 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/21/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 6/21/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• How the Covid Pandemic Could Save Us
  by Lambert Strether 5:25 am

• Summer Rerun: The Victory of Privilege
  by Yves Smith 5:04 am

• The Pandemic Is Us (But Now Mostly Them)
  by Yves Smith 4:30 am

June 20, 2021

• Fun with DIY Box Fans (and Protection from Covid through Filtration and Better Ventilation)
  by Lambert Strether 4:55 pm

• Links 6/20/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Insurance Giants Under Fire from First Nations for Backing Trans Mountain Tar Sands Pipeline
  by Lambert Strether 6:45 am

• Device Makers Have Funneled Billions to Orthopedic Surgeons Who Use Their Products
  by Lambert Strether 6:25 am

June 19, 2021

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

• Why the Neoliberal Drive to Privatize Everything Is Running Out of Gas
  by Yves Smith 3:04 am

• The 2021 Corporate Bamboozle On World Food Systems
  by Yves Smith 2:35 am

June 18, 2021

• Delta Force: Notes on Our Newest Covid Variant of Concern
  by Lambert Strether 6:25 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/18/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The Framers Would Call the United States of Today Corrupt. And They’d Be Right
  by Lambert Strether 12:55 pm

• Links 6/18/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• The Health Externalities of Downsizing
  by Lambert Strether 5:55 am

• What President Biden and His Media Chorus Revealed about Their War-Fighting Capabilities
  by Lambert Strether 3:54 am

June 17, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/17/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Supreme Court Dismisses Obamacare Challenge, Leaving Existing Health Care Insurance System in Place
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 12:55 pm

• Links 6/17/2021
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:58 am

• Unions Demand Pelosi and Schumer Include Lower Medicare Age, Drug Pricing Reform in Infrastructure Plan
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:57 am

• Device Makers Have Funneled Billions to Orthopedic Surgeons Who Use Their Products
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:52 am

• CDC Continues on Form: Suppressing Aerosol Transmission in Covid FAQ, “See No Evil” Testing for Breakthrough Cases
  by Lambert Strether 4:55 am

June 16, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/16/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Biden Taps Lina Khan to Chair the FTC
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 6/16/2021
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:58 am

• Store Drop-Off: Another Recycling Fail
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• How the U.S. Lost National Healthcare
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:55 am

• Rocky Mountain Forests Burning More Now Than Any Time in the Past 2,000 Years
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 4:55 am

June 15, 2021

• Is the Only Green Thing about Cannabis the Almighty Dollar?
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/15/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 6/15/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• First UK Inquiry Into Greensill Scandal Calls for Extension to Lobbying Ban for Former Ministers and Civil Servants
  by Nick Corbishley 6:46 am

• Matt Stoller: A Society Designed to Incentivize Criminal Behavior at the Highest Level
  by Lambert Strether 5:55 am

• Returning to the Office Will be Hard
  by Lambert Strether 4:55 am

June 14, 2021

• Private Inequity: NYT Examines How the Private Equity Industry Avoids Taxes
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/14/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

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

• Shale Oil Fraud Case Reveals Executives Ignore Their Own Engineers and Mislead Investors
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:50 am

• Sharks: The Ultimate Keystone Species?
  by Lambert Strether 6:45 am

• Book Review: America’s Long Struggle to Tame Its Greatest Rivers
  by Lambert Strether 5:55 am

June 13, 2021

• Starbucks Launches Reusable Cup Program
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 1:55 pm

• Links 6/13/2021
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• What Bagehot Means for 21st Century Central Bankers
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:25 am

June 12, 2021

• Musical Interlude: “Know Your Rights” by The Clash
  by Lambert Strether 1:25 pm

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

• There Is No Labor Shortage, Only Labor Exploitation
  by Lambert Strether 6:47 am

June 11, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/11/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Space Trip: Bon Voyage Jeff!
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 10:55 am

• Links 6/11/2021
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:58 am

• New York State Senate Passes Right to Repair Bill
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:25 am

• Standard Inflation Theory Leaves Out Social Conflict and Costs
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:55 am

• Parking Reform Could Reenergize Downtowns – Here’s What Happened When Buffalo Changed its Zoning Rule
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 4:55 am

June 10, 2021

• A Nation that Runs on Bribes: Civics Lessons from our Vaccine Rollout
  by Lambert Strether 5:55 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/10/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Can a Subscription Model Fix Primary Care in the US?
  by Lambert Strether 9:55 am

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

• Keystone XL Developer Abandons Pipeline Project
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:50 am

• Who Speaks for the Mainstream in France?
  by Lambert Strether 5:55 am

June 9, 2021

• Book Review: “Mine! How the Hidden Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives”
  by Lambert Strether 6:25 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/9/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The United Mine Workers Strike at Warrior Met Coal
  by Lambert Strether 12:25 pm

• Head Start’s Long-Run Impacts on Human Capital and Labor-Market Outcomes
  by Lambert Strether 9:55 am

• Links 6/9/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• U.S. Southwest, Already Parched, Sees ‘Virtual Water’ Drain Abroad
  by Lambert Strether 5:55 am

June 8, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/8/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The Front Lines of Climate Change: Cyclone Yaas and the Sundarbans
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 6/8/2021
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:58 am

• Washington Post Publisher Says Biden DOJ ‘Intensified’ Trump-Era Attacks on Press Freedom
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:52 am

• WHO Celebrates As Indian Health Regulator Removes Ivermectin from Its Covid-19 Protocol
  by Nick Corbishley 6:31 am

• Covid Was a Tipping Point for Telehealth. If Some Have Their Way, Virtual Visits Are Here to Stay.
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:25 am

June 7, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/7/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• UN Report Assesses Dire State of Global Soil Pollution
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 11:55 am

• Links 6/7/2021
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:58 am

• Environmental Activists Call on Biden Administration to Pursue Ratification of the Basel Convention to Block U.S. Exports of Plastics and e-Waste
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• G7 Countries Reach Deal on 15% Global Minimum Tax Rate for Multinational Corporations
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:55 am

• Wolf Richter: Oh Lordy, Yellen Comes Out for Higher Interest Rates: “A Plus for Society’s Point of View and the Fed’s Point of View”
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 4:55 am

June 6, 2021

• Quaking Aspen: The Keystone Species that Clones Itself
  by Lambert Strether 4:25 pm

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

• In Missouri and Other States, Flawed Data Makes It Hard to Track Vaccine Equity
  by Lambert Strether 5:55 am

June 5, 2021

• Links 6/5/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Food Insecurity: A Potentially Underrated Collateral Damage of the Pandemic
  by Yves Smith 6:03 am

• Rethinking Unemployment: From Adam Smith to Marx “Reserve Army of the Unemployed” to the Neoliberal War on Full Employment
  by Yves Smith 5:17 am

June 4, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/4/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Ranked Choice and Most-Least Voting
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 6/4/2021
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Bezzle Watch: “1099s and Tenderness” – Papa Health Has Wacky Ideas About Elder Care
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Decisions Finally Coming in Long-Running Battle with Hedge Fund Titans in Kentucky Pension Case, Mayberry v. KKR
  by Yves Smith 6:52 am

• How Third-Party Auditors Make Oil Industry Fraud Possible
  by Yves Smith 5:13 am

June 3, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/3/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Driver’s License Suspensions for Failure to Pay Fines Inflict Particular Harm on Black Drivers
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

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

• CalPERS Desperate Response to Suit Over Illegal Secret Board Discussions and Other Abuses Seeks to Drag Case Out as Long As Possible
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• How Is Your Economy?
  by Yves Smith 6:53 am

• Why Colombia Has Erupted in Protest
  by Yves Smith 12:14 am

June 2, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/2/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Little-Known Illnesses Turning Up in Covid Long-Haulers
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

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

• Lawmakers Are Firing Back At Fossil Fuel Divestors
  by Yves Smith 6:53 am

• The West’s Not Very Hidden Hand in Debt Oppression in Central Asia
  by Yves Smith 6:40 am

• SoftBank-Funded Silicon Valley Unicorn Katerra, Which Was to “Transform” the Construction Industry, Collapses
  by Yves Smith 6:28 am

June 1, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/1/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• From Tragedy to Hesitancy: How Public Health Failures Boosted COVID-19 Vaccine Scepticism
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Link 6/1/2021
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• The Empire Strikes Back Against Mexican President AMLO
  by Nick Corbishley 6:52 am

• Why Did 72% of Israelis Want Attack on Gaza to Continue?
  by Yves Smith 5:56 am

• Do Languages Get Simpler When They Get More Complicated?
  by Yves Smith 5:34 am