Monthly Archives: November 2021

November 30, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/30/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Foreclosure Looms for Homeowners Who Thought They’d Won, Thanks to Top New York Court Ruling
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 11/30/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Is It Time for Eurozone Banks to Start Worrying About Turkey Again?
  by Nick Corbishley 6:51 am

• Vaccine Politics Not Working to Biden Administration Advantage
  by Yves Smith 6:50 am

• Finance Group Fails To Deliver at COP26
  by Yves Smith 2:59 am

November 29, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/29/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Fifty Coral Reefs Selected as ‘Arks’ to Survive Climate Crisis
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 12:25 pm

• Links 11/29/2021
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• How Poorer Citizens Pay the Price of Economic Change in the UK
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:50 am

• The Campaign to Protect Christmas Profits from Omicron
  by Yves Smith 6:03 am

• The Geopolitical Game That Could Transform Gas Markets
  by Yves Smith 2:54 am

November 28, 2021

• Ohio Jury Finds Three Pharmacy Chains Liable in Opioids Trial; Judge to Decide on Damages Award in Spring
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 11/28/2021
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• African Marine Rules Favour Big Industry, Leaving Small-Scale Fishers in the Lurch
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:50 am

November 27, 2021

• Links 11/27/27
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• The NRA Could Be Winning Its Long Gun Game Even as It Appears To Be in Dire Straits
  by Yves Smith 4:28 am

• ‘We Are Fighting Back’: Global Black Friday Strikes and Protests Seek to #MakeAmazonPay
  by Yves Smith 3:41 am

November 26, 2021

• Links 11/26/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• South East Asia’s Biggest Bank (By Assets) Just Suffered Its Biggest Outage in Over a Decade
  by Nick Corbishley 6:31 am

• Probable Vaccine-Escaping Covid Variant Sequenced in Gauteng, South Africa and Spreading Rapidly; Press Underplaying Downside Risk
  by Yves Smith 4:52 am

• Gerrymandering Is a Climate Problem
  by Yves Smith 3:48 am

November 25, 2021

• Links 11/25/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Thanksgiving Myths and Realities and Betty-Jo
  by Yves Smith 6:00 am

• Why Don’t We See Headlines Touting the Pentagon’s Hefty Price Tag?
  by Yves Smith 1:54 am

November 24, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/24/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• How the Pandemic Helped Spread Fentanyl Across the US and Drive Opioid Overdose Deaths to a Grim New High
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 11/24/2021
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• The “Tesla Financial Complex”: Financial Times Details Wildly Outsized Speculation in Tesla Options
  by Yves Smith 5:26 am

• Go Private for the Treatment You Need, NHS Tells Patients
  by Yves Smith 3:51 am

• Thanksgiving Holiday Schedule and Sort of Comments Holiday
  by Yves Smith 12:05 am

November 23, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/23/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Among Social Scientists, a Vigorous Debate Over Loss Aversion
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 11/23/2021
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Deliveroo Prepares to Quit Spain After New Law Gives Delivery Riders Rights
  by Nick Corbishley 6:47 am

• Dirty Dollars: Money Laundering, Steel, and Toxins
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:45 am

• Climate Injustice at Glasgow Cop-Out
  by Yves Smith 6:36 am

November 22, 2021

• Down to the Wire, Last Chance for Our 2021 Fundraiser!
  by Yves Smith 8:49 pm

• Countdown!
  by Yves Smith 5:02 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/22/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Book Review: Gabe Brown’s “Dirt to Soil”
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm

• Closing Hours of the 2021 Fundraiser, About to Hit Our New $ and Donor Targets!
  by Yves Smith 1:08 pm

• Why Some Nations’ Labour Markets Did Better During the Pandemic
  by Lambert Strether 9:55 am

• Links 11/22/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Procrastinators of the World, Unite! Last Day, Last Chance for Our 2021 Fundraiser!
  by Yves Smith 6:15 am

• Michael Hudson on Truth Jihad Radio Discussing Super Imperialism, Rentierism, and the American Political Duopoly
  by Yves Smith 6:12 am

• The Costs of War (to You)
  by Yves Smith 3:29 am

November 21, 2021

• Biden’s OSHA Workplace Vaccine Mandate, Now Stalled in Court, Rejects the Layered “Swiss Cheese” Model for Covid Protection
  by Lambert Strether 1:50 pm

• Links 11/21/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Mini-Festival of Antidotes
  by Yves Smith 6:15 am

• Goodbye Glasgow: What’s Next for Global Climate Action?
  by Lambert Strether 5:25 am

November 20, 2021

• Naked Capitalism: Your Stable Ship in the Stormiest of Stormy Seas
  by Lambert Strether 7:15 am

• Links 11/20/2021
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Misremembering Might Actually Be a Sign Your Memory Is Working Optimally
  by Yves Smith 6:14 am

• Why the UK (and US) Left Is Wrong To Be So Dismissive of Non-Violent Struggle
  by Yves Smith 5:57 am

November 19, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/19/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Jobs Grow — Along With the Pandemic Gap Between Rich and Poor New Yorkers
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 11/19/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Austria Imposes Full Covid Lockdown and Plans Mandatory Vaccination Early Next Year
  by Nick Corbishley 6:51 am

• New, Radically Different Covid Variant Getting Footholds Now as Media and Officials Remain Complacent
  by Yves Smith 6:16 am

• Why, In a Nation Stocked With Corporate Media Junk Food, Naked Capitalism Is Necessary for Our Intellectual Health
  by Yves Smith 6:14 am

• Experts on Inflation: Prognosis, Political Fallout and Who’s Really to Blame
  by Yves Smith 3:27 am

November 18, 2021

• Apple Reverses Course on Right to Repair iPhones: More Concessions to Follow?
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 2:55 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/18/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 11/18/2021
  by Yves Smith 6:58 am

• The War Nerd: The Tigray-Ethiopia War
  by Yves Smith 6:25 am

• Announcing the Sarah Henry “Double Your Donations” Challenge
  by Yves Smith 6:15 am

• More Proof of Biden’s Weak Position: Tasks FTC to Investigate Oil & Gas Companies in Gambit to Rein in High Prices
  by Yves Smith 6:14 am

• COP26: Climate Pledges Don’t Match Up With Policies—or Consumer Behavior
  by Yves Smith 3:58 am

November 17, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/17/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• An Increase in Interest Rates Would Be An Act of Class Warfare
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 11/17/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• The McDonaldization of German Universities
  by Yves Smith 6:35 am

• Naked Capitalism: Nurturing Our Community of Critical Thinkers During the Pandemic Years…And Some Good News Stories
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:14 am

• 2020’s Knife Edge Election: An Analysis
  by Yves Smith 6:10 am

• Dems Continue To Sink Despite Improving Economy
  by Yves Smith 12:11 am

November 16, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/16/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Public Nuisance or Not? Opioids Litigation Roundup
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 1:55 pm

• Links 11/16/2021
  by Yves Smith 6:58 am

• Mexico’s World Bank-Funded Mandatory Biometric Database Raises Serious Ethical and Legal Questions
  by Nick Corbishley 6:57 am

• Naked Capitalism’s Private Equity Trust-Busting
  by Yves Smith 6:15 am

• The Ancient Art of Adding Insult to Injury
  by Yves Smith 6:13 am

• As Big Pharma and Hospitals Battle Over Drug Discounts, Patients Miss Out on Millions in Benefits
  by Yves Smith 6:10 am

November 15, 2021

• Bravo! Met Our Sixth Goal, On to Our Seventh: More Original Reporting
  by Yves Smith 10:06 pm

• Waste Watch: Fast Fashion Discards Pile Up in the Global South
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:25 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/15/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 11/15/2021
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Employers Still in Denial About the New Normal of Fed-Up Low Wage Workers
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Thomas Neuburger: At This Place, In This Time, All Mankind Is Us
  by Yves Smith 6:14 am

• Announcing the 2021 Fabulous Four “Double Your Donations” Challenge
  by Yves Smith 6:13 am

• ‘Infuriating’ Report Reveals ‘Breathtaking Cover-Up’ of US Airstrike That Killed Syrian Civilians
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:55 am

• We Need Far More Radical Thinking Than Any COP26 Deal To Save the Planet
  by Yves Smith 4:52 am

November 14, 2021

• Hooray! Met Our Fifth Goal, and on to the Sixth: Expanding Our Reach
  by Yves Smith 9:50 pm

• Links 11/14/2021
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Naked Capitalism: A Personal Legacy
  by Yves Smith 6:15 am

• Nurses Don’t Want to Be Hailed as ‘Heroes’ During a Pandemic – They Want More Resources and Support
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:55 am

• CalPERS Continues to Violate Law Via Secret Board Discussions; Upcoming Monday Illegal Secret Placement Agent Review Raises Concerns About Bribery
  by Yves Smith 12:30 am

November 13, 2021

• It’s Time We Stop Listening to Economists on Climate Change
  by Yves Smith 7:18 am

• Links 11/13/21
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Mark Ames: Why Finance Is Too Important to Leave to Larry Summers
  by Yves Smith 6:17 am

• Why Minnesota, Known for Charter Schools, Is Now Joining a Nationwide Trend for Community Schools
  by Yves Smith 6:12 am

• Kudos! Met Our Fourth Goal, On to Our Fifth: Karōshi Prevention
  by Yves Smith 5:45 am

November 12, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/12/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Chinese Voters Came Out in Force for the GOP in NYC, Shaking Up Politics
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 11/12/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Is HSBC Really the Right Bank to Spearhead New Global “Sustainable Finance” Rules?
  by Nick Corbishley 6:51 am

• Announcing the 2021 Double Your Donations Challenge!
  by Yves Smith 6:15 am

• SEC Chair Gary Gensler, Ever So Politely, Signals Intent to Cut Private Equity Grifting Way Back
  by Yves Smith 6:11 am

• On the Duty to Obstruct
  by Yves Smith 12:26 am

November 11, 2021

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

• Magical Thinking on Fertilizer and Climate Change
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 11/11/2021
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• The Climate Fight Over Line 5, or the Upper Peninsula and Canada Versus Greenhouse Gas Absolutism
  by Yves Smith 6:40 am

• Why Naked Capitalism Is Such a Precious Place for Writers
  by Nick Corbishley 6:24 am

• Medicare’s Open Enrollment Is Open Season for Scammers
  by Yves Smith 6:11 am

• 3 Ways Congress Could Hold Facebook Accountable for Its Actions
  by Yves Smith 12:42 am

November 10, 2021

• Bravo! Hit Third Fundraiser Target, Well on Our Way to the Fourth: Guest Bloggers
  by Yves Smith 8:41 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/10/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• McKinsey, the Force Multiplier for the Opioid Crisis, Goes All in With Anti-Public-Health Messaging on Covid
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 11/10/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Naked Capitalism: Your No-Bullshit, Prescient Answer to Journalism of Attachment
  by Yves Smith 6:18 am

• General Electric Breaks Up, Symbolizing Decline of American Manufacturing and the High Price of Financialization
  by Yves Smith 6:00 am

• ‘This Must Not Happen’: If Unhalted, Permian Basin Fracking Will Unleash 40 Billion Tons of CO2 by 2050
  by Yves Smith 5:43 am

• Why the California Shipping Bottleneck Reflects a Threat to U.S. Security
  by Yves Smith 5:30 am

November 9, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/9/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Medicare Enrollment Blitz Doesn’t Include Options to Move Into Medigap
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 11/9/2021
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Did Mexico’s AMLO Government Just Blink in Standoff With Global Energy Lobbies?
  by Nick Corbishley 6:52 am

• IM Doc: Naked Capitalism – Fierce and Independent Thinking in the Age of Covid
  by Yves Smith 6:19 am

• Latest Fed Financial Stability Report Underplays Supply Chain Risk
  by Yves Smith 5:45 am

• Carbon Tax Over-Rated
  by Yves Smith 3:40 am

November 8, 2021

• Yipee! Met Our Second Target Quickly! On to the Third: Continuing Expanded News Coverage and Maybe Meetups
  by Yves Smith 10:15 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/8/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Hubert Horan: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Twenty-Eight: Uber Still Unprofitable, But Reduces Losses by Squeezing Drivers and Restaurants
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 11/8/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Matt Stoller: Naked Capitalism – “God Is in the Details”
  by Yves Smith 6:17 am

• Michael Hudson: Did the Squad Give Away Their Bargaining Power?
  by Yves Smith 6:15 am

• New Health Plans Offer Twists on Existing Options, With a Dose of ‘Buyer Beware’
  by Lambert Strether 5:25 am

• Neoclassical Economics is Dead. What Comes Next?
  by Lambert Strether 4:55 am

November 7, 2021

• Wow! Met First Goal at Warp Speed. On to the Second: Supporting the Commentariat
  by Yves Smith 8:30 pm

• Book Review: Scott Gottlieb’s “Uncontrolled Spread”: Debacle at the CDC, and Pandemics as a National Security Threat
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm

• Links 11/7/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Naked Capitalism Fundraiser 2021: Your Bright Beacon in an Informational Fog
  by Yves Smith 6:25 am

• Fundraiser 2021: What We Did for You in the Past Year
  by Yves Smith 6:24 am

• Naked Capitalism Added to Library of Congress
  by Yves Smith 6:23 am

November 6, 2021

• Links 11/6/2021
  by Yves Smith 6:58 am

• Jobs Data Shows Something Big Changed in this Monstrously Overstimulated Economy
  by Yves Smith 6:49 am

• Metals May Become the New Oil in Net-Zero Emissions Scenario
  by Yves Smith 6:36 am

November 5, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/5/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Right to Repair Round-Up: One Step Back, One Leap Forward
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 12:25 pm

• Links 11/5/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Michael Hudson: Is This the End of the Unreformable Democratic Party?
  by Yves Smith 6:48 am

• Halloween Is Over – Are Corporate Zombies Still Out There?
  by Yves Smith 2:01 am

• Why Voters Rejected Plans to Replace the Minneapolis Police Department – and What’s Next for Policing Reform
  by Yves Smith 12:23 am

November 4, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/4/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Debt Cancellation: Taxi Drivers Savor Victory as Medallion Debt Bailout Deal Ends Hunger Strike
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 11/4/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• COP26: Can a Singing, Dancing Rebellion Save the World?
  by Yves Smith 5:32 am

• Why Everyone Should Support Cutting Methane Emissions
  by Yves Smith 12:12 am

• The Many Stories of Diwali Share a Common Theme of Triumph of Justice
  by Yves Smith 12:05 am

• Pandora’s Box: How Scottish and Irish Partnerships Are Used in International Crime
  by Yves Smith 12:02 am

November 3, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/3/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 11/3/2021
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• British Medical Journal: “Researcher Blows the Whistle on Data Integrity Issues in Pfizer’s Vaccine Trial”
  by Yves Smith 6:26 am

• Democrats’ Freakout: McAuliffe Loses VA Governor Race by Nearly 3 Points; NJ Governor Result Too Close to Call
  by Yves Smith 4:23 am

• Deere Union Members Reject Second Management Offer; Key Demands Include Greater Workplace Say
  by Yves Smith 2:42 am

November 2, 2021

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

• Will Glasgow Fix Broken Climate Finance Promises?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 11/2/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Big Banks in Emerging Economies Are Suffering Crippling Cyber Attacks
  by Nick Corbishley 6:52 am

• 866-662-3339: The “Equifax” Verification Fraud as Illustration of Pervasive Scamming in the US
  by Yves Smith 6:04 am

• ‘Manchin Is a F**king Snake’: Progressives Urged to Keep Pushing for Both Bills
  by Yves Smith 6:01 am

November 1, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/1/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The New Coal: Pushing Plastics Worsens Climate Change
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 1:55 pm

• Links 11/1/2021
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• ‘The Supreme Court Could Destroy the Planet’: Review of EPA Power Triggers Alarm
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:25 am

• Why the US Supply Chain Crisis Is Intractable and Will Get Worse
  by Yves Smith 5:52 am

• Lebanon: “We’re all going to hell”
  by Yves Smith 12:33 am