Monthly Archives: July 2022

July 31, 2022

• Robert Smithson, Creator of “Spiral Jetty” and the Artist for the Jackpot?
  by Lambert Strether 2:25 pm

• Links 7/31/2022
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• The Russia-Ukraine War, European Financial Integration, and Crises
  by Lambert Strether 6:45 am

July 30, 2022

• Izabella Kaminska and Yves Will Discuss the Economy and More with Gonzalo Lira Today
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Links 7/30/2022
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Hospices Have Become Big Business for Private Equity Firms, Raising Concerns About End-of-Life Care
  by Yves Smith 4:12 am

• Book Review: A Global History of the Black Death
  by Yves Smith 3:38 am

July 29, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/29/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The Future of Global Catastrophic Risk Events from Climate Change
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/29/2022
  by Yves Smith 6:58 am

• The First Ever Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) of a Largish Economy, Nigeria’s eNaira, Is Already Floundering
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Michael Hudson: American Diplomacy as a Tragic Drama
  by Yves Smith 6:15 am

• Xi and Biden Talk Past Each Other in Over 2 Hour Phone Call
  by Yves Smith 5:20 am

July 28, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/28/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• UPS Drivers Demand AC in Trucks Following Heat Wave: ‘It’s Like Walking Into Hell’
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/28/2022
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• The Gang That Can’t Shoot Straight: Western Leaders Bungle Russia Gas Supply, Barmy Oil Price Cap, and Appear Unable Even to Line Up Meetings
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Left in the Dark: The Families Struggling to Survive Fuel Poverty
  by Yves Smith 4:59 am

• Biden’s Climate Emergency: Will He Declare It?
  by Yves Smith 4:49 am

July 27, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/27/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Prices of New Houses Plunge, Sales Crater to Lockdown Level, Inventories Pile Up to Highest Since 2008
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/27/2022
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• One China Eyepoking Too Far: Biden Signals US Not Backing Down on Pelosi Taiwan Visit as China Promises Military Response
  by Yves Smith 4:20 am

• Sri Lanka’s Arrest of Aeroflot Plane Was the Straw that Broke President Rajapaksa’s Back
  by Yves Smith 4:18 am

• What’s Happening in Myanmar?
  by Yves Smith 3:33 am

July 26, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/26/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Common Medications May Increase the Dangers of Heat Waves
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/26/2022
  by Yves Smith 6:58 am

• Unbeknown to Most US Citizens, Washington is Preparing to Share Their Biometric Data With Dozens of Other National Governments
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• The End of Cheap Russian Gas: Turning the Lights Out in Europe
  by Yves Smith 6:29 am

• ‘True Cost of Aging’ Index Shows Many Seniors Can’t Afford Basic Necessities
  by Yves Smith 5:59 am

July 25, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/25/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 7/25/2022
  by Jonah Birch 6:55 am

• Some Implications of the UN’s Ukraine Grain and Russia Fertilizer/Food Agreements
  by Yves Smith 6:30 am

• Political Polarization Is Pushing Evangelicals to a Historic Breaking Point
  by Yves Smith 12:33 am

July 24, 2022

• The Rise and Fall of France’s 35-Hour Workweek
  by Jonah Birch 1:10 pm

• Polio in New York – An Infectious Disease Doctor Explains This Exceedingly Rare Occurrence
  by Jonah Birch 8:00 am

• Links 7/24/2022
  by Jonah Birch 6:55 am

July 23, 2022

• Links 7/23/2022
  by Yves Smith 6:58 am

• Boris Johnson Is Going – but His Cronyism and Corruption Are Here to Stay
  by Yves Smith 6:56 am

• Seven Skripal Secrets The Secret Intelligence Service Didn’t Want To Let Out
  by Yves Smith 6:47 am

July 22, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/22/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• More Monkeypox Vaccines Are Coming to NYC. Should You Get Vaccinated — And How?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/22/2022
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• South American Trade Bloc Mercosur Snubs Ukrainian President Zelensky
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• If the Democratic Party Tried to Change, Would its Ecosystem Prevent It?
  by Yves Smith 6:00 am

• We Speak to Chris Cook on Gorilla Radio About Stagflation
  by Yves Smith 5:44 am

• Sri Lanka: Why the Philippines Offers a Warning for What Might Come Next
  by Yves Smith 2:58 am

July 21, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/21/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Why Workers Are Turning to Unions
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/21/2022
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Farewell Post: I’m So Glad We Had This Time Together
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:25 am

• Hubert Horan and Izabella Kaminska: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Thirty: The “Uber Files” Are Not the Uber Exposé You Are Looking For
  by Yves Smith 3:44 am

• ‘Crushing News’: Appeals Court Greenlights Georgia’s 6-Week Abortion Ban
  by Yves Smith 3:40 am

July 20, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/20/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• “The Illusion of Evidence-Based Medicine”
  by Yves Smith 10:20 am

• Links 7/20/2022
  by Yves Smith 6:58 am

• IM Doc Could Not Get A Monkeypox Test for a Patient. What That Says About the Sorry State of the CDC and Public Health
  by Yves Smith 6:18 am

• Behind the Crisis in Sri Lanka – How Political and Economic Mismanagement Combined to Plunge Nation into Turmoil
  by Yves Smith 4:56 am

• Excluding Insulin From Drug Price Reform a ‘Slap in the Face,’ Advocates Say
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 4:30 am

July 19, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/19/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Reject CPTPP, Stay Out of New Cold War
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/19/2022
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Big Things Are Happening in the Lithium Triangle
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Michael Hudson on Finance Capitalism’s Self-Destructive Nature
  by Yves Smith 6:15 am

• Novichok Investigation Collapses in London Court — Adam Chapman, Lawyer Appointed to Represent Sergei & Yulia Skripal, Doesn’t
  by Yves Smith 5:25 am

July 18, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/18/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• International Labor Organization Reports on Gig Worker Protest
  by Lambert Strether 1:45 pm

• Links 7/18/2022
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Russia’s Campaign in Ukraine: Nearing an Inflection Point?
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Biden’s FTC Has Blocked 4 Hospital Mergers and Is Poised to Thwart More Consolidation Attempts
  by Lambert Strether 6:50 am

• How Sustainable Manufacturing Could Help Reduce the Environmental Impact of Industry
  by Yves Smith 4:07 am

July 17, 2022

• The Great Railroad Strike of 2022 Averted (So Far) After Biden Intervenes
  by Lambert Strether 2:55 pm

• Links 7/17/2022
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• In Agriculture, a Perennial Problem with Grains
  by Lambert Strether 6:50 am

July 16, 2022

• Links 7/16/2022
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• The Capitalist Solution to ‘Save’ the Planet: Make It an Asset Class & Sell it
  by Yves Smith 6:22 am

• Groundhog Day For America’s Energy Grid
  by Yves Smith 5:59 am

July 15, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/15/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Experiments with a Four-Day Workweek
  by Jonah Birch 1:00 pm

• Links 7/15/22
  by Jonah Birch 6:55 am

• Banks Begin to Fret About the Threat of Civil Unrest
  by Nick Corbishley 6:48 am

• Aid for Power in New Cold War
  by Jonah Birch 6:00 am

• Dollar Diplomacy: Michael Hudson and Steve Keen on Real Progressives
  by Yves Smith 3:19 am

July 14, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/14/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Happy Bastille Day: Some Musings on Recent Events in Sri Lanka
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 1:55 pm

• Links 7/14/2022
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:58 am

• Climate Protestors Stop Stage 10 of the Tour de France
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:50 am

• Biden Expands Oil Exploration in Bid to Slow Climate Change
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 4:55 am

• What Happens When Big Brother Meets Big Tech
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 1:25 am

July 13, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/13/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The Incredibly Cool James Webb Space Telescope
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm

• New Biden BA.5 “Plan” Openly Abandons Metrics for Preventing Infection, Butchers Mask and Ventilation Policy
  by Lambert Strether 11:25 am

• Links 7/13/2022
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Climate Change Risks to Sovereign Debt: How Integrated Assessment Models Inform Our Understanding
  by Lambert Strether 6:45 am

• Book Review: The Limits of Drug-Based Psychiatry
  by Lambert Strether 6:25 am

July 12, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/12/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Pursuing Its National Interest in the New Multipolar World: India to Boost Sakhalin-1 Oil Output
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 11:55 am

• Links 7/12/2022
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Wage Stagnation and Productivity: Challenging the Conventional Analysis
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:54 am

• OECD Members Just Met in Ibiza to Discuss Creating a Global Vaccine Passport Regime
  by Nick Corbishley 6:47 am

• Michael Hudson: The End of Western Civilization – Why It Lacks Resilience, and What Will Take Its Place
  by Yves Smith 4:36 am

July 11, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/11/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• ‘Good. Now Declare It,’ Says Pressley as Biden Mulls Health Emergency for Abortion Rights
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/11/2022
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Some Quick Thoughts About Russia’s Resilience and America’s Malaise
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• There is No Nobel Prize in Economics
  by Yves Smith 6:53 am

• Financial Crises as Drivers of Populism: A New Channel
  by Yves Smith 5:00 am

July 10, 2022

• Shinzo Abe and the Legacy of Japanese Militarism
  by Jonah Birch 12:30 pm

• Links 7/10/2022
  by Jonah Birch 6:55 am

• How Organized Labor Leads the Fight for Safer Workplaces
  by Jonah Birch 6:00 am

• A Fond Farewell to Jerri-Lynn
  by Yves Smith 2:30 am

• Seeking Reader Help in Finding New Site Contributor(s) to Fill Jerri-Lynn’s Shoes
  by Yves Smith 2:29 am

July 9, 2022

• Links 7/9/2022
  by Jonah Birch 6:55 am

• Leverage & Interconnectedness Are Blowing Up Crypto & DeFi
  by Yves Smith 6:48 am

• Rishi Sunak Could Become PM. Here’s What He Doesn’t Want You to Know
  by Yves Smith 5:52 am

July 8, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/8/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Think Johnson Has Had a Bad Week? He’s Achieved What He Wanted
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/8/2022
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Washington Doubles Down on Hyper-Hypocrisy After Accusing China of Using Debt to “Trap” Latin American Countries
  by Nick Corbishley 6:48 am

• Michael Hudson: From Junk Economics to a False View of History – Where Western Civilization Took a Wrong Turn
  by Yves Smith 6:25 am

• CalPERS Cooks the Books While Taking an Unnecessary Loss to Exit $6 Billion of Private Equity Positions
  by Yves Smith 6:20 am

July 7, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/7/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Widely Used Hospital Gowns Show Signs of Exposing Workers to Infection
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/7/2022
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• The G7 Is Still Pushing Its Nutty Russia Oil Price Cap Idea
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• FBI Now Joins in China Warmongering in Bizarre Speech in London with MI5 About Taiwan, Intellectual Property Theft
  by Yves Smith 6:44 am

• Fossil Fuel Interests Are Behind Canada’s Blue Hydrogen Push
  by Yves Smith 1:33 am

July 6, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/6/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• NYC Doctors, Doulas, Activists Prep for a Massive Influx of Abortion Seekers
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/6/2022
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• The Coming Sanctions-Induced Economic Tsunami?
  by Yves Smith 5:54 am

• Welfare Can Discourage Crime More Than It Discourages Work
  by Yves Smith 5:06 am

• Boris Johnson Death Watch
  by Yves Smith 4:26 am

July 5, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/5/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Supremes Kayo Climate Change Regulation: West Virginia v. EPA
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 11:55 am

• Links 7/5/2022
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• EU Commission President Once Again in Hot Water (Or At Least Should Be) Over Her Opaque Dealings With Pfizer
  by Nick Corbishley 6:49 am

• Shorting British, American and Baltic Intelligence – Going Long on Vladimir Putin
  by Yves Smith 6:37 am

• Weaponizing Free Trade Agreements
  by Yves Smith 6:25 am

July 4, 2022

• The Filibuster, the “Nuclear Option,” and a (New, Old) Thermonuclear Option
  by Lambert Strether 2:25 pm

• Links 7/4/2022
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Wealth of Two Nations: The US Racial Wealth Gap, 1860-2020
  by Lambert Strether 6:50 am

July 3, 2022

• An Ode in Praise of the Wood Stove
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm

• Links 7/3/2022
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Readers to the Rescue: Help With Betty-Jo’s Post-Cancer Liver Treatments So She Doesn’t Have to Live in Her Car
  by Yves Smith 4:50 am

• Davos Was a Case Study in How Not to Talk About Climate Change
  by Lambert Strether 4:45 am

July 2, 2022

• Links 7/2/2022
  by Jonah Birch 6:55 am

• Interview: James Poskett on Reframing the History of Science
  by Yves Smith 4:59 am

• ‘Indefensible’: Outrage as New Reporting Shines Light on Biden Deal With McConnell
  by Yves Smith 4:35 am

July 1, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/1/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• How to Get Rid of Medical Debt — Or Avoid It in the First Place
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/1/2022
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Turkey Is Now Suffering From Hyper-Inflation, At Least According to Spanish Bank, BBVA
  by Nick Corbishley 6:49 am

• Michael Hudson: A Depression Is Coming
  by Yves Smith 6:08 am

• The Fed Tackles Kalecki
  by Yves Smith 4:39 am