Author Archives: Yves Smith

New York City Retirees Refusing to Eat the Medicare Advantage Dogfood

Savvy New York City retirees have worked out that Medicare Advantage sucks.

The Agribusiness Alliance for a Green Revolution Failed Africa

Big Ag’s push to sell chemicals and other inputs to developing countries has worked out great for them and badly for Africa.

Links 10/20/2021

John Deere Strike: A Union Member Explains How Bad Faith Dealings Produced Today’s Grievances

A backgrounder from TroyIA, a Naked Capitalism reader and John Deere worker, on what drove union members to strike.

Spike in Energy Prices Suggests That Sharp Changes Are Ahead

Gail Tverberg expands her focus beyond energy to provide an analysis of what is going terribly wrong in the world economy

Brexit: David Frost’s Bluster Can’t Wish Away the Northern Ireland Protocol

Many Brexiters see Article 16 as a ‘get out of jail free’ card for the Northern Ireland protocol. Here’s why they’re wrong

Officials Double Down on “Let ‘Er Rip” Strategy, Placing Undue Faith in Vaccines as Regions With High Vaccinations Suffer Infection Spikes

Public health officials are again placing too much faith in vaccines as they end key international travel restrictions.

Jim Chanos: China’s “Leveraged Prosperity” Model is Doomed. And That’s Not the Worst

Famed short-seller Jim Chanos is more concerned with political fallout from China’s Evergrande than economic/financial woes.

Bad Biden Foreign Policy

Biden is as bad as Trump on foreign policy. The press has been absent save ampllifying the arms merchants’ hissy over the Afghanistan exit

Links 10/17/2021

Links 10/15/2021