Author Archives: Yves Smith
IM Doc on Medication/Medical Supply Shortages and Political Backlash
Key parts of the medical industry in the US are being held together with duct tape and bailng wire. What happens if the stresses get worse?
Read more...Bob Pollin: Stop Subsidizing Wall St., Start Subsidizing Workers for High Energy Costs
Bob Pollin: High oil prices and supply chain disruption are driving inflation, not workers’ modest wage increases or government debt.
Read more...“Why I Still Believe Covid-19 Could Not Have Originated in a Lab”
Lab escape theories cannot clearly account for a virus that has evolved for human-to-human transmissibility.
Read more...Emergency Room Doctors’ Lobbyist Admits to Large-Scale Medicare Billing Fraud by Members, Criminal Corporate Practice of Medicine by PE Firms
Private equtiy stealing from babies…um, oldsters….um, Medicare. Who’d have thunk it?
Read more...“Democrats Introduce Plan To Fix Social Security, The Way We Fixed the Cat”
Here we go again….another Democrat scheme to gut Social Security.
Read more...Bleak Prospects for Least Developed Countries
The latest UN assessment of prospects for least developed countries notes recent setbacks without finding any silver lining on the horizon.
Read more...Links 10/28/2021
Will the Supply Chain Crisis Lead to More Onshoring?
Why even if we see more serious breakdowns, big and medium sized companies are unlikely to move away from reliance on a fragile supply chain.
Read more...Climate Change Is Muting Fall Colors, But It’s Just the Latest Way That Humans Have Altered US Forests
Like so many things, fall color season ain’t what it used to be.
Read more...Medicare Plans’ ‘Free’ Dental, Vision, Hearing Benefits Come at a Cost
On the Medicare Advantage bait and switch.
Read more...Mexico’s Auto Industry Between Radical Change and Trade Wars
How auto suppliers in Mexico have wound up between a rock and a hard place.
Read more...Links 10/27/2021
“Want to See a Modern Country Commit Suicide? Take a Hard Look at Britain”
Post Brexit Britain is not doing at all well, and things are not going to take a turn any time soon.
Read more...Tiny Leaks, Big Impacts: New Research Points to Urban Indoor Methane Leaks
A new carbon reduction target: Researchers in Boston find buildings’ indoor sources emit much more methane than most experts thought.
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