Author Archives: Yves Smith

‘We’re Not Controlling It in Our Schools’: Covid Safety Lapses Abound Across US

America’s inability to devise and implement Covid-containment strategies in schools illustrates why the disease won’t be vanquished soon.

Poor Lives Matter, But Less

w the metrics for development and poverty, which drive policies and spending, often do the poor a disservice.

Links 1/26/2021

Michael Hudson: Finance Capitalism vs. Industrial Capitalism – The Rentier Resurgence and Takeover

Michael Hudson provides a deep dive into the rise and rise of the rentier under financial capitalism.

Why Apollo’s Palace Coup Against Leon Black and Further Disclosures on Jeffrey Epstein Are Not Reassuring

The few details that Apollo offered about Leon Black’s relationship to serial child rapist Jeffrey Epstein only make things look worse.

Reader Query: Getting a Covid Vaccine in Your Area

ow difficult is the process for getting a Covid vaccine where you live?

Coronavirus and Banking: Evaluating Policy Options for Avoiding a Financial Crisis

A scorecard for various approaches to combatting the looming European banking crisis.

Links 1/23/2021

A Healthy Microbiome Builds a Strong Immune System That Could Help Defeat COVID-19

A happy gut = better immune responses = higher odds of beating back Covid. Eat more pickles!

Links 1/22/2021

COVID-19 Is Pushing Migrants Back to Their Home Countries

With Covid-19 driving many migrants to return to their countries of origin, governments need to implement better reintegration plans.

The Next Neoliberal President…

A clear eyed and therefore not cheery look at where President Biden is set to take the US.

What Can Sanders Do as Budget Chair? – Rob Johnson

Sanders is about to have considerable influence on spending priorities. Where and how does he have leverage?