Author Archives: Yves Smith

We Broke Down the Last Decade of Climate Change in 7 Charts

Some key climate change factoids.

AI and the Productivity Paradox

AI has not delivered expected productivity gains. Some thoughts as to why.

Extending Sort of Comments Holiday

We didn’t really have a comments holiday…so we are extending our “reduced comments” compromise to allow Jules Dickson a proper break.

Trump, Granting Lobbyist Demands, Quietly Handed Billions More in Tax Breaks to Huge Corporations: Report

Team Trump keeps soldiering along with its pro-corporate agenda.

Australia Burning; Tourists in New South Wales and Victoria Flee to Beaches

A grim take from smoky Australia.

Links 12/28/19

7 Science-Based Strategies To Boost Your Willpower and Succeed with Your New Year’s Resolutions

New Year’s self-improvement! Tips on how to organize your life to as to improve your willpower.

Reports Of Patients’ Deaths Linked To Heart Devices Lurk Below Radar

Another KHN scoop on how the FDA has been hiding reports of bad outcomes with medical devices, in this case, ones for heart disease.

Links 12/27/19

How Amazon Gains Control & Domination

Amazon takes over the last mile and everything else.

A Christmas Sampler

Dear patient readers, I was going to write a post about gift-giving but I had too many non-convergent ideas for it besides wanting to reminisce about my favorite childhood gifts, all for transportation! A sled, a Flexible Flier, which ironically introduced me to infinity (the Flexible Flier had a little image of a Flexible Flier […]

How Crisco Toppled Lard – and Made Americans Believers in Industrial food

How the successful marketing of Cricso led Americans to accept all sorts of mystery branded foods.

Muilenburg Forced Out of Boeing, But 737 Max No Closer to Flying. What Happens If It Stays Grounded?

Why the 737 Max mess is no closer to resolution