Author Archives: Yves Smith

Naked Capitalism: An Incomparable Educational Institution

How Naked Captialism helps you learn to see through charlatans like mainstream economists.

Herd Behaviour in Asset Markets: The Role of Monetary Policy

Data supports the idea that lax monetary policy contributes to bubbles. Yes, Virginia, some regard that claim as controversial.

To Stop Threat of ‘For-Profit Surveillance,’ Rights Groups Demand End to Partnerships That Give Cops Access to Amazon Ring Data

Civil rights groups demand that Amazon Ring’s spy program be put behind bars.

Long Term Real Interest Rates Fell Below Zero in all Euro Area Countries

Is praise of negative real interest rates in Europe making a virtue out of (mis)perceived necessity?

Congratulations! Met Our Sixth Goal, On to Our Seventh: More Original Reporting

Help us fund what we most like to do, but find hardest to get to: original reporting.

Announcing the 2019 “Sarah Henry Double-Your-Donation Challenge”!

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My Journey: Flyover to Finance to Defence, with Scams Along the Way, to Naked Capitalism

How Naked Capitailsm’s writers and readers stay ahead of the curve and influence the presee.

Announcing the First Winner of the Archie McCardell Award for Truly Horrendous Management: WeWork

Introducing serial leading company wrecker Archie McCardell, and noteworthy successors to him, with WeWork as a first object lesson.

Southwest Pilots Blast Boeing in Suit for Deception and Losses from “Unsafe, Unairworthy” 737 Max

Yet more deserved bad news on the Boeing 737 Max front.

Gene Editing Could Help Save the Planet — If Scientists Can Avoid the Typos

Gene editing does not always work as advertised. And that’s before getting to the fact that genetically modified crops have been found to be less robust than native strains.

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Brexit: Rejection

The Brexit walls are closing in on Johnson.