Author Archives: Yves Smith
CalPERS’ Story About Sudden “Resignation” of Star Hire Elisabeth Bourqui Falls Apart as Bourqui Comes to Board Meeting With Heavyweight Employment Lawyer
Pass the popcorn. It looks like CalPERS CEO Marcie Frost tangled with the wrong person in the form of Elisabeth Bourqui.
Read more...Experts Declare Physician Burnout ‘a Public Health Crisis’ – and Health IT a Significant Pathogen
Electronic health care records continue to be a drag on doctor productivity and the quality of treatment.
Read more...MMT’s Opening
Another go at clearing up press and pundit misrepresentations of MMT.
Read more...Links 1/23/19
Brexit: May’s Sweatbox
A short overview of Constitutional and procedural issues that impact Brexit.
Read more...Medicare For All — The Democratic Party Audition for 2020
The debate over Medicare for All is forcing Team Dem to show its true colors.
Read more...IEA Chief: EVs Are Not The End Of The Oil Era
Why EVs are way overhyped as a way to reduce oil use.
Read more...Links 1/22/19
Brexit’s Primitive Passions Could Bring Havoc to Ireland – and Far Beyond
Brexit is revealing the bad side of some Brits.
Read more...Kamala Harris, Opportunist to the Core: Launches Prez Bid on MLK Day, Since She Has to Remind People She’s Black After Criminalizing Truancy, Keeping CA Prison Rolls Up to Provide Cheap Labor; Sends Tone-Deaf, Narcissistic Campaign E-mail
Kamala Harris seems to assume that voters are easy marks.
Read more...Bill Black: AOC# and MMT Spook the AEI
Right wingers go on tilt as AOC talks up MMT.
Read more...BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Tells Corporate CEOs to Engage in Better Eyewash
BlackRock CEO Larry Fink urges corporate CEOs to go to the ramparts and take on the challenge of populists and oh so demanding Millennials.
Read more...3 Ways Trump Could Disrupt Health Care for the Better
Even fairly modest changes in health care come off as disruptive relative to what many experts are willing to endorse.
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