The Political Representation of the European People
A discussion of whether rising political pressure can produce needed economic and democratic reforms.
Read more...Author Archives: Yves Smith
How Data Service Naviance Helps Students of Elite High Schools Get Into Top Colleges
On the role that Naviance plays in the college application process at elite high schools.
Read more...Gaius Publius: How to Block the Trump Nomination: Shut Down the Senate
Will the Democrats have the guts to use Senate procedure their advantage?
Read more...SEC Knifes Its Whistleblower Program
Just when you think the SEC can’t possibly to more to demonstrate how toothless it is, it reinforces its sorry reputation in by gutting its Dodd-Frank mandated whistleblower, and worse, in a manner that Commission Kara Stein suggest is illegal.
Read more...David Davis Resignation Throws UK Brexit, Cabinet Into Chaos
Brexit goes chaotic.
Read more...Links 7/8/18
Why Mexican Farmers Are Hopeful About López Obrador’s Win
Obrador promised to implement pro-farmer policies, such as increasing self-sufficiency in food. But will he have gone far enough for them if Mexico stays in Nafta?
Read more...Europe Isolates China Trade Cheat
The “every man for himself” game of responding to Trump’s trade threats is working against China’s hope to team up with Europe.
Read more...Gaius Publius: SF Chronicle OpEd – The Next U.S. Constitution Is Forming now
More on our slow-motion Constitutional crisis.
Read more...Meetup Reminders! Chicago Meetup Friday July 6; Sunday July 8 Meetup in Green Bay
If you live near Chicago or Green Bay, be sure to stop by our meetup!
Read more...Was Martin Luther King a Socialist?
A new book corrects the tendency of biographers and commentators to airbrush out Martin Luther King’s socialist leanings.
Read more...Links 7/5/18
Iran Threatens To Close the Strait of Hormuz
Yves here. A map of the Strait of Hormuz and environs seemed a useful addition. The danger, as the article insinuates, is that if things got that far, a conflict over the Strait of Hormuz would escalate into a full-scale conflagration. By Dr. Cyril Widdershoven, a long-time observer of the global energy market. Presently, he […]
Read more...Richard Murphy: Ignore the Gini Coefficient – Real Inequality Is Growing and People Are Suffering as a Result
More lying with statistics on the inequality front.
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