Author Archives: Yves Smith

A Battered Doctor, A Slain Patient And A Family’s Quest For Answers

A case study in how a patient was a threat to a doctor….and how the reverse has too often become true.

Gaius Publius: The Racial Dimension of Student Debt

Why student debt hits blacks particularly hard.

Cryptocurrencies as Prosecution Futures: Judge Rules Manipulators Can Go to Jail

The Wild West of cryptocurrencies just got a little less fun.

Brexit: EU Tightens the Noose

Has the fatal Brexit standoff arrived, or will someone blink?

Announcing Minneapolis Meetup for March 31

If you live in the Twin Cities area, be sure to swing by a March meetup!

Links 3/10/18

Putin, Trump, and the Nuclear Danger

Some critical background on why Putin decided to invest heavily in technologies that could counter or circumvent US threats.

Meet the Democrats’ ‘Dirty Dozen’ Working to Gut Financial Reforms

Yet again, the Democrats sell out voters to moneyed backers, this time ones in the banking industry.

Michael Hudson: Trump’s Travesty of Protectionism

Why Trump’s tariffs hit the wrong target.

Monetary Policy and Fiscal Discipline: How the ECB Planted the Seeds of the Euro Area Crisis

How the ECB did Euro-area member states a dirty when it tried to act as deficit enforcer.

Trump’s Steel and Aluminum Tariffs: How WTO Retaliation Typically Works

A review of some of the permitted counter-moves under WTO rules if Trump imposes tariffs.

Links 3/8/18

Seeking Reader Sightings on the State of Flyover

Can readers tell us what they see over time from parts of the US off paths well trodden by MSM reporters?