Author Archives: Yves Smith

Conclusive Evidence of the Russian State’s Guilt in the Skripal Case Is Lacking — and That’s Important

A big crack opens up in the official story about the Skripal poisoning.

The Hudson Report: The Economic Impact of Bipartisan Bank Deregulation

Michael Hudson debunks the talking points used to sell the just-passed bank deregulation bill.

Links 4/3/18

Hubert Horan: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Fourteen: The New Yorker Lays Out the Template for Pro-Uber Propaganda

Dissecting the New Yorker’s fawning profile of new Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi.

Gaius Publius: Stephen Hawking on What Killed the World of the Jetsons. Prelude to Thoughts on a Guaranteed Jobs Program

Hawking showed a not-surprisingly acute grasp on the implications of technological unemployment.

Wolf Richter: Collapse of Cryptocurrencies in Q1 – Even the Biggest Crashed 67% to 88%

Cyrptocurrencies’ wild ride is looking more and more like a skydive with no parachute.

Leaky Fed: New Study Uses Taxi Ride Data to Show Increase in Visits When Blackout Lifted and Around FOMC Meetings

Taxi ride data suggests that the Fed is throwing some juicy informational bones to big banks, whether by accident or design.

Links 3/31/18

Climate Policy: When Starting With the Most Expensive Option Makes Sense

Why much of what you thought you knew about climate change mitigation is wrong.

How to Democratise Brexit and Take Back Control of our Future: An Appeal to Jeremy Corbyn

Now that the Brexit realities are starting to sink in, pundits are finding new magic sparkle ponies to tout as possible solutions.

How Many Opioid Overdoses Are Suicides?

Time to look harder at the reasons for rising opioid deaths.

Links 3/30/18

Current Kentucky Retirement Systems Trustees Considering Throwing Predecessors Under the Bus to Get Blackstone and KKR

Is a pension fund management revolution brewing in what would seem to be the most unlikely place, that hotbed of corruption, the Kentucky Retirement Systems?

Why We Should Not Be Surprised Trump Could Do a Deal Over Nuclear Weapons with North Korea

Believe it or not, Trump has had a long standing interest in nuclear proliferation.