Author Archives: Yves Smith
Can Nudging Become A New Road To Serfdom?
Nudging and soft authoritarianism…
Read more...CalPERS to Investigate CFO Charles Asubonten, But Will It Look into Misrepresentations on His Employment Application?
CalPERS has finally accepted that it needs investigate the apparent misrepresentations in recently-hired CFO Charles Asubonten’s resume and Form 700, but will the probe go far enough?
Read more...Why the Problem Is Economics, Not Economists
A critique of the monoculture in economics.
Read more...Links 4/20/18
EU (Finally) Slaps Down UK on Fantasy Irish Border Solutions
More Brexit bad news, even though the UK should not be surprised.
Read more...US Opioid Prescriptions Fall at Record Rate
Some good news on the opioid front is not good enough.
Read more...When Criminal Justice and Environmental Justice Collide
Environmental protestors,like other protestors, run the risk of facing jail time. That exposure is heightened by the fact that “out” groups have more reason to be demanding change.
Read more...China Warns Australia Against Being a Democracy
China throws its weight around even more casually than the US does, achieving the difficult task of making Trump look not so bad.
Read more...Links 4/19/18
Through the Revolving Door, with a Few Stumbles – Health Care Corporate Executives and Consultants Continue to Become Leaders of Trump’s Department of Health and Human Services
As hard as it may be to believe, health care industry corruption is increasing, as measured by revolving door appointments.
Read more...Another Big Retailer Gets Liquidated
Retailers in bankruptcy are notoriously hard to restructure.
Read more...Facebook, Privacy, and the Use of Data
The US press and punditry has been tip-toeing around the real problem with Facebook: that it has monopoly power.
Read more...Links 4/18/18
Brexit Looks Wobbly as Polls Go Negative, House of Lords Throws Spanner in the Works
Some Brexit updates.
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