Author Archives: Yves Smith
Freelancing Isn’t Feminist—It’s Badly Negotiated Wage Labor for $5 an Hour
Freelancers get exploited, and women freelancers even more so.
Read more...Improving Patient Care Using Clinical Guidelines and Judgement
Questioning whether enforcement of clinical guidelines and evidence-based medicine produces better patient outcomes.
Read more...EU Borders: Walking Backwards from Northern Ireland to Cyprus
The UK still has no realistic answer to the problem that the Northern Ireland border poses to Brexit.
Read more...How Many Hurricanes Must It Take?
Some relatively low-cost measures can reduce the toll of hurricanes….but do they go far enough?
Read more...Links 10/26/17
UK Leaders Starting to Crack as Brexit Realities Finally Sink In
Brexit bravaura is scarce in evidence in Whitehall.
Read more...What is the Matter With the Iowa ACA?
How a scheme to undermine the ACA hit Iowa particularly hard.
Read more...Ilargi: Is Capitalism Dead or Merely Dying?
None other than New Zealand’s prime minister has issued a blistering critique of capitalism. Can it be saved from itself?
Read more...Damsel in Distress! Need Help with Philadelphia Meetup Location!
Hope readers can assist with finding a meetup venue in Philly proper….
Read more...Impossible to Compete with Unintentional Self-Parody: Trump and Opioids
On the corporate/regulatory nexus of the opioid crisis.
Read more...Cryptocurrency: Birkins for Geeks
Bitcoin as Birking-like bling.
Read more...California Secretary of State Gives Unprecedented Qualified Certification for CalPERS Board Election; Vendor Everyone Counts Bars Public Viewing and Fails to Tabulate Paper Ballots as Required
Even the Secretary of State can’t bring himself to countenance CalPERS’ conduct in its recent board election.
Read more...Shocking the Shock Doctrine: What Recovery in Puerto Rico Could Look Like
How an anti-neoliberal recovery plan is starting to get traction in Puerto Rico.
Read more...Hope to See You at Our NYC Meetup Today! Philly, Atlanta, and Birmingham Meetups Soon!
NYC area denizens: hope to see you later today! A good time will be had by all at our meetup!
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