Life’s a Pitch
Another sign of economic insecurity: the pitch economy, where competition becomes more and more degrading.
Read more...Author Archives: Yves Smith
Another Way the Rich Preserve Their Advantage: Grade Inflation in Private Schools
Private school grade inflation is a small but nevertheless telling factor in how class mobility has fallen in the US.
Read more...Debunking the Myth of “Free Speech”
Contrary to widespread misperceptions, we’ve never had free speech in America, and there are good reasons why not.
Read more...Links 8/19/17
Trump and the Infrastructure of Fascism
How Trump’s infrastructure plan is a thinly-disguised privatization and deregulation scam.
Read more...Why Explaining US Internal Strife Through “Russian Influence” Is Lazy and Unhelpful
Debunking the latest Twitterverse fever-swamp claims about Russian influence, this time regarding “ties” to Charlottesville.
Read more...G20 Climate Commitments and China’s One Belt One Road
A critical look at some wishful thinking about climate change and China’s One Belt One Road initiative.
Read more...Links 8/18/17
How to Use Fiscal and Monetary Policy to Make Us Rich Again
On the obvious and high cost of abandoning fiscal policy in favor of monetary policy…save for asset owners.
Read more...Charlottesville: “I Think a Lot More People Are Going to Die Before We Are Done”
A hard look at the neo-Nazis who came to Charlottesville.
Read more...Are Investors Bailing On U.S. Shale?
The odds of oil prices remaining below $55 for the foreseeable future has put a big dent in enthusiasm for shale gas plays.
Read more...After Neoliberalism, What Next?
The neoliberal order has failed and is creating more and more political and social upheaval. Some elements of a new system may be in sight.
Read more...I Am Disabling Comments
The caliber of discourse has degenerated utterly at NC in the wake of Charlotteville. I am disabling comments on all live posts. I am sick, now up until 9 AM ruining my health. I do not need this bullshit. It is not worth the effort to clean up the disinformation and the upset and dishonest […]
Read more...Links 8/17/17
Uber PR Story on Supposed Financing Falling Apart as Warring Board Members Trade Barbs
Things are so bad at Uber that planted stories are falling apart within days.
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