Growing, Shrinking, and Long-Run Economic Performance
Why economists’ thinking about growth may be entirely backward.
Read more...Author Archives: Yves Smith
Quelle Surprise! Study Confirms that ACA Narrow Networks Exclude Top Cancer Doctors
A new study confirms NC’s longstanding observations of the dangers that narrow networks pose to participants in ACA plans.
Read more...Instead of Trying to Sabotage the Trump-Putin Meeting, Democrats Should Support Vital Proposals
The dangers of Democrats continuing to foment hostilities with Putin.
Read more...Seeking Refuge in Refugees
Entries from the diary of a volunteer in a refugee camp.
Read more...The Chinese Debt Time Bomb
The latest debt data out of China adds to the expected end-game of a big reversal of fortunes.
Read more...Lee Camp: Have No Fear – Trump Is Lying Us Into War Just Like All The Presidents Before Him
The Donald is completely conventional in having the media assist him in fomenting war on trumped-up grounds.
Read more...Links 7/5/17
CalPERS’ CIO Plays Board Like a Fiddle, Uses Trumpian Tactics on Credulous True Believers
CIO Ted Eliopoulos digs CalPERS a bigger PR hole and CalPERS’ board is so thick that it approves.
Read more...CalPERS CIO Sings Out of Tune, But Board Applauds His Poor Performance
A former chief investment officer critiques a remarkable, and not in a good way, performance by CalPERS’ CIO Ted Eliopoulos.
Read more...US Senate Strikes for Russian Equality – The Oligarchs Targeted in New Sanctions Bill
Parsing the details and the logic of the Senate sanctions against Russia and in particular, its oligarchs.
Read more...Links 7/4/17
More Animals in Government!
Why we should have government go more officially to the dogs and cats.
Read more...Has Keystone XL Become Obsolete?
New troubles for Keystone XL.
Read more...When Trying to Increase Your Pay Was Dangerous
The long and often brutal history of owners scheming to contain pay levels.
Read more...Economics of the Populist Backlash
Populist movements are the regular result of trade-induced economic dislocations and distribution. So why were economists surprised?
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