Author Archives: Yves Smith
Deutsche Bank Tries to Stay Alive
Deutsche Bank is still walking wounded.
Read more...John Helmer: Australian Government Trips Up Ukrainian Court Claim of MH17 as Terrorism
Australia officially deems MH17 terrorism charges as “not proven”.
Read more...Why a 400-Year Program of Modernist Thinking is Exploding
Eurocentric modernism is not compatible with human civilization and is finally reaching its breaking point.
Read more...Links 3/10/17
Why It Will Take a Lot More Than a Smartphone to Get the Sharing Economy Started
A look a sharing versus “sharing economy” hucksterism.
Read more...CalPERS’ General Counsel Railroads Board on Fiduciary Counsel Selection
CalPERS’ general counsel is upping his power grab with the board’s selection of its fiduciary counsel.
Read more...Another Somalian Famine
On lack of intervention and even much reporting on famine in Somalia, the worst in the 21st century.
Read more...Michael Hudson: Retirement? What Social Obligation?
How neoliberals have rewritten the social contract around retirement.
Read more...Brexit: More on the UK’s Weak Hand
Yet more debunking of pro-Brexit fantasies.
Read more...Nationalists Slipping in European Polls
European polls show voters moving towards conventional candidates in some of the big 2017 races. Mood du jour or trend?
Read more...Gaius Publius: Explosive WikiLeaks Release Exposes Massive, Aggressive CIA Cyber Spying, Hacking Capability
A look at some implications of the Wikileaks Vault 7 release of CIA documents.
Read more...After Failed UK IPO, Bank Software “Dog” Misys May Be Coming to the US!
Misys’s private equity owner Vista is trying for an overpriced exit. As the saying goes, “Little pigs get fed, big pigs get slaughtered.
Read more...Links 3/8/17
The OECD Penalizes Developing Countries for Trying to Tackle Tax Avoidance
How the OECD stacks the deck in favor of tax-dodging multinationals.
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