Author Archives: Yves Smith

No, Trump Isn’t Imploding — But the Opposition Is Broad and Intense

A look beyond the headline noise to gauge how Trump is faring with the public

The CFPB’s Big Opponent, Jeb Hensarling, Rivals Trump in the “Make Stuff Up” Category

House Financial Services Committee chairman Jeb Hensarling takes his best shot at the CFPB and fails to land a single blow.

2016 Post Mortem: How Associated Press Reporter Lina Lerer Repeatedly Sandbagged Sanders

An in-depth study of Associated Press reporter Lina Lerer’s work during the 2016 Democratic primary shows a marked anti-Sanders slant.

Links 2/15/17

In California Farm Country, Trump’s Deportation Threat Looms Large

A closer look at America’s dependence on de facto sanctioned but nevertheless illegal farm workers,

“Civil Rights Groups” Throw Public Under the Bus on Net Neutrality for Their Big Telco Donors

How the big telcos have bought off so-called civil rights groups, who are pushing hard to end net neutrality.

Euroland: Will the Netherlands Be the Next Domino To Fall?

The upcoming elections in the Netherland demonstrate how austerity is stoking anti-elitist, anti-Euro sentiments.

Trump’s and Hensarling’s Fact-Free Attack on Dodd Frank

Debunking Republican canards about Dodd Frank.

Links 2/14/17

Prospects for Further Meaningful Wage Growth Are Dimming

Why the outlook for wage growth isn’t as sunny as the business press would have you believe.

“Inflation’s Comeback”

Some at-times unintentionally revealing Serious Economist discussions of inflation risk.

Bill Black: New York Times’ Andrew Ross Sorkin Tries to Make Hank Paulson a Hero

As part of reviewing Obama’s legacy, Bill Black eviscerates how Sorkin’s book tried to exhonorate Hank Paulson for his crisis performance.

Germany-IMF Staredown on Greece: The Election Calculus

How upcoming European elections could play into the Greek debt negotiations.

Links 2/12/17