Author Archives: Yves Smith
Trump To Clear Way For Oil Pipelines
A Trump presidency is a big setback to environmentalists, particularly opponents of the Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines.
Read more...Wolf Richter: What the Heck’s Going on with Foreclosures? Why this Spike?
Yves here. While the recent trend in foreclosures looks alarming, it appears that servicers are making a push to clear out what they regard as old inventory, even though it appears to be include defaults that started after the crisis. One has to note cynically that they waited to the tail end of the Obama administration […]
Read more...Links 11/10/16
Will Trump Be Rolled by the Republican Establishment?
If Trump is serious about policies like rebuilding infrastructure and reducing foreign conflicts, can he prevail over his party’s establishment?
Read more...Panama Papers: The Role of Western Secrecy Jurisdictions in Looting Africa
Africa, despite having many of the poorest countries in the world, is nevertheless a capital exporter due to bank secrecy and tax gaming.
Read more...The Old Democrat Wall Street Plus Identity Politics Playbook is Dead
The Democrats need to reinvent themselves. Appeals to identity politics will not deliver enough votes.
Read more...The Limitations of Randomised Controlled Trials
Why the results of randomized controlled trials are often misapplied, and how to avoid common pitfalls.
Read more...Links 11/9/16
Voters Repudiate Clinton
Hillary Clinton is over.
Read more...Bill Black: Liberals Didn’t Listen – The Immense Cost of Ignoring Tom Frank’s Warnings
Why liberals (which do not forget is not the same as the left) reaped the whirlwind in the elections
Read more...Gaius Publius: TPP Is a Monopoly Protection Scheme, the Exact Opposite of a “Free Trade” Deal
Obama is determined to pass the TPP in the lame duck session, so yet another reminder of what this deal is really about.
Read more...Monetary Policy at the Time of Elections
How much was the Federal Reserve standing pat on interest rates linked to the election, and what can be expected for the future?
Read more...Links 11/8/16: Election Day
Judge Jed Rakoff Throws Down Gauntlet to Judges on Lack of Due Process in America
How the judicial system is failing ordinary Americans and why judges need to address this large and growing problem.
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