Author Archives: Yves Smith
CalPERS Reverses Itself on Its Plan to Violate California Constitution, Pave Way for Hiring Underqualified Candidate for Chief Actuary
CalPERS dodges a bullet after we prodded them.
Read more...Bill Black: Wall Street’s Apologist-in-Chief Mansplains Regulation to Senator Warren
The New York Times’ Roger Lowenstein is so convinced of Wall Street’s and the SEC’s virtue that he can’t even be bothered to get facts right.
Read more...Hope to See You at Our Dallas Meetup Tomorrow, November 2
A reminder for our first Dallas meetup!
Read more...CalPERS Plans to Violate California Constitution, Pave Way for Hiring Under-Qualified Candidate, for Critically Important Job of Chief Actuary
CalPERS is up to no good yet again.
Read more...Links 10/29/16
TRIPS: The Story of How Intellectual Property Became Linked to Trade
Why intellectual property rights are a form of private tax, and how they are abusive when applied to IP developed out of public funding.
Read more...Gaius Publius: Syria Is Another Pipeline War
We have been at war in Syria over pipelines since 1949. This is just the next mad phase.
Read more...Lawbreaking AirBnB At It Again: Sends Out Spam That Violates CAN-SPAM Act
I just received an e-mail from AirBnB which patently violates the CAN-SPAM Act by virtue of not having an unsubscribe option. It’s even cheekier for AirBnB to be contacting me since I am deeply opposed to AirBnB and have never once visited their site, and never have or would use their service, either as a […]
Read more...Inequality As Policy: Selective Trade Protectionism Favors Higher Earners
Policy choices have subjected manufacturing workers to global competition while shielding high-wage professionals.
Read more...Links 10/28/16
Private Equity Consultant Hamilton Lane Trots Out New Excuse, “Evil Populists,” for Already-Flagging Private Equity Performance
Funny how it’s OK for defenders of the 0.1% like Hamilton Lane to blame class warfare on their soon-to-be-fallen standing, but not the 99%.
Read more...Why the ECB is Going to Print, Print, PRINT!
The ECB is set to dig its hole even deeper….
Read more...Nomi Prins: Hillary Clinton Will Continue the Big Bank Protection Racket
Hillary Clinton has apparently never met a well-heeled banker she didn’t like….
Read more...Confirming Our Meetup in Dallas Next Wednesday, November 2!
Our first Dallas meetup is on! Hope to see you there next week.
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