Category Archives: Doomsday scenarios

Brexit: Yet More Chicken

The same bad Brexit dynamics are very much in place.

Coronavirus Dashboard: Updating the State Petri Dishes of Democracy

Parsing some US coronavirus data.

Wall Street’s Useful Idiot: Financial Times Shills for CLOs….as Fed Hasn’t Bailed Them Out

A major story on the CLOs chooses not to address the key questions.

Reminder: When the Very Very Rich Are Done With Us, They Plan to Leave Us Behind

More evidence, as if you needed it, that the super rich are not your friends.

Foreign Affairs Runs Propaganda from Swedish Employers on Sweden’s Covid-19 Fiasco, Failing to Disclose Sponsorship and Misrepresenting Results

Foreign Affairs runs “dangerous to your health” propaganda from the Sweden without informing its readers.

US Commercial Real Estate Prices Plunged in April, Mall Prices Collapsed

Looking at the bloodbath in commercial real estate…..and worse is almost certainly in store.

From the Blitz to COVID-19, Our Rulers Have Got Us Wrong

Covid-19 as yet another opporutnity for elite prejudice.

Coronavirus Magical Thinking, US Style: Contact Tracing Versus Masks

With bad coronavirus outcomes, America seems set on continuing to do dumb things.

Neoliberalism Is Over. Welcome to the Era of Neo-Illiberalism!

Big tech, nationalist politics, and the billionaire class have propelled a novel political economy. What impact will the virus have on this new status quo?

Tom Ferguson: Big Business Takes Cash as Workers Laid Off, States and Cities Go Bust

Tom Ferguson and Paul Jay discuss how Democrats and Republicans distaste for accountability by finance and big corporations is playing out in the coronacrisis

Retail Bankruptcies, Bailouts Put Spotlight on Private Equity

Private equity turned a lot of retailers into tenants….and now landlords are a big impediment to the survival of many businesses.

The Puzzling Questions of the Coronavirus: A Doctor Addresses 6 Questions That Are Stumping Physicians

A partial list of coronavirus “known unknowns”.