Category Archives: Dubious statistics

Some Quick Thoughts About Russia’s Resilience and America’s Malaise

Seeking reader input on preliminary hypotheses on why Russia is faring better than expected under the sanctions while the US is suffering.

Widely Used Hospital Gowns Show Signs of Exposing Workers to Infection

Visibly filmsy “isolation” gowns, OK’d by the CDC for Covid and other infectious disease care, have been found by a new study to be unsafe.

Fossil Fuel Interests Are Behind Canada’s Blue Hydrogen Push

Fossil fuel producing Canada is promoting the blue hydrogen con.

The Coming Sanctions-Induced Economic Tsunami?

It does not take much in the way of prognostication skills to anticipate that things can get way way worse on the economic front.

The Fed Tackles Kalecki

A well regarded paper by Fed researchers challenges conventional views on the relationship between inflation and employment

As CalPERS Doubles Down on Private Equity, New Analysis Finds CalPERS’ Private Equity Returns “Based on a Mirage;” Another Study Reaffirms that Private Equity Drags Down Performance

Yet more reasons why CalPERS needs to kick its private equity bad habit.

Growing Revolt Among Medical Practitioners Against Vaccinating Toddlers for Covid

The campaign to admnister Covid vaccines to under five year olds is not going over well with quite a few medical professionals.

CalPERS Continues to Endanger Employees During Extended Covid Surge Over Union Objections; Falsely Said It Was Complying With California Requirements; Appears To Be Understating Case Count

CalPERS is having employees service the egos of managers by coming to the office rather than protecting them from Covid by teleworking.

More and More Crypto Crashing and Burning as DeFi (Decentralized Finance) Misbehaves

The great crypto unwind is underway, bringing to light even more bad practices than you likely knew about.

Fast and Furious Omicron New Variants Defy Explanation, and Don’t Bode Well for Future Either

More cheery Omicron takes.

Estimating the Short-Term Impact of War on Economic Activity in Ukraine

A rosy-seeming view of how Ukraine’s economy is faring.

Michael Hudson: The Fed’s Austerity Program to Reduce Wages

The Fed, following neoclassical orthodoxy, hates having ordinary workers properly paid.

Michael Hudson Talks About Almost Everything with Jonathan Brown

Another blockbuster interview with Michael Hudson.

100 Million People in America Are Saddled With Health Care Debt

An in-depth study reveals the scope and severity of medical debt in the US is much worse than previously thought.

Housing Market Takes Another Body Blow with Sharp Interest Rate Rise

A short update on the housing market.