Fatal Combination: Bailouts and Bank Rescues in Money-Driven Political Systems
A tidy case study into how much money it takes to buy Congressional votes.
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Coronavirus Research Done Too Fast Is Testing Publishing Safeguards, Bad Science Is Getting Through
Scientific publishing is already suffering a quality control crisis, so it’s important to give a hard look at often-rushed coronavirus studies.
Read more...Labor Admits Superannuation Is a Ponzi Scheme
An Australian proposal would put stressed superannuation funds in even more trouble.
Read more...CalPERS Dumps Risk Hedge Right Before Coronacrash, Sacrificing $1 Billion and Confirming Doubts About Chief Investment Officer Ben Meng’s Expertise
CalPERS supposed star hire Ben Meng just cost the giant fund $1 billion, over the objections of expert adviser Wilshire Associates.
Read more...The Misguided Discussion of “Herd Immunity”
On the large gap between what the public and the scientific/medical community think about Covid-19 immunity, including testing for it.
Read more...Martin Wolf and Wishful Thinking on Ending Coronavirus Lockdowns
It would be nice to go back to something like the old normal. But the coronavirus is still very much in charge.
Read more...Services Sector Falls Off Cliff: First Data Points from the Eurozone Where Lockdowns Started Earlier
Early data from Europe says the damage to the services sector is as deep as many feared, and bodes ill for the US, with its poor and sluggish economic responses.
Read more...The Coronavirus Depression Requires A New Approach to Budgeting
Coronavirus spending illustrates the foolishness of legislators believing their own numbers.
Read more...Local Covid-19 Report and Infection Modeling
More efforts to understand how efforts to contain Covid-19 might or might not be working.
Read more...Brace Yourselves: The US Is Setting Up a Ghastly “Natural Experiment”
The US may be about to be exceptional…in not a good way.
Read more...Covid-19: A Tale of Three Regions
An epidemiloigist looks at Covid-19 data.
Read more...Low-Cost Ventilators Could Be Available Next Year. But Will It Happen?
Will the US get serious about getting more ventilators?
Read more...A View From The Front Lines Of California’s COVID-19 Battle
California braces for the COVID-19 storm.
Read more...COVID-19 Math Explained, With Data
Looking at COVID-19 R0s.
Read more...CalPERS Legacy Assets: How Much in Overvaluation Has CalPERS Been Hiding?
CalPERS apparently needs to take a bath on its legacy assets.
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