Category Archives: Guest Post

Liquidity Fears Hit Other UK “Equity Funds” as Investors Remain Trapped in Woodford Fund

Shares of one fund plunged 22% on Friday. Other funds under pressure, raising serious questions about just how liquid “equity funds” in the UK are.

Trump’s Version of the Iran Accord: Heads I Win, Tails You Lose

A clinical look at the Administration’s disingenuous Iran spin.

Links 7/8/19

Bill Black: Facebook’s Libra Currency Monetizes Identity and Threatens Privacy

Bill Black discusses Feacebook’s new proposed crypto-currency, called “Libra.” Facebook could use this technology to standardize identity and create a world of ultimate surveillance, and then profit from it.

The Myth of Expansionary Austerity

If you hold mainstream economic views, it was too good to be true: Another effort to vindicate austerity falls victim to flawed methodology.

Reforestation as a Solution for Carbon Capture: Hype and Reality

Advocates for reforestation must consider who owns the land to be reforested, and how the reforestation is to be done.

Links 7/7/19

Philadelphia Explosion One in String of ‘Near Miss’ Accidents at Refineries Using Deadly Chemical

Accounts emerging from workers and others on site paint a troubling picture of how close to disaster Philadelphia may have come.

Links 7/6/19

Kip Sullivan on Why the Bernie Sanders Bill Is Not Single Payer

Jon Gruber’s shabby legacy lives on.

Should We Tax Wealth?

Kicking the tires of a wealth tax.

2:00PM Water Cooler 7/5/2019

Today’s Water Cooler: Open Thread

Farewell, Flat World

A new world is emerging, in which it will be much harder to separate economics from geopolitics

The Global Capital Flows Cycle and Its Drivers: Not Only a US Monetary Policy Story

Financial shocks matter more than US monetary policy. Domestic policies may still mitigate the cycle of global capital flows at the country level.