How Well Does Financial Regulation Work?
Sadly, reactive regulations don’t have a great track record.
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Thousands of Students Protest Gun Violence
A first-hand report on some of the student gun protests in California.
Read more...Senate Expands ‘Lobbyist Bill’ to Deregulate Real Estate
Why the plan to weaken regulation of commercial real estate lending isn’t such a hot idea.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 3/15/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: KORUS, Sanders, PAi-18, Larry Krasner, identity politics, business outlook, manufacturing, AirBnB, Tesla, Blue Apron, Amazon, country music, Ides of March
Read more...Bottled Water, Brought to You by Fracking?
A new reason not to like bottled water.
Read more...Links 3/15/18
50th Anniversary of Martin Luther King’s Last Speech: Have We Left the Haunted House?
King described the problem of structural racism in his final speech and how the US commitment to Vietnam was hurting blacks disproportionately. What if anything has changed?
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 3/14/2018 (with Anti-Apple Rant)
Today’s Water Cooler: Imprecatory prayer for Apple, PA-18, retail sales, inventories, comeuppance for Theranos, Amazon, United, reputation, Stephen Hawking
Read more...Worksheet for the 2018 Midterms (Democrat Biographies and Backers)
The Democrat Party in 2018: Candidate challengers and their backers.
Read more...Waiting for the Chinese Bear Stearns
Why the Chinese shadow banking system is a possible source of systemic risk: a outstanding worry that has not gotten any better.
Read more...Thousands of Students Protest Gun Violence
Yves here. We’ve generally relegated the political fight over guns to Links, but we thought we’d make an exception, since this post provides some on-the-ground observations. However, notice that the author mentions in passing that he was briefly in jail for protesting the Vietnam War. As readers well know, one of the big impediments to […]
Read more...LEAKED: Trump Threatens to Launch Trade War v. Rattled China Over IP Theft
Trump’s trade threats against China make steel and aluminum tariffs look like a game.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 3/13/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: Tariffs, Sanders on billionaires, House Intelligence Committee report, legitimacy crisis, consumer prices, small business optimism, robot warehouses, soil, Oklahoma teachers, resistance to cold
Read more...Hiding from the Tax Man, International Wealthy Style
Tax avoidance is an ever-evolving game. Some fresh information on which countries are willing to offer a helping hand to the rich.
Read more...A Battered Doctor, A Slain Patient And A Family’s Quest For Answers
A case study in how a patient was a threat to a doctor….and how the reverse has too often become true.
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