Category Archives: Risk and risk management

The “Crew Change” Crisis: 300,000 Seafarers Trapped. Will International Trade Grind to a Halt?

Will governments, unions, international organizations, and ship-owners be able to collaborate to solve the growing “crew change” crisis?

Fauci Says COVID Vaccine Trials Could End Early If Results Are Overwhelming

The FDA’s eagerness to launch a Covid-19 vaccine is not a way to win public trust, particularly in light of the agency’s record of bad calls.

Could Religious Exemptions Trump a COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate? Well, That Depends

How far could US authorities readily go in implemeting a vaccine requirement?

Earl Katz: Regenerative Agriculture and Massive Planting of Trees is Our Only Hope

Earl Katz, an early climate change warrior, looks at the dwindling number of options humans have for alleviating global warming.

Cloth Masks Do Protect the Wearer – Breathing in Less Coronavirus Means You Get Less Sick

More evidence in support of masks.

Universal Testing: An Overlooked Covid-19 Policy Response

Why universal testing + isolation is the best way to tame Covid-19 at the lowest economic/societal cost.

Crapification, Vanguard Style: Customer Service Rep Bullies Your Humble Blogger into Taking Security Risk

Vanguard behaves very badly.

Vaccine Research on Covid-19: An Update

A clinical and not very cheery look at the state of Covid-19 vaccine play.

Public Health Experts Fear a Hasty FDA Signoff on Vaccine

Experts have the willies about the rush to get a Covid-19 vaccine approved.

Covid-19: To Clean or Not to Clean?

Cleaning vigilance was an early Covid-19 precaution. Have we gone overboard?

New Study Slams Public Pension Funds’ Alternative Investments as Drag on Performance, Identifies CalPERS as One of the Worst “Negative Alphas”; Shows Folly of CalPERS’ Desperate Plan to Increase Private Equity and Debt and Go Bigger Using Leverage

A new paper shows that public pension fund investment in “alts” like real estate and private equity hurt returns and failed to lower risk.

Beneficiary Uproar Over CalPERS Fraudulent Investment Strategy Claims in E-Mail Blast

CalPERS latest beneficiary e-mail had misrepresentaions that even the toothless SEC would sanction.

Risking Nuclear War for Dollars

Why the risk of nuclear war has been and remains much higher than you realize.

Three Strikes against the Fed

Until the results of new stress tests are known, the uncertainty principle calls for extreme caution in the regulator’s approach to the capital adequacy of systemically important banks (and indeed of banks in general).

How Largely Hidden Trends Are Shattering the Global Trade System

Howy national conflicts, new concerns about security and supply chain risk, and technology are reshaping trade networks to be closer to home.