Migrants in facilities overseen by the city Department of Homeless Services will start receiving notices they must leave after 60 days
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Tuesday, August 26, 2025
State Greenlights NYC Evicting More Migrant Families From Shelters
Topics: Globalization, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Social policy, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:42 am | 5 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/20/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, Syndemics; Democrat National Convention vignettes; Highest Covid wave in two years; Stupid money and blood money ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 94 Comments »
What Should You Do to Prepare for the Climate Change Storm?
Do you stand your ground or seek out a climate haven? Some resources to help you decide.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Environment, Global warming, Guest Post, Real estate, Risk and risk management
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 58 Comments »
Links 8/20/2024
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:59 am | 142 Comments »
In His Last 40 Days in Office, Mexico’s President Lopéz Obrador Pushes Ahead With Plans to Ban Open Pit Mining
For over three decades, Mexico has been a veritable paradise for global mining conglomerates, serving up some of the laxest regulations in Latin America. That is now changing.
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:45 am | 7 Comments »
Robots and Wage Polarisation
Quelle surprise! Introducing robots into workplaces slows wage growth, particularly among factory labor.
Topics: Guest Post, Income disparity, Technology and innovation, The destruction of the middle class, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:59 am | 7 Comments »
The Status of Europe’s Autonomous Movements
The EU leads in managing autonomous and separatist movements in its states, but non-EU countries can be more vulnerable to outside interference.
Topics: Europe, Guest Post, Income disparity, Legal, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:56 am | 25 Comments »
Mpox (“Monkeypox”) Round-Up: History, Wastewater, R0, and Is It Airborne? (Yes)
Great news on wastewater, less great news on R0 and airborne transmission.
Topics: Guest Post, Pandemic
Posted by Lambert Strether at 4:25 pm | 23 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/19/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, pandemics: Updated Covid data: First sighting of XDV.1 variant from China; a campaign scenario and the Democrat National Convention; Israel accepts US ceasefire deal, but not Hamas. Nice timing! ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 91 Comments »
Links 8/19/2024
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 147 Comments »
Washington Post Report on Russia-Ukraine Negotiation to End Energy System Attacks: An Admission of Russian Long-Term Weakness or More Complex Calcuation?
Trying to make sense of a Washington Post story depicting Russia as willing give up its best weapon, its electrical war, for very little.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Media watch, Politics, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:54 am | 104 Comments »
Tyson Foods Is Being Investigated by the USDA
Investigation follows Tyson Foods’ recent closure of nine meatpacking plants across the country, allegations not only violated an agreement to sell the plants to a competitor but conspired to suppress that competition.
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Legal, Market inefficiencies, Regulations and regulators, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 5:00 am | 15 Comments »
Class Traitors Casey and Calley Means Describe How Big Food and Big Pharma Knowingly Make Americans Unhealthy to Tucker
An important Tucker Carlson interview on how Big Food and Big Pharma are profit from worsening American health outcomes.
Topics: Health care, Moral hazard, Regulations and regulators, Ridiculously obvious scams, Science and the scientific method, Social policy, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:39 am | 65 Comments »
Links 8/18/2024
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 229 Comments »
The US Strategy in the Black Sea Region Is Falling Apart
Washington’s goal is to exclude Russia and China from energy and infrastructure projects extending from the Caspian to Europe, but the opposite is happening.
Topics: China, Energy markets, Europe, Guest Post, Infrastructure, Russia, Turkey
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:00 am | 42 Comments »