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Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Please Keep Off the Grass!
Topics: Environment, Global warming, Guest Post, Pandemic, Permaculture
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:30 pm | 38 Comments »
Links 3/26/2023
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:58 am | 223 Comments »
Sen. Sanders Shows Fire, but Seeks Modest Goals, in His Debut Drug Hearing as Health Chair
“What am I missing in thinking that it’s cruel to make a medicine that people can’t afford?”
Topics: Guest Post, Health care, Politics, Privatization, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Lambert Strether at 5:25 am | 27 Comments »
Links 3/25/2023
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:58 am | 154 Comments »
Gender Reveal… It’s Brands!
On gender proliferation.
Topics: Guest Post, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:00 am | 167 Comments »
Your ‘Recycled’ Grocery Bag Might Not Have Been Recycled
Recent laws encourage recycling old plastic into new products. But verifying recycled content relies on tricky math.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Environment, Guest Post, Regulations and regulators, Social policy
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:58 am | 13 Comments »
The Collapse of Antiquity: Greece and Rome as Civilization’s Oligarchic Turning Point
The media introduction to Michael Hudon’s newest book, The Collapse of Antiquity.
Topics: Guest Post, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 1:06 am | 21 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 3/24/2023
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 100 Comments »
Artificial Intelligence in Medicare Advantage Plans Impedes Access to Care
Another reputable body reports more examples of Medicare Advantage plans using AI to engage in insurance fraud.
Topics: Banana republic, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Health care, Ridiculously obvious scams, Technology and innovation, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:38 am | 6 Comments »
Links 3/24/2023
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:58 am | 231 Comments »
Crash Landing? Part 2 – The Usual Suspects
What parts of the financial system are most vulnerable to a crash?
Topics: Banking industry, Credit markets, Doomsday scenarios, ECONNED, Economic fundamentals, Europe, Federal Reserve, Guest Post, Hedge funds, Politics, Private equity, Regulations and regulators, Risk and risk management, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:54 am | 33 Comments »
The Pushback Against Biometric Surveillance and Control Systems Is Growing on Both Sides of the Atlantic
“Taking our data without notice isn’t convenient, it’s creepy.”
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:45 am | 7 Comments »
What’s Actually Behind the Banking Crisis? Why You Pay When They Play.
Law and economics expert Walker Todd explains how a financialized system creates havoc and why it’s time to rethink banking
Topics: Banking industry, Credit markets, Doomsday scenarios, Dubious statistics, Economic fundamentals, Federal Reserve, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Regulations and regulators, Ridiculously obvious scams, Risk and risk management, The destruction of the middle class, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:15 am | 18 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 3/23/2023
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 124 Comments »
Energy Transition Advocates Get A Reality Check
Big Oil rollls out new messaging designed to stoke worry about green energy plans.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Environment, Europe, Global warming, Guest Post, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 29 Comments »