Gender-stereotype defying boys and girls appear to carry on that way as adults and pay a financial price.
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Friday, December 26, 2025
Headstrong Girls and Dependent Boys: Gender Differences in the Labour Market Returns to Child Behaviour
Topics: Curiousities, Guest Post, Income disparity, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 10 Comments »
Links 1/21/2022
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 206 Comments »
Opposition Rises to NHS Vaccine Mandate, As Justifications for Mandate Run Out of Logic
With Omicron evading the current crop of vaccines with effortless ease and the UK Government withdrawing most other virus-control measures, there is no rational justification for vaccine mandates for healthcare staff.
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:55 am | 43 Comments »
Macron Suggests EU-Russia Talks. Meltdown Among EU, US Apparatchiks Follows.
Macron stands up for the idea that the EU should have a say about being dragged into a conflict with Russia. Can’t have that!
Topics: Banana republic, Doomsday scenarios, Europe, Media watch, Politics, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:55 am | 88 Comments »
UN Report: The World’s Farms Stretched to ‘A Breaking Point’
UN: Climate-stressed, pollution-degraded farms system must adopt sustainable practices to feed an additional 2 billion by 2050.
Topics: Commodities, Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Globalization, Guest Post, Permaculture, Politics, Risk and risk management, Social policy
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:13 am | 45 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/20/2022
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 100 Comments »
CORBEVAX, a New Patent-Free COVID-19 Vaccine, Could Be a Pandemic Game Changer Globally
Corbevax, a protein subunit vaccine, is easier to produce than current Covid vaccines. But short duration of immunity remains a concern.
Topics: Guest Post, Health care, Pandemic, Science and the scientific method, Social policy
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 74 Comments »
Links 1/20/2022
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 232 Comments »
Appeals Court Revives Case Against McKinsey for Widespread Bankruptcy Court Fraud
McKinsey is again in hot water, now for an appellate court reviving a case that McKinsey lied in bankruptcy court for fun and big profits.
Topics: Legal, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:54 am | 9 Comments »
The World’s Food Systems Are in Crisis, and Big Agribusiness Is at Its Heart
Public finance plays a large role in agriculture. Instead of propping up corporate interests, it should learn from local food producers
Topics: Banana republic, Doomsday scenarios, Environment, Guest Post, Income disparity, Ridiculously obvious scams, Social policy
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:29 am | 5 Comments »
Russell 2000 Drops Below Year Ago Level. Collapse of IPOs, SPACs, Housing “Tech” Stocks, ARKK, etc. Progresses
The most-hyped stocks are collapsing, some by 90%, such as EV SPACs, as the sordid underbelly of the stock market comes unglued.
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Investment outlook, Market inefficiencies, Ridiculously obvious scams, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:05 am | 40 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/19/2022
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 117 Comments »
Remember That the Tories Are Only Getting Rid of Johnson To Make Things Worse
What happens to and after Johnson which is very much in play.
Topics: Brexit, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Privatization, The destruction of the middle class, UK
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 35 Comments »
Links 1/19/2022
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:58 am | 243 Comments »
Rorschach Test: Revealing Western Press Reactions to Xi Jinping Speech at Davos
Xi Jinping gave an important speech at Davos, even if it was mainly updates on favorite themes. But the press reactions…..
Topics: China, Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Media watch, Pandemic, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:34 am | 49 Comments »



