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Wednesday, October 15, 2025
“I Don’t Know of a Bigger Story in the World” Right Now Than Ivermectin: NY Times Best-Selling Author
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:45 am | 160 Comments »
West’s Selective Support for Press Freedom: Only in Countries We Don’t Like
Belarus is a bad actor in forcing a passenger jet to land so it could seize a prominent dissident/journalist. But who wrote this playbook?
Topics: Banana republic, Europe, Media watch, Politics, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:30 am | 17 Comments »
Despite Federal Moratorium, Eviction Rates Returning to Pre-Pandemic Levels
The eviction process is restarting, even when it is premature under the law. What will the collateral damage be?
Topics: Banana republic, Doomsday scenarios, Guest Post, Income disparity, Legal, Pandemic, Politics, Real estate, Social policy
Posted by Yves Smith at 1:40 am | 8 Comments »
CDC Recommends Masking for School Staff, Accepts Aerosol Transmission (Without Using the Word)
CDC inches toward complete acceptance of aerosol transmission with improved Covid prevention strategies for schools.
Topics: Guest Post, Health care, Pandemic
Posted by Lambert Strether at 4:25 pm | 6 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 5/24/2021
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Open Thread ~
Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 69 Comments »
Links 5/24/2021
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 105 Comments »
Crypto Crackdown: Only the Beginning?
If you think the officialdom is getting tough with crypto, there’s even more they can do to tighten the screws.
Topics: Banana republic, Banking industry, China, Currencies, Energy markets, Free markets and their discontents, Global warming, Investment outlook, Payment system, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:24 am | 85 Comments »
How Redistribution Makes America Richer
Modeling the numbers on bottom-up and middle-out economics.
Topics: Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Social policy, Social values
Posted by Lambert Strether at 5:25 am | 33 Comments »
Israel-Gaza Clash: Conflict of Narratives, Victory of Remote Warfare
An initial tally of winners and losers in the latest round of Israel-Palestine strife.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Guest Post, Middle East, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:15 am | 24 Comments »
Beavers, the Landscape, Carbon, Methane, and Climate Change
Beavers engineer the landscape to create carbon sinks and methane sources. What to do?
Topics: Environment, Global warming, Guest Post, Science and the scientific method, Species loss
Posted by Lambert Strether at 4:25 pm | 24 Comments »
Links 5/23/2021
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 163 Comments »
In the Tales Told by Sewage, Public Health and Privacy Collide
Sewage epidemiology has been embraced in other countries for decades, but not in the U.S. Will Covid change that?
Topics: Pandemic
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:45 am | 12 Comments »
Links 5/22/2021
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 198 Comments »
The War That Israel Lost
Tactically, Israel has the better military, but strategically, they are losing international legitimacy.
Topics: Banana republic, Doomsday scenarios, Guest Post, Middle East, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:45 am | 82 Comments »
Slack in the Economy, Not Inflation, Should Be Bigger Worry
Despite fear-mongering about inflation, unemployment remains elevated and stimulus is needed to prevent a collapse in demand.
Topics: Dubious statistics, Economic fundamentals, Federal Reserve, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Macroeconomic policy, Pandemic, Politics, Social policy, The destruction of the middle class, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:05 am | 47 Comments »