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Wednesday, July 22, 2026
Thoughts on the Canadian Trucker “Freedom Convoys”
Topics: Guest Post, Pandemic, Politics
Posted by Lambert Strether at 1:50 pm | 175 Comments »
Links 2/10/2022
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 188 Comments »
Europe’s Nuclear Fusion Race Is Going Private
Fusion fever has hopped across the pond and is seriously gaining traction among private enterprises in Europe.
Topics: Energy markets, Environment, Europe, Technology and innovation
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:50 am | 28 Comments »
SEC Set to Lower Massive Boom on Private Equity Industry
Private equity is about to get a big wake-up call. Expect shoes to drop when industry has to make basic disclosures about fees and returns.
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:20 am | 12 Comments »
Revealed: New Insight into What Really Drives the Stock Market
In How Novelty and Narratives Drive the Stock Market, economist Nicholas Mangee examines how stories influence stock market outcomes
Topics: Dubious statistics, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Market inefficiencies, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:27 am | 26 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/9/2022
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 1:55 pm | 112 Comments »
Ocean Summit Launches Today in France
The Ocean Summit launches today in France, a long overdue effort to grapple with marine regulatory issues, including climate change and plastics pollution.
Topics: Banana republic, Doomsday scenarios, Environment, Europe, Global warming, Legal, Politics, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 9:55 am | 4 Comments »
Links 2/9/2022
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 229 Comments »
The 50 Biggest US Donors Gave or Pledged Nearly $28 Billion in 2021 – Bill Gates and Melinda French Gates Account for $15 Billion of That Total
No, you are not paranoid if you worry about the outsized influence of the Gates Foundation.
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Health care, Income disparity, Politics, Ridiculously obvious scams, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:46 am | 12 Comments »
Resist Inflation Phobia Coup
Efforts to cure inflation, at least for poorer countries, will prove to be more damaging than the disease.
Topics: Africa, Banana republic, Doomsday scenarios, Dubious statistics, Economic fundamentals, Federal Reserve, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Macroeconomic policy, Politics, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:24 am | 37 Comments »
Occupy the SEC to DoJ: Act on Congressional Mandate, Quit Rubber Stamping Bank Mergers
Occupy the SEC is back! The small group of lawyers, bank compliance experts, and financial services industry product specialists generated an outside reputation with its highly praised, over 300 page comment letter on Dodd Frank. As Law.com wrote: In detailing how they believe the Volcker Rule can be strengthened, Occupy the SEC has written what […]
Topics: Banking industry, Credit markets, Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Legal, Politics, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:36 am | 6 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/8/2022
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 57 Comments »
New Report: Monetary Policy Without Interest Rate Hikes
A fresh report lead authored by Nathan Tankus takes on orthodoxy monetary policy ideas and provides Modern Monetary Theory solutions.
Topics: Federal Reserve, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Macroeconomic policy, Politics, The destruction of the middle class, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 39 Comments »
Links 2/8/2022
Topics: Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 228 Comments »
Spain’s Second Largest Lender, BBVA, Escalates Its War on Cash in Mexico
Some banks will do just about anything to try to wean their customers off using physical money, including (in the case of BBVA) charging their customers for withdrawing cash too often.
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:51 am | 8 Comments »



