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Thursday, November 6, 2025
Links 5/26/2021
Topics: Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:58 am | 94 Comments »
Support for Gig Worker Union Bill in New York Collapsing After Scrutiny
A tech industry Trojan horse masquerading as a pro-union measure has been caught out.
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Ridiculously obvious scams, Social policy, Technology and innovation, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:43 am | 10 Comments »
A Neoliberalism Meets Covid Vignette: Barriers to Getting a Vaccine, Publix Edition
We had to jump through way too many hoops to get a Covid vaccine at Publix. Is this normal for pharmacies?
Topics: Curiousities, Free markets and their discontents, Health care, Pandemic, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:47 am | 50 Comments »
Why Biden Is Not a Transformational President
Biden is not living up to his PR. The implications are significant, given the need for significant change.
Topics: Banana republic, Doomsday scenarios, Guest Post, Income disparity, Pandemic, Politics, Social policy, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:18 am | 27 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 5/25/2021
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 95 Comments »
Michael Hudson: Why Biden Won’t Cancel Student Debt
Michael Hudson gives a hard look at the typical excuses for not cancelling student debt and finds them wanting.
Topics: Banana republic, Credit markets, Economic fundamentals, Federal Reserve, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Politics, Student loans
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 43 Comments »
Links 5/25/2021
Topics: Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:58 am | 78 Comments »
“I Don’t Know of a Bigger Story in the World” Right Now Than Ivermectin: NY Times Best-Selling Author
So why are journalists not covering it?
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 »



