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Sunday, September 14, 2025
Preparing to Celebrate the Only Season Named for the Soil: Mud Season
Topics: Environment, Guest Post, Permaculture
Posted by Lambert Strether at 5:25 pm | 25 Comments »
Links 2/28/2021
Topics: Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:58 am | 157 Comments »
What Happens If Bitcoin Succeeds?
Most of us would not want to live in a society where bitcoin succeeds.
Topics: Banking industry, Currencies, Payment system, Regulations and regulators, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:45 am | 86 Comments »
Links 2/27/2021
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 229 Comments »
The Oil Industry Is Ready To Fight President Biden In Court
The oil industry is ready to brawl to keep the Biden Administration from halting new Federal energy and mineral leases.
Topics: Banana republic, Energy markets, Environment, Global warming, Guest Post, Legal, Politics, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:28 am | 10 Comments »
A Less Trumpy Version of Trumpism Might Be the Future of the Republican Party
The Republican Party is already repositioning itself.
Topics: Banana republic, Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Social values, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:18 am | 94 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/26/2021
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 111 Comments »
“I’m Sorry,” Says Ro Khanna, “An Unelected Parliamentarian Does Not Get to Deprive 32 Million Americans the Wage Raise They Deserve.”
The Biden Administration proves it cares only about the donor classes by standing pat as its own $15 minimum wage proposal founders.
Topics: Banana republic, Dubious statistics, Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Macroeconomic policy, Politics, Ridiculously obvious scams, Social policy, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 105 Comments »
Links 2/26/2021
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 111 Comments »
Eviction Moratorium Deemed Unconstitutional by Federal Judge in Texas
The Trump and Biden stimulus on the cheap, of having landlords support income-starved renters in lieu of subsidies, is now in trouble.
Topics: Banana republic, Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Income disparity, Legal, Macroeconomic policy, Pandemic, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:30 am | 28 Comments »
America Needs New Infrastructure to Survive, But Will Biden Deliver?
What will come of Biden’s grand infrastructure plans? And will they be as green as he promised?
Topics: Dubious statistics, Economic fundamentals, Environment, Global warming, Guest Post, Infrastructure, Macroeconomic policy, Politics, Species loss
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:00 am | 20 Comments »
The Climate Crisis, Rationing and Conscription
Has the time come for the brute force approach to combatting climate change of rationing.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Environment, Free markets and their discontents, Global warming, Guest Post, Politics, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:11 am | 37 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/25/2021
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 103 Comments »
Why Black and Hispanic Small-Business Owners Have Been So Badly Hit in the Pandemic Recession
Another setback for minority communities: their business owners have taken disproportionate hits in the pandemic.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Guest Post, Income disparity, Pandemic, Politics, Social policy, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 8 Comments »
Links 2/25/2021
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 167 Comments »