Some Christian evangelicals are rejecting Covid vacccines, and some of the current approches to increasing uptake will backfire with them.
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Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Christian Nationalism Is a Barrier to Mass Vaccination Against COVID-19
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Dubious statistics, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Health care, Pandemic, Politics, Social policy, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:08 am | 116 Comments »
China and US: Stumbling into War?
China and the US are doing an awful lot of chest-poking, and if anything, it’s getting worse under Biden. Could this sparring lead to war?
Topics: China, Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Globalization, Guest Post, Japan, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 1:33 am | 93 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/1/2021
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Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 119 Comments »
Twitter and YouTube Manipulation in Trial of Derek Chauvin for the Death of George Floyd?
Are our tech overlords trying to put their fingers on the coverage of the Derek Chauvin trial?
Topics: Banana republic, Legal, Media watch, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 83 Comments »
Links 4/1/2021
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:58 am | 117 Comments »
LACERS Board Member Lambastes Lousy Private Equity Returns as More Studies Confirm Poor Performance for Decades
Yet another nail in the private equity performance coffin.
Topics: CalPERS, Dubious statistics, Investment management, Private equity, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:42 am | 4 Comments »
Coal Is In Terminal Decline, But China’s Consumption Is Climbing
Sadly, King Coal will be with us for a very long time.
Topics: China, Commodities, Energy markets, Environment, Global warming, Guest Post
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:34 am | 26 Comments »
Preparing for a Wave of Non-Performing Loans: Are Banks at Risk?
On a aggregate basis, EU banks appear to have enough capital to weather even a bad Covid storm. A country-by-country look tells another story.
Topics: Banking industry, Doomsday scenarios, Dubious statistics, Economic fundamentals, Europe, Guest Post, Macroeconomic policy, Pandemic, Politics, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:04 am | 3 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 3/31/2021
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Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 91 Comments »
Getting a Prescription to Die Remains Tricky Even as Aid-in-Dying Bills Gain Momentum
Right to die laws are scarce in the US, and too often a muddle where they
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Guest Post, Health care, Legal, Politics, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 16 Comments »
Links 3/31/2021
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 93 Comments »
A Covid Tragedy: “Wholesale Discrediting of Our Health Science Institutions”
How science, or perhaps more accurately, “Trust the science,” is dangerously being treated as just another political chip.
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Health care, Pandemic, Politics, Science and the scientific method
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:50 am | 115 Comments »
Chicago School Economists Got it Wrong. Strong Antitrust Policy Boosts the Economy.
History shows robust antitrust enforcement helps promote a prosperous, fair, and balanced economy.
Topics: Corporate governance, Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Legal, Market inefficiencies, Politics, Regulations and regulators, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:37 am | 10 Comments »
Will Biden’s Central American Plan Slow Migration (or Speed It Up)?
Biden”s Central America plan includes US funding of domestic security forces to keep citizens put and support foreign economic exploitation.
Topics: Banana republic, Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:09 am | 15 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 3/30/2021
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Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 103 Comments »