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Sunday, June 15, 2025
Fourteen of My Favorite Flowers
Topics: Guest Post, Permaculture
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:55 pm | 76 Comments »
Links 10/25/2020
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 282 Comments »
Shipwrecked by Rents
The costs of imperial rent-seeking.
Topics: Commodities, Currencies, Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Globalization
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:38 am | 16 Comments »
Links 10/24/2020
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 340 Comments »
Limited Liability: Profit Without Responsibility
Over time, limited liability entities have helped facilitate “Heads I win, tails you lose” conduct.
Topics: Banana republic, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Legal, Regulations and regulators, Ridiculously obvious scams, Social policy
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:35 am | 44 Comments »
Housing Market Goes Nuts, Everyone Sees it, But it Can’t Last
A contrarian take on housing.
Topics: Credit markets, Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Federal Reserve, Guest Post, Pandemic, Real estate
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:21 am | 91 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/23/2020
~ Water Coler
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 238 Comments »
Trust and Compliance with Public Health Policies in the Time of COVID-19
Quelle surprise! Societies that trust their leaders are more willing to go along with Covid-19 restrictions.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Health care, Pandemic, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 29 Comments »
Links 10/23/2020
Topics: Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 169 Comments »
Goldman Gets Off Easy in 1MDB Scandal Despite Further $2.9 Billion in Payments, Criminal Charge Against Malaysian Sub
Despite the big numbers, Goldman gets the kid glove treatment relative to the severity of its 1MBD misconduct.
Topics: Banana republic, Corporate governance, Investment banks, Investment management, Legal, Regulations and regulators, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:40 am | 19 Comments »
The East Mediterranean Crisis Could Ignite a Greek-Turkish Proxy War
Greek-Turkish relations are more rocky than usual. A look at some of the drivers.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Energy markets, Guest Post, Middle East, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 1:48 am | 15 Comments »
Live Blog: Presidential Primary Debate #2 in Nashville, TN
Closing arguments…
Topics: Politics
Posted by Lambert Strether at 8:30 pm | 185 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/22/2020
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 161 Comments »
Waste Watch: Right to Repair as Remedy for School Computer Shortage?
A right to repair can reduce the digital divide and mitigate global warming, by reducing energy costs of waste disposal and production.
Topics: Global warming, Guest Post, Politics, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 9:55 am | 26 Comments »
Links 10/22//2020
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 6:55 am | 268 Comments »