As material output increased, so to has the interest in treating poverty as a potentially solvable problem.
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Saturday, November 1, 2025
A (Very) Short History of the Idea of Ending Poverty
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Guest Post, Income disparity, Social policy, Social values, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 25 Comments »
Links 10/27/2020
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 245 Comments »
Large UK Study Delivers Big Blow to Covid Herd Immunity Thesis, Raises Concerns About Vaccine Strategies
Confirming a Covid concern.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Health care, Pandemic, Science and the scientific method
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:03 am | 85 Comments »
To Beat China, US Should Tax Ray Dalio Out of Existence
A recap of the recent China “Bund Summit,” which included discussion of China’s continuing need for foreign capital.
Topics: China, Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Guest Post, Hedge funds, Investment management, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:32 am | 24 Comments »
Notes on a World Without Trump
So what might Trump do if he loses?
Topics: Guest Post, Media watch, New McCarthyism, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:22 am | 54 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/26/2020
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 167 Comments »
So Trump Loses. What Happens Then?
A few of the commonplace dystopian possibilities for November.
Topics: Politics
Posted by Lambert Strether at 11:42 am | 151 Comments »
Links 10/26/2020
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 212 Comments »
Hubert Horan: The Airline Industry Collapse Part 5 – The Battle to Protect Airline Investors From Economic Reality Enters a New Phase
Why the big airline operators’ talk about turning the corner in early 2021 is bunk.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Guest Post, Investment outlook, Legal, Pandemic, Politics, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:30 am | 26 Comments »
Covid Spikes in Europe, US Before Winter Is Here
Covid is clearly not going away any time soon. The fact that things are looking bad this early does not bode well for the winter.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Europe, Free markets and their discontents, Health care, Income disparity, Pandemic, Politics, Social policy, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:04 am | 71 Comments »
Hannah Arendt and the Politics of Truth
We can shout truth to power and it will never be heard, because truth and politics don’t stand on common ground.
Topics: Guest Post, Media watch, Politics, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:58 am | 51 Comments »
Fourteen of My Favorite Flowers
il faut cultiver notre jardin.
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 »




