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Saturday, September 20, 2025
Links 3/23/2020
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 6:55 am | 287 Comments »
Bailout Shenanigans: Making 2008 Look Good?
The bailout bill looks shameless, even by Trump Administration standards.
Topics: Banana republic, Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Health care, Macroeconomic policy, Pandemic, Politics, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:54 am | 72 Comments »
Covid-19: A Tale of Three Regions
An epidemiloigist looks at Covid-19 data.
Topics: Dubious statistics, Guest Post, Health care, Pandemic
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:25 am | 62 Comments »
A Modest Proposal: Make Sure the Public Knows, in Real Time, When Congresscritters are Dumping Shares
The COVID-19 specter led Congresscritters to coo reassurance, and dump shares. A modest proposal: require immediate disclosure of trades.
Topics: Guest Post, Income disparity, Legal, Pandemic, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Ridiculously obvious scams, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 10:45 am | 41 Comments »
Links 3/22/2020
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 6:55 am | 599 Comments »
Michael Hudson: A Debt Jubilee is the Only Way to Avoid a Depression
In the face of massive economic calamity caused by coronavirus, Michael Hudson argues a debt jubilee is the only way to avoid a depression.
Topics: Credit markets, Doomsday scenarios, Guest Post, Macroeconomic policy, Pandemic, Politics, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 3:55 am | 163 Comments »
Links 3/21/2020
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 561 Comments »
NYU Preparing for Possible Use of Dorms as Field Hospitals
Contingency planning for emergency hospitals.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Health care, Pandemic
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:48 am | 50 Comments »
UN Chief Warns of Coming Recession for the Planet
The UN feels compelled to weigh in on the less-than-sunny economic outlook.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Globalization, Guest Post, Health care, Pandemic
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:07 am | 25 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 3/20/2020
2:00PM Water Cooler 3/20/2020
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 240 Comments »
The Pros and Cons of Planting Trees To Address Global Warming
Why planting more trees is not a climate change magic bullet.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Energy markets, Environment, Global warming, Guest Post
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 34 Comments »
Links 3/20/2020
Topics: Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:58 am | 424 Comments »
How McKinsey Got Greedy
How McKinsey put money over its once vaunted firm values.
Topics: CEO compensation, Corporate governance, Free markets and their discontents, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:54 am | 36 Comments »
Why the Coronavirus Pandemic Could Weaken the School Privatization Agenda
Coronavirus-generated suspensions of testing throws a monkey wrench into the charter school agenda.
Topics: Banana republic, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Pandemic, Politics, Privatization, Social policy
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:27 am | 19 Comments »
Low-Cost Ventilators Could Be Available Next Year. But Will It Happen?
Will the US get serious about getting more ventilators?
Topics: Dubious statistics, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Health care, Pandemic, Politics, Social policy, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:00 am | 18 Comments »