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Sunday, September 21, 2025
400 Million Locked Down in China To Fight Coronavirus
Topics: Australia, China, Doomsday scenarios, Dubious statistics, Economic fundamentals, Globalization, Guest Post, Health care, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:37 am | 65 Comments »
Stunning Sinn Féin Win Upends Ireland Politics
Sinn Féin is on its way to shaking up Ireland.
Topics: Europe, Income disparity, Politics, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:07 am | 65 Comments »
A Socialism Equal to the World
Now that “socialism” is an acceptable word to use in conversation, what should socialists and their potential allies seek?
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Social policy, Social values, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:12 am | 47 Comments »
Links 2/9/2020
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 6:55 am | 418 Comments »
‘Something Big Is Shifting’: As Georgetown Announces Fossil Fuel Divestment, Students Across US Demand Their Schools Follow Suit
Hoyas show the way on fossil fuels divestment – other US college, universities, and others to follow?
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 6:25 am | 49 Comments »
Links 2/8/2020
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 381 Comments »
This Philadelphia Refinery Is the Country’s Worst Benzene Polluter. Trump Wants To Keep It Open
Trump-aided behind-the-scenes shenanigans may keep a horrifically toxic refinery in business.
Topics: Banana republic, Energy markets, Environment, Guest Post, Politics, Real estate, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:13 am | 16 Comments »
Live Blog: Democrat Presidential Primary Debate #10 in Manchester, NH
Candidates! Candidates! Candidates! ★★★ Seven candidates on one stage! ★★★ Come on down!
Topics: Guest Post, Politics
Posted by Lambert Strether at 7:00 pm | 399 Comments »
Twitter Is Blocking My Tweets (Updated: Back to Normal)
I appear to have been banned on Twitter.
Topics: Banana republic, Media watch, Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:51 pm | 59 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/7/2020
Today’s Water Cooler: New Hampshire polls, Biden, Bloomberg, Sanders, Warren, impeachment post mortem, stupid elites, Democrat grifters, Florida redistricting, Lehigh Valley, employment situation, Uber, AirBnB, breast pump startups, Apple, Twitter, fireflies, bumblebees, Australian rains, insect morality, stamp collecting
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 216 Comments »
Climate Change Needs To Be on the Balance Sheet
Serious people are finally calling for serious climate change accounting.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Environment, Global warming, Guest Post, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 41 Comments »
Links 2/7/2020
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 317 Comments »
Hubert Horan: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Twenty-Two: Profits and Cash Flow Keep Deteriorating as Uber’s GAAP Losses Hit $8.5 Billion
Dissecting how Uber spun its 2019 financial reports. The actual results continue to be ugly, with no path to profit.
Topics: Auto industry, Dubious statistics, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Investment outlook, Ridiculously obvious scams, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:50 am | 19 Comments »
Sanders Called JPMorgan’s CEO America’s ‘Biggest Corporate Socialist’ – Here’s Why He Has a Point
As Sanders becomes a formidable 2020 contender, demonizing socialism is back in style.
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Social policy, Social values, The destruction of the middle class, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:00 am | 33 Comments »
Rentier Capitalism: Great for Stocks, Lousy for Growth
An oddly neglected paper gives an idea of how much rentier capitalism has distorted the US economy.
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Investment outlook, The destruction of the middle class, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:58 am | 21 Comments »