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Tuesday, September 23, 2025
Links 12/13/19
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 120 Comments »
As NLRB Delivers ‘Victory’ to McDonald’s, Docs Reveal Fast Food Giant’s Dirty Anti-Union Tactics
McDonald’s does not play nice.
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Legal, Regulations and regulators, Social policy, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:23 am | 12 Comments »
Tories Rout Labour; Corbyn to Depart; SNP Also Wins Big, Setting Up Long-Term Dissolution Struggle
A big win for the Tories does not bode well for UK citizens.
Topics: Brexit, Europe, Income disparity, Politics, The destruction of the middle class, UK
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:51 am | 239 Comments »
In the Shadow of Impeachment, Neoliberal Democrats Hand Trump a Victory With USMCA (“NAFTA 2.0”)
By Thomas Neuburger. Originally published at DownWithTyranny! Donald Trump discussing the new NAFTA trade deal (source) If Trump gets re-elected, if Big Tech continues to evade accountability, if imperial adventures continue abroad, if migrant farmworkers cannot feed their families, you can trace it back to this Tuesday, and the actions a House Speaker took while […]
Topics: Globalization, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:41 am | 11 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/12/2019
Today’s Water Cooler, including Biden, Buttigieg, Sanders, Warren, Indivisible scorecard methodology, debate schedule, impeachment, diamonds, rail traffic, Amazon, GoDaddy, Sinclair Broadcasting. carbon taxes, Extinction Rebellion, climate and individual actions, the cost of union-busting, acid in Silicon Valley, pr0n, next year’s color
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 149 Comments »
‘Hurricane Truthers’: Bonkers Conspiracies Are Putting Lives in Danger
First ant-vaxxers, now hurricane skeptics……
Topics: Dubious statistics, Guest Post, Media watch, Politics, Risk and risk management, Science and the scientific method, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 78 Comments »
Links 12/12/19
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 162 Comments »
UK Election Day Is Here
General election day in the UK! If you are eligible, please be sure to vote!
Topics: Brexit, Europe, Politics, UK
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:31 am | 149 Comments »
Climate Migration Frightens… Climate Poverty Is Frightening!
Taking a stab at how climate change pressures will increase poverty and migration.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Environment, Global warming, Globalization, Guest Post
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:58 am | 10 Comments »
Tesla’s Cybertruck Dead Last In Truck Survey
Only non-truck owners are keen about Tesla’s “cybertruck”.
Topics: Auto industry, Guest Post, Ridiculously obvious scams, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 1:47 am | 68 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/11/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Bloomberg, Sanders, Warren, impeachment, voting machines, “economic anxiety,” Michelle Obama, root networks, ecocide, the deep sea, strikes highest since the 1980s, Internet of Sh*t
Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 96 Comments »
Among U.S. States, New York’s Suicide Rate Is The Lowest. How’s That?
What has New York done to lower its suicide rate?
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Guest Post, Health care, Income disparity, Social policy, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 32 Comments »
Links 12/11/19
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 151 Comments »
The “Fixing Capitalism” Headfake
Why most plans to create a kinder, gentler capitalism fall way short.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Income disparity, Politics, Privatization, Regulations and regulators, Social policy, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:54 am | 58 Comments »
To Resolve the Economic & Environmental Crisis, Do Not Bank On the Private Sector
More political leaders are coming around to the idea of using government economic muscle to combat climate change. But will they act?
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Environment, Global warming, Guest Post, Macroeconomic policy, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:10 am | 12 Comments »