Pondering Madoff’s petition to be freed and the general question of compassionate release programs.
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Wednesday, December 31, 2025
Ponzi Schemer Bernie Madoff Asks to Be Released From Prison Under “Compassionate Release,” Igniting Debate Over Fairness
Topics: Legal, Social policy, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:01 am | 44 Comments »
Beyond Burnout: Doctors Decry ‘Moral Injury’ From Financial Pressures Of Health Care
Emergency room doctors have it worse than you thought….because patients lose out to corporate practices.
Topics: Guest Post, Health care
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:24 am | 26 Comments »
Iraq Is on the Brink of an Energy Crisis
A case study of the struggle for influence in Iraq.
Topics: Banana republic, Banking industry, Doomsday scenarios, Energy markets, Guest Post, Middle East
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:19 am | 11 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/5/2020
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Patient readers, this Water Cooler will still be not up to scratch, because I need to rebuild a Twitter account with new follows. Silly me, I did not prepare for this day. I will be back shortly after I put in a laundry. –lambert UPDATE All done! Trade “The U.S. […]
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 399 Comments »
War for Fun and Profit
A look at the US war machine.
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Middle East, Politics, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 66 Comments »
Links 2/5/2020
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 323 Comments »
Brexit: Fish-y Business
Brexit is getting ugly.
Topics: Brexit, Economic fundamentals, Europe, Politics, UK
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:42 am | 80 Comments »
Coronavirus Starting to Hit Auto Industry Supply Chains
A coronavirus worry is starting to manifest.
Topics: Auto industry, China, Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Globalization
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:56 am | 16 Comments »
Libya Is Being Torn Apart by Outsiders
An update on the armed intervenetions in Libya.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Guest Post, Middle East, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:51 am | 11 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/4/2020
Today’s Water Cooler:
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 388 Comments »
Obama Helped Make Cars More Efficient, but Now They Spew Black Carbon
How regulations to tame cars’ emissions created a new problem.
Topics: Auto industry, Environment, Global warming, Guest Post, Health care, Regulations and regulators, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 42 Comments »
Links 2/4/2020
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 191 Comments »
Iowa, Democrats, and Elite Incompetence
Team Dem gets lots of egg on its face in Iowa.
Topics: Banana republic, Politics, Ridiculously obvious scams, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:06 am | 304 Comments »
Corporate Counter-Mobilization: Uber and Deliveroo’s ‘Charter of Good Work’ Is Nothing but Fairwashing
Uber and other gig economy employers: “Let them eat a charter.”
Topics: Banana republic, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Social values, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:39 am | 4 Comments »
Public Health Officials Offer Scant Details On U.S. Coronavirus Patients
Experts discuss US measures for dealing with coronavirus cases.
Topics: Africa, China, Doomsday scenarios, Globalization, Guest Post, Health care
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:05 am | 44 Comments »


