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Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Advertising as a Major Source of Human Dissatisfaction: Cross-National Evidence on One Million Europeans
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Market inefficiencies, Moral hazard, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 23 Comments »
Links 5/28/19
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 135 Comments »
Some Schools Shutting MBA Programs….But Don’t Cheer Yet
An MBA isn’t what it used to be, but the smaller programs are morphing rather than disappearing.
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Income disparity, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:12 am | 69 Comments »
Modi’s Win: It Wasn’t the Economy, Stupid!
Voters accepted that authoritarianism would produce security, which neutralised warnings by intellectuals and opposition parties that Modi’s India was heading towards fascism.
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Guest Post, India, Politics, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:41 am | 17 Comments »
Can Small-Scale Farmers Grow a Healthier Central Valley?
Another reason to promote family farmers.
Topics: Environment, Guest Post, Social policy
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:00 am | 25 Comments »
Meetups Coming Soon! Birmingham Meetup This Thursday May 30; Confirmation and More Details on Our Wednesday June 12 Cleveland and Thursday June 13 Chicago Meetups
Hope you can make one of our upcoming events! Be sure to check out our meetup details.
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:03 am | 14 Comments »
The 2018 Midterms: U.S. Census Data on the “Coalition of the Ascendant,” Voter Registration, and Voting
There are many barriers to registering and voting, which in toto amount to optimizing the exercise of the ballot for income.
Topics: Guest Post, Politics
Posted by Lambert Strether at 4:25 pm | 22 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 5/27/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: World trade, states that depend on China for jobs, Biden, Buttigeig bundlers, Gravel, Sanders in Montgomery, AL, ballot access, rare earths, machine learning, flood buyouts, the apple, GateHouse layoffs, female slave owners, living in your car in Silicon Valley, Venn diagrams, UFOs
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 105 Comments »
Links 5/27/19
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 149 Comments »
The “Forever Wars” Enshrined: Visiting Mar-SAYLZ
Those whose names are engraved on the wall in Marseilles died in service to their country. Of that there is no doubt. Whether they died to advance the cause of freedom or even the wellbeing of the United States is another matter entirely.
Topics: Guest Post, Middle East, Politics
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:25 am | 42 Comments »
How Shortening the Work Week Can Help Reduce Carbon Emissions
The four-day week as a management technique vs. cutting back working hours to reduce consumption: One, both, or neither?
Topics: Environment, Global warming, Guest Post, Macroeconomic policy
Posted by Lambert Strether at 3:55 pm | 50 Comments »
Links 5/26/19
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 224 Comments »
The Electric Vehicle Revolution Will Come from China — not the US
Chinese electric vehicle sales already amount to more than half of the world’s total – and car makers and battery manufacturers are working hard to grow even faster
Topics: Auto industry, China, Environment, Global warming, Guest Post, Technology and innovation
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:45 am | 89 Comments »
Gifts of the Immigrants, Woes of the Natives: Lessons From the Age of Mass Migration
Favoring the cultural assimilation of immigrants and reducing the (actual or perceived) distance between immigrants and natives may be at least as important as addressing the potential economic effects of immigration
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:25 am | 29 Comments »