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Wednesday, August 6, 2025
Brexit: Circling the Drain
Topics: Brexit, Doomsday scenarios, Europe, Media watch, Politics, UK
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:03 am | 99 Comments »
Intergenerational Mobility in the US: One Size Doesn’t Fit All
Economic mobility has fallen in the US. But which cohorts have suffered most and why?
Topics: Guest Post, Income disparity, Social policy, Social values, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 1:43 am | 10 Comments »
Journey into a Libertarian Future: Part V – Dark Realities
More on the implications of the writings of prominent conservative libertarian, Hans-Hermann Hoppe.
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Social policy, Social values, The destruction of the middle class, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 1:09 am | 15 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/2/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Government shutdown and farmers, Robert Lighthizer deep dive, Elizabeth Warren, PayGo, Rev. Barber, voting machines, manfacturing, capital investment, sand, coal, YouTube’s Xmas IP theft, the so-called Nobel Prize for Economics, forklift-certified
Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 130 Comments »
Links 1/2/19
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 182 Comments »
UN Backs Seed Sovereignty as Defense Against Multinational-Led GMO Projects
The anti-GMO UN declaration was written by and for peasants from every continent.
Topics: Africa, Commodities, Environment, Globalization, Guest Post, Social policy, Social values, Species loss
Posted by Lambert Strether at 5:55 am | 23 Comments »
These 2018 Corporate Scandals Demonstrate Why the New Democratic Congress Must Crack Down on Corruption
Though Mueller’s revelations have shocked the American public consciousness, they were not the biggest financial scandals of the year.
Topics: Banana republic, Globalization, Guest Post, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Lambert Strether at 5:25 am | 20 Comments »
Journey into a Libertarian Future: Part IV – The Journey into a Libertarian Past
Further discussion of the implications of the ideas of an influential conservative libertarian.
Topics: Curiousities, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Social policy, Social values, The destruction of the middle class, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 1:07 am | 17 Comments »
PG&E Could Face Murder Charges for California’s Wildfires
Will PG&E finally get its just deserts? And even if that were to happen, what would that look like?
Topics: Banana republic, Energy markets, Guest Post, Legal, Moral hazard, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Yves Smith at 1:06 am | 20 Comments »
Links 1/1/19
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 193 Comments »
2019 Headlines in Advance
A 2019 forecast
Topics: Curiousities, Guest Post
Posted by Yves Smith at 1:21 am | 13 Comments »
Journey into a Libertarian Future: Part III – Regulation
Andrew Dittmer continues his series on the world that some conservative libertarian thinkers would like to establish.
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Legal, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Social policy, Social values, The destruction of the middle class, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:53 am | 40 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/31/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: Open thread
Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 112 Comments »
Links 12/31/18
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 226 Comments »
Basic Income vs Guaranteed Jobs: What If We Paid Stay-At-Home Moms?
Wouldn’t it be great if we just paid women for the work they already do?
Topics: Guest Post, Income disparity, Macroeconomic policy, Social policy, Social values
Posted by Lambert Strether at 5:55 am | Comments Off on Basic Income vs Guaranteed Jobs: What If We Paid Stay-At-Home Moms?