The Brexit situation has developed not necessarily to the advantage of Theresa May.
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Friday, August 1, 2025
Brexit: More Unicorns
Topics: Brexit, Doomsday scenarios, Europe, Legal, Politics, UK
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:41 am | 53 Comments »
Huawei CFO, Daughter of Founder and Possible Heir Apparent, Arrested in Canada on a US Extradition Request on Charges of Transfer of US Technology to Iran
A US criminal case targeting Huawei has thrown a big spanner into US-China relations.
Topics: China, Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Legal, Politics, Surveillance state, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:05 am | 77 Comments »
George Herbert Walker Bush and the Myth of the ‘Good’ Gulf War
Correcting revisionist history about Bush the Senior and the first Gulf War.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Guest Post, Media watch, Middle East, Moral hazard, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:35 am | 44 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/5/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: Aluminum and steel tariffs, Beto and Obama, the crowded Democrat field, lame duck power grabs, Bush hagiography, Jeffrey Epstein, mortgages, cobalt, Google, social media, coal, hospitals, single payer, charter school strike, gut bacteria in your brain
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 91 Comments »
G20: You Can Smell Tear Gas in the Streets as the Oil Industry Squabbles
What the G20 and OPEC meetings mean for the political relations, economies, and people of the world.
Topics: China, Commodities, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Globalization, Guest Post, Middle East, Politics, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 16 Comments »
Links 12/5/18
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 150 Comments »
Brexit: May Bloodied but Not Yet Bowed
Theresa May continues to exhibit her remarkable capacity for taking punishment. Too bad it’s not for good ends.
Topics: Brexit, Doomsday scenarios, Europe, Politics, UK
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:37 am | 107 Comments »
Our New York Magazine Article: “Uber Is Headed for a Crash”
A clinical look at Uber’s economics and prospects.
Topics: New York Magazine articles, Ridiculously obvious scams, Technology and innovation, Uber
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:21 am | 68 Comments »
U.S. Treasury Sanctions Bitcoin Wallets For First Time
The long arm of US law reaches into bitcoin wallets.
Topics: Banking industry, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Legal, Middle East, Payment system, Regulations and regulators, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:26 am | 9 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/4/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: Trash and trade, Neera Tanden, Beto 2020, ME-02, NC, WI, motor vehicle sales, LNG, rentals, Google, MasterCard universal identity, clean coal, marijuana legisation, Women’s March, STD, carbohydrates and fat
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 125 Comments »
The Impact of Inheritance Taxes on the Labor Supply of Heirs
Inheritance tax cuts cost non-currency-issuing governments more than just the lost inheritance tax revenues.
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Taxes
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 31 Comments »
Links 12/4/18
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 155 Comments »
Brexit: Coming to a Head?
The latest take on the increasingly frantic Brexit state of play.
Topics: Brexit, Doomsday scenarios, Politics, UK
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:30 am | 42 Comments »
Michael Olenick: A Quick Look at the Gilets Jaunes Protests. Update: They Won!
An overview of the gilets jaunes movement.
Topics: Energy markets, Environment, Europe, Free markets and their discontents, Global warming, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Taxes
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:31 am | 138 Comments »
How Did Public Land Drilling Rights Become Cheaper Than a Cup of Coffee?
A great public land giveaway is in process….and where has the press been?
Topics: Banana republic, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Legal, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:43 am | 18 Comments »