Passing through JFK is a necessary purgatory for passengers; the Cuomo plan doesn’t address many problems.
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Wednesday, June 11, 2025
JFK Sucks, and Cuomo Plan Won’t Fix It
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Infrastructure
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 1:55 pm | 46 Comments »
Links 10/9/18
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 187 Comments »
Nobel Prizes in Economics, Awarded and Withheld (Climate Change Politics Edition)
How the Swedish Riksbank just put its finger on the scales of the climate change debate in a big way.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Environment, Global warming, Guest Post, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:07 am | 20 Comments »
Italy’s New Fiscal Plans: The Options of the European Commission
What could the European Commission do if it decided to discipline Italy for defying budget rules?
Topics: Banana republic, Economic fundamentals, Europe, Guest Post, Macroeconomic policy, Politics, The destruction of the middle class, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:41 am | 18 Comments »
Bankers’ Liability and Risk Taking
Why limited liability for banks is not such a hot idea.
Topics: Banking industry, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Legal, Regulations and regulators, Risk and risk management
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:07 am | 8 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/8/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: China trade realpolitik, Kavanaugh and the midterms, “An Evening with the Clintons,” Google exposed user data, Teamsters contract, Roman ships, Banksy memes
Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 144 Comments »
Brexit Derivatives Risk: Did the City Overplay Its £38 Trillion Hand?
Novating UK derivatives contracts entered into by EU clearinghouse members is a ginormous mess, particularly in a Brexit crashout. But how serious a mess?
Topics: Brexit, Derivatives, Doomsday scenarios, Dubious statistics, Europe, Politics, Regulations and regulators, UK
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 18 Comments »
Links 10/8/18
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 6:55 am | 251 Comments »
Brexit Crunch: Is the EU Trying to Save the UK from Itself? Is That Even Possible?
Brexit reaches the”overly dynamic” phase.
Topics: Brexit, Doomsday scenarios, Europe, Politics, UK
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:30 am | 37 Comments »
Don Quijones: Italy’s Debt Crisis Flares Up, Banks Get Hit, as Showdown with the EU Intensifies
Who will blink first as Italy’s anti-establishment coalition government takes on the EU establishment in a struggle that could have major ramifications for Europe’s monetary union and Italian banks.
Topics: Banking industry, Europe, Politics
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 4:25 am | 14 Comments »
How Are We Doing on a ‘Green New Deal?’
Could a Green New Deal make enough of a dent in greenhouse gas emissions to halt global temperature increases?
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Global warming, Guest Post, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:28 am | 54 Comments »
Waste Watch: US Dumps Plastic Rubbish in Southeast Asia
Now that China has banned imports of plastic waste for recycling, US plastic waste exports to southeast Asia surge.
Topics: Banana republic, China, Environment, Globalization, Guest Post, India, Politics, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 12:55 pm | 29 Comments »
Links 10/7/18
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 6:55 am | 182 Comments »
Is India on Its Way Out of Poverty?
Jayati Ghosh, professor of economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, discusses a recent UNDP report showing that poverty in India has halved in the last 10 years, and the newly unveiled healthcare plan for the bottom 40% of the population, nicknamed “Modicare.”
Topics: Guest Post, Health care, Income disparity, India, Social policy
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 1:30 am | 7 Comments »
Links 10/6/18
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 244 Comments »