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Saturday, February 7, 2026
TD Bank: America’s Most Inconvenient Bank
Topics: Banana republic, Banking industry, Ridiculously obvious scams, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 1:38 am | 60 Comments »
Links 3/16/19
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 244 Comments »
Outsourcing Giant Interserve with 65,000 Employees Collapses
Another UK outsourcing implosion in just over a year….what gives?
Topics: Banana republic, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Privatization, Ridiculously obvious scams, UK
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:11 am | 39 Comments »
Of Course We Can Pay for a Green New Deal, but We Can’t Escape Hard Choices
A high-level discussion of some of the operational issues posed by a Green New Deal.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Environment, Free markets and their discontents, Global warming, Guest Post, Macroeconomic policy, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Social policy, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:43 am | 81 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 3/15/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: China trade, All Beto, All The Time, Sanders, Boeing 737 MAX debacle, manufacturing, employment, consumer confidence, OxyContin, robot cars, Tesla, Facebook, Bird, children’s climate strike, Caifornia drought-free, GND, WikiPedia, classical music, lucid dreams
Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 245 Comments »
Bill Black: Three Natural Experiments Documenting Krugman’s Bias Against MMT
Funny how considering MMT brings out the worst in some people….
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Macroeconomic policy, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 39 Comments »
Links 3/15/19
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:59 am | 252 Comments »
Brexit: The Kindness of Strangers
The Thursday Brexit votes put the UK officially at the mercy of the EU.
Topics: Brexit, Doomsday scenarios, Europe, Globalization, Politics, UK
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:22 am | 130 Comments »
Prominent CalPERS Beneficiaries Send Forceful, Savvy Objections to the Proposed Private Equity Scheme; Contrast With Canned Letters CalPERS Pressed Allies to Submit
As important stakeholders sound alarms, more evidence that CalPERS can’t make an honest case for its “new” private equity scheme and is calling in chips in a big way to cover for that.
Topics: CalPERS, Private equity, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Yves Smith at 1:45 am | 24 Comments »
A Way-Too-Early Handicapping of the 2020 Presidential Race
2020 is already in the news. so you might as well start working on your scoresheet!
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Health care, Income disparity, Politics, Social policy, Social values, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 1:34 am | 82 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 3/14/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Biden, O’Rourke enters the race, Sanders, Warren, Yang, DSA, jobless claims, new home sales, import and export prices, Facebook, Gmail, Boeing 737 debacle, painted ladies, California fires, hemp co-operatives, first college bribery scam lawsuit, Pi Day
Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 225 Comments »
Mars or Mercury Redux: How Geopolitics Influence Bilateral Trade Agreements
Quelle surprise! US trade agreements depend more on the US being a reliable military ally than many like to think.
Topics: Banana republic, Globalization, Guest Post, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:45 am | 3 Comments »
Links 3/14/19
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 265 Comments »
Brexit: Send in the Clowns
May takes yet more body blows….while the no deal threat is not yet disarmed.
Topics: Brexit, Doomsday scenarios, Europe, Legal, Politics, UK
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:10 am | 133 Comments »
MMT Responds to Brad DeLong’s Challenge
Randy Wray wades in yet again to contend with disinformation about MMT.
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Macroeconomic policy, Payment system, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:53 am | 72 Comments »



