How an analytical simplification, of omitting lambda, a measure of inconsistency, can serious distort randomized clinical trial results.
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Saturday, June 21, 2025
Little Lost Lambda: How Any Randomized Controlled Trial or Opinion Poll Could Be Misleading
Topics: Dubious statistics, Guest Post, Health care, Media watch, Politics, Science and the scientific method
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:09 am | 30 Comments »
What Is a Constitution?
The current set of ruling principles in the US is under attack. What sort of a new Constitution might emerge?
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Legal, Moral hazard, Politics, Social policy, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:00 am | 12 Comments »
Public Health and Private Equity: What the Walgreens Buyout Could Mean for the Future of Pharmacy Care
Private equity makes more inroads into the health care industry, now with the buyout of the top pharmacy chain Walgreens.
Topics: Guest Post, Health care, Income disparity, Private equity, Regulations and regulators, Social policy, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 15 Comments »
Links 5/28/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:58 am | 164 Comments »
Why Are They Trying to Kill Us?
Western governments openly embrace eugenics.
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:00 am | 68 Comments »
Rob Urie: Why the US Must Officially End the Ukraine War for It to Stop
A hard look at the inertial forces that will keep the Ukraine conflict going unless the US shuts it down.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Europe, Guest Post, Media watch, Politics, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:55 am | 53 Comments »
James Galbraith: Wage Stagnation and Populism – A Comment on David Brooks and Noah Smith
David Brooks and Noah Smith defend neoliberal globalization by trying to ‘splain decades of worker wage stagnation.
Topics: Dubious statistics, Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Social policy, The destruction of the middle class, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:48 am | 19 Comments »
Coffee Break: Armed Madhouse – Trump’s Golden Dome Boondoggle
The zombie idea of nuclear missile defense returns with the announcement of President Trump’s “Golden Dome” missile shield, a program so stupid and costly that it could make the F-35 follies look like a side show. An orbital anti-missile system is a dream come true for the U.S. Military-Industrial Complex (MIC), but a nightmare for […]
Topics: Coffee Break
Posted by Haig Hovaness at 2:00 pm | 38 Comments »
A Ministroke Can Have Major Consequences
Some of the symptoms of a ministroke, and why you should go to the emergency room pronto if you think you’ve had one.
Topics: Guest Post, Health care
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 21 Comments »
Links 5/27/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 124 Comments »
What Mexico Can Teach Its Northern Neighbour About Combatting Child Obesity, Diabetes and Other Chronic Health Conditions
“The economic burden… of not intervening in the prevention and reduction of childhood overweight and obesity is up to $1.8 trillion in the case of Mexico.”
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:45 am | 27 Comments »
“Am I Hot or Not? People Are Asking ChatGPT for the Harsh Truth”
ChatGPT as beauty advisor illustrates the consequences of tech intruding more and more into real life.
Topics: Media watch, Social values, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:41 am | 74 Comments »
Trump’s Liquidation of U.S Global Leadership
Some geopolitical aspects of how Trump’s mazimixation of his personal power comes at the expense of the US
Topics: China, Doomsday scenarios, Globalization, Guest Post, Politics, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:00 am | 27 Comments »
Again Seeking Reader Help in Finding New Site Writer(s) to Fill Lambert’s Yellow Waders
Damsel in distress! We are still short of where we’d like to be in terms of new writer(s) to take up open posting slots.
Topics: Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:23 am | 13 Comments »
Links 5/26/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:55 am | 145 Comments »