John Feffer focuses on how the US should allow the Koreans can do the real work, the historic work, the breakthrough work, of knitting the peninsula back together.
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Thursday, August 7, 2025
Playing Trump for Peace: How the Korean Peninsula Could Become a Bright Spot in a World Gone Mad
Topics: China, Doomsday scenarios, Guest Post, Politics
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 5:25 am | 19 Comments »
How Putting Shareholders First Harms Investors, Corporations, and the Public
Why “shareholders come first,” an ideology that became widely accepted only in the last 30 years, is a poor guide for managing companies.
Topics: Corporate governance, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:35 am | 18 Comments »
Don’t Miss Our Birmingham Meetup This Wednesday, May 23
Hope you can make our Birmingham meetup this Wednesday!
Topics: Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:05 am | 3 Comments »
Payday Lending Rule Survives…For Now
Congress has failed to use Congressional Review Act procedures to scupper the payday lending rule. Pending CFPB and court challenges may still doom the measure.
Topics: Banana republic, Banking industry, Credit markets, Guest Post, Income disparity, Legal, Politics, Private equity, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 9:55 am | 22 Comments »
Links 5/20/18
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 6:55 am | 176 Comments »
Bill Black: Trump Admin Halts Investigation of For-Profit Colleges
Bill Black discusses Education Secretary Betsy DeVos’s decision to stop investigating for-profit colleges and educational institutions for fraudulent practices.
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Ridiculously obvious scams, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 3:25 am | 31 Comments »
Don’t Miss the Saturday June 2 NYC Meetup with Lambert
Be sure to catch Lambert at our June 2 meetup on one of his rare visits to NYC.
Topics: Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 10:00 am | 8 Comments »
Links 5/19/18
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 324 Comments »
The Populism Backlash: An Economically Driven Backlash
Quelle surprise! The rise of populism correlates strongly with increases in economic insecurity.
Topics: Banana republic, Economic fundamentals, Europe, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:57 am | 61 Comments »
To Reform Capitalism, Look to Marx
A high-level discussion of the re-imaging of the word “capitalism”.
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Market inefficiencies, Social policy, The destruction of the middle class, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:37 am | 54 Comments »
Announcing Tucson Meetup 2.0 for June 1
Hope those of you in the Tuscon area can join the fun at the second meetup!
Topics: Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:54 am | 8 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 5/18/2018
Today’s Water Cooler: NAFTA, China trade, money and politics, Cuomo v. Nixon, breaking up the US, #MeToo, container Ponzi scheme (!), trucking, lithium, Wozniak, DNS, psychedelics
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 121 Comments »
Social Multipliers in Crime: Measuring the Spillover Effects of Criminal Behaviour
An example of how the peer environment influences crime levels.
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Legal, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 11 Comments »
Links 5/18/18
Topics: Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 180 Comments »
California Hospital Giant Sutter Health Target of Anti-Trust Suit, Legislation for High Prices. Will It Set a National Precedent?
Will California officials succeed in curbing aggressive pricing by hospital network Sutter Health? Could these efforts set a precedent for other markets?
Topics: Banana republic, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Health care, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:57 am | 28 Comments »