Lambert: “New technology is what society makes of it.” Or the most powerful actors in society? So, it’s good to potential job loss from technological advances — if advances they be — put in the context of the Jobs Guarantee. By Kevin Cashman, who researches issues related to domestic and international policy at the Center […]
Thursday, July 17, 2025
Artificial Intelligence and the Stability of Markets
AI may revolutionise risk management and financial supervision, but also threatens to destabilise markets and increase systemic risk.
Reminder: Hope to See You at Our Atlanta Meetup Today, or Our Birmingham Meetup Next Monday
Hope you can make it to our first ever Atlanta meetup!
2:00PM Water Cooler 11/14/2017
Today’s Water Cooler: Grinding teeth, Roy Moore, Keith Ellison on 2018, Bill Clinton, parade of The Aghast, small business optimism, Waymo, video gaming on Twitch
Health Care: Pain City in the Burbs
The suburbs are home to 44% of the overall population and 38% of the uninsured population. The uninsurance rate among suburbanites is 15%.
Powell’s Federal Reserve
Economists wring their hands over what it means to have a mere lawyer, Jerome Powell, as Fed chairman.
Is the Sacramento Bee in the Business of Protecting CalPERS?
So why did the Sacramento Bee do CalPERS a big favor, particularly when CalPERS is clearly in the wrong?
The Super Wealthy Oxycontin Family Supports School Privatization With Tactics Similar to Those That Fueled the Opioid Epidemic
How the marketing model the Sackler family developed to promote OxyContin is being applied to one of their pet causes, charter schools.
2:00PM Water Cooler 11/13/2017
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Readers, I’m sorry this is a bit light. I’m having enormous workflow problems trying to transition away from Yahoo Mail, and I have all sorts of material hung up in Outbox limbo. (iOS has the pleasing UX characteristic of simply leaving mail it can’t send in the Outbox without alerting […]
John Helmer: Oleg Deripaska, Russian Oligarch Accused of Buying Influence via Paul Manafort, Tries Listing Aluminum Shares In London. Hijinx Ensue (But Not Buyers)
A London stock float reveals the Achilles heel of Russian oligarch, Putin ally, and former Manafort client Deripaska: dependence on US sales.
Hard Brexiters Continue Humiliating Theresa May
How long will Theresa May serve as a hard Brexiter punching bag?
Uber and SoftBank Might Finally Have a Deal….But What Does It Mean?
It’s taken Uber four months to perhaps cinch a deal with SoftBank, while the spectacularly loss-making company is no closer to making money.
The Super Wealthy Oxycontin Family Supports School Privatization With Tactics Similar to Those That Fueled the Opioid Epidemic
A fortune derived from the relentless marketing of painkillers is now being used to expand charter schools.
