Hope you can make our Birmingham meetup this Wednesday!
Saturday, February 7, 2026
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.
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.
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.
The Populism Backlash: An Economically Driven Backlash
Quelle surprise! The rise of populism correlates strongly with increases in economic insecurity.
To Reform Capitalism, Look to Marx
A high-level discussion of the re-imaging of the word “capitalism”.
Announcing Tucson Meetup 2.0 for June 1
Hope those of you in the Tuscon area can join the fun at the second meetup!
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
Social Multipliers in Crime: Measuring the Spillover Effects of Criminal Behaviour
An example of how the peer environment influences crime levels.
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?
Bitcoin Energy Use Growing Much Faster than Previously Thought
Bitcoin energy use alarmists are being proven right.
Wolf Richter: Fake News No Problem – Internet Totally Dominates Advertising in the US
TV falls behind further, suffers first advertising revenue decline since the Financial Crisis
