Tuesday, July 22, 2025
Uber Board Members Kiss and Make Up (for Now), but Long-Term Problems Remain
Uber may have bought itself more time with a conditional pact among its big shareholders, but it hasn’t solved its fundamental problems.
The Great Italian Money Experiment
Italy has taken a step towards issuing a new currency in the form of tax credits. Will it make it more money-like by making it more tradable?
Will Retailers Switch to a Price Tag System That Screws Customers at Every Opportunity?
Beware! Retailers are trying to implement smart phone snooping to allow for better price gouging.
Naked Capitalism: Things You Won’t Read Anywhere Else (Until Much Later, Maybe)
Naked Capitalism provides a wide array of analysis and resources on the economy, politics, and world trends that you can’t find anywhere else
Thanks! Met Our Third Fundraiser Target Quickly, Onto the Fourth: Guest Bloggers
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2:00PM Water Cooler 10/4/2017
Today’s Water Cooler: Solar cells, ADP employment, services, Walmart buys Parcel, Equifax debacle, Amazon v. the EU, robot cars, plastic
Biometric ID Fairy: A Misguided Response to the Equifax Mess that Will Only Enrich Cybersecurity Grifters and Strengthen the Surveillance State
Surrendering biometric information and fancy technology provide no panacea for the problems revealed by the Equifax hack.
Catalonia: Puigdemont Promises Secession in Days as King Censures Officials Acting Outside the Law
Gaming out possible moves by Spain if Catalonia proceeds with its secession plan.
Cheap Sexism and Intellectual Dishonesty about Marriage
A mini-tour of right wing phantasmagora about how oversexed men and insufficiently chaste women are the ruination of the economy.
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Hubert Horan: Naked Capitalism – Your Guide to Money and Power
Unlike the media and just about any other site, Naked Capitalism focuses relentlessly on how economic, political, and power dynamics intersect
Trump Says Puerto Rico Debt Needs to be Wiped Out
Trump speaks an inconvenient truth about Puerto Rico. How long before his minders walk it back?
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/3/2017
Today’s Water Cooler: KORUS, Susan Collins, Russia hysteria, coincident indicators, gerrymandering, lithium, Amazon, Tesla, contract workers
