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Thursday, February 20, 2025
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/20/2025
Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 1 Comment »
Guantánamo, Donald Trump’s “Immigrant Problem,” and the Rest of Us
Trump’s methods for dealing with immigrants with less than solid visa status are often cruel. That is almost certainly a feature, not a bug.
Topics: Globalization, Guest Post, Income disparity, Legal, Politics, Social policy, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 10:48 am | 6 Comments »
Links 2/20/2025
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 81 Comments »
Musk Is Lying About Waste and Fraud in Social Security to Have an Excuse to Kill It
Musk wants to cut your Social Security benefits and then have Congress use the savings to give himself a gigantic tax cut.
Topics: Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Ridiculously obvious scams, Social policy, Taxes, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:54 am | 37 Comments »
EU Consumers Don’t Trust US Goods: A Look into Trump’s Trade Deficit Claims
Why trade deficits can’t always be solved by price, as in tariffs or currency manipulation.
Topics: Europe, Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Guest Post, Politics, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:53 am | 18 Comments »
Charles Kindleberger, the Dollar System, and Financial Crises
On Perry Mehrling’s Money and Empire: Charles P. Kindleberger and the Dollar System, including how some of his key ideas have been borne out.
Topics: Currencies, Doomsday scenarios, Federal Reserve, Guest Post, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 1:46 am | 4 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/19/2025
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Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 86 Comments »
The Bazooka Diplomacy of Trump’s Tariffs
A look at theory and practice as far as tariffs are concerned, and what that means for Trump’s threats and plans.
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Globalization, Guest Post, Politics, Taxes, The destruction of the middle class, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 8 Comments »
Links 2/19/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 96 Comments »
BRICS, Boers, and Preparing for Conflict With China in South Africa: Examining the US Pressure Campaign
In addition to Greenland and the Panama Canal, Washington is doubling down on efforts to “dominate” naval theaters in a conflict with China.
Topics: Africa, China, Guest Post, India, Infrastructure, Middle East
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:00 am | 27 Comments »
After We Amplified Warnings of Wildly Overvalued Unicorns, They Crash and Burn
Topics: Dubious statistics, Hedge funds, Investment management, Investment outlook, Media watch, Private equity, Ridiculously obvious scams, Risk and risk management, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:55 am | 15 Comments »
“What Is the Mainstream Media Missing About Elon Musk? He Is Instituting Technocracy”
A discussion of the regime that Elon Musk and his tech bros are in the process of implementing.
Topics: Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Social policy, Technology and innovation, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:46 am | 100 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/18/2025
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Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 61 Comments »
Trump’s No-Prisoners Approach to Iran-China Oil Crackdown
The US plans further sanctions on intermediaries like tankers and broker that facilitate Iran oil sales to China. Will they work?
Topics: China, Energy markets, Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Guest Post, Middle East, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:56 am | 8 Comments »
Links 2/18/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:58 am | 150 Comments »