Monthly Archives: February 2015

February 28, 2015

• Releasing Private Equity Limited Partnership Agreements from Carlyle and Grosvenor
  by Yves Smith 1:03 pm

• Links 2/28/15
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• The War on Genetically-Modified-Food Critics
  by Yves Smith 4:15 am

• Michael Hudson: U-V: Usury to Vested Interests
  by Yves Smith 3:46 am

February 27, 2015

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/27/15
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm

• Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel Forced Into Historic Runoff
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 2/27/15
  by Yves Smith 6:58 am

• John Helmer: What is Russia’s Answer to Greece’s Plan B? Smile, Blow the Whistle, Pass the Red Card
  by Yves Smith 6:50 am

• A Grassroots Win: FCC Approves Net Neutrality
  by Yves Smith 6:01 am

• How Gaza’s Natural Gas Became the Epicenter of an International Power Struggle
  by Yves Smith 12:10 am

February 26, 2015

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/26/15
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm

• The Cost of Delaying Action to Stem Climate Change
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 2/26/15
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• The Alternative in Greece
  by Yves Smith 6:50 am

• The School Closure Playbook – How Billionaires Exploit Poor Children in Chicago
  by Yves Smith 3:41 am

• Bond Star Sir Roger Moore, Three Million Phantom Geese in China, and a New Zealand Financial Services Provider
  by Richard Smith 2:57 am

February 25, 2015

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/25/15
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm

• Wolf Richter: What the Heck Has Suddenly Hit American Consumers?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 2/25/15
  by Yves Smith 6:58 am

• Yellen Defies Congress, Defends Greenspanian General Counsel Scott Alvarez After Elizabeth Warren Grilling
  by Yves Smith 6:57 am

• ECB and IMF to Greece: No Escaping the Austerity Hairshirt
  by Yves Smith 5:38 am

• Ilargi: How Far Is It From Kiev To Athens?
  by Yves Smith 2:29 am

February 24, 2015

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/24/15
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm

• Bill Black: HSBC CEO – My Pay Was so Outrageous I Had to Use Tax Havens to Hide it from My Peers
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 2/24/15
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Mathew D. Rose: Greece – Dead Man Walking
  by Yves Smith 2:45 am

• The Mitt Romney Connection: How the Scammers Behind Virgin Gold Mining Corporation Bit Off More Than They Could Chew (VII)
  by Richard Smith 2:40 am

• Gaius Publius: Tobacco Deaths, TPP and the “Trade” Courts
  by Yves Smith 12:30 am

February 23, 2015

• Eurogroup to Review Greek Reform Proposals; Meeting Set for Tuesday (Updated)
  by Yves Smith 3:22 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/23/15
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm

• “Democratic Victory Task Force”: Grifters Put the Bite on Eric Schmidt?
  by Lambert Strether 8:56 am

• Links 2/23/15
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Troika Not Happy with Initial Draft of Greek Reforms; Eurogroup Reported Still in the Mix (Updated)
  by Yves Smith 6:00 am

• Thank You for A Very Successful and Rapid Mini-Fundraiser
  by Lambert Strether 4:25 am

• Pepe Escobar: New Silk Roads and the Chinese Vision of a Brave New (Trade) World
  by Yves Smith 4:05 am

• Wolf Richter: Subprime Pump-and-Dump Frenzy Heats Up
  by Lambert Strether 3:55 am

February 22, 2015

• Links 2/22/15
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• DNC Report Says Blankety-Blank Democrats Need a “National Narrative Project.” No, They Don’t.
  by Lambert Strether 6:57 am

• Sharing Economy Must Come Inside Regulatory Tent
  by Lambert Strether 4:55 am

February 21, 2015

• Announcing a Mini-Fundraiser for Lambert
  by Yves Smith 7:20 pm

• Links 2/21/15
  by Yves Smith 6:58 am

• Benchmarking the Greece/Eurogroup Bailout Memo and Process
  by Yves Smith 6:50 am

• Michael Hudson: T is for Trickle-Down
  by Yves Smith 2:47 am

February 20, 2015

• Greece Capitulates On Bailout, Reaches Four Month Deal
  by Yves Smith 4:56 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/20/15
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm

• Greece’s Fate in ECB’s Hands if Eurogroup Talks Fail
  by Yves Smith 7:40 am

• Links 2/20/15
  by Yves Smith 6:58 am

• The Logic of Greece’s Request for a Loan Agreement Extension
  by Yves Smith 5:13 am

• Corporate Welfare Queens – Shocking “Development Program” Failure Rate in North Carolina
  by Yves Smith 5:00 am

• What’s Wrong with David Leonhardt’s NYT Piece on Inequality?
  by Yves Smith 4:21 am

February 19, 2015

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/19/15
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm

• Two New Papers Say Big Finance Sectors Hurt Growth and Innovation
  by Yves Smith 11:09 am

• Links 2/19/15
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Obama Administration Throws Greece Under the Bus; ECB Leak Recommends Capital Controls; Greece Weighing Capitulation (Updated: Germany Rejects Greek Proposal)
  by Yves Smith 6:58 am

• Wolf Richter: The Chilling Thing Devon Energy Just Said About the US Oil Glut
  by Yves Smith 4:47 am

February 18, 2015

• Greek Government Faces Cash Crunch Next Week
  by Yves Smith 3:28 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/18/15
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm

• ECB Could Pressure Greece by Refusing to Increase ELA (Update: Small Increase Approved)
  by Yves Smith 1:45 pm

• Mathew D. Rose: Greece – It’s a Revolution, Stupid!
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 2/18/15
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Where are the “Progressive” Democrats on Loretta Lynch’s HSBC Money Laundering Wrist Slap?
  by Yves Smith 5:50 am

• The “Vultures” are Still Circling Argentina
  by Yves Smith 4:57 am

• TransPacific Partnership: Fast Track to Financial Instability
  by Yves Smith 4:38 am

• Tom Engelhardt: In Whose America? Machine Guns, MRAPs, Surveillance, Drones, Permanent War, and a Permanent Election Campaign
  by Yves Smith 2:29 am

February 17, 2015

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/17/15
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm

• Negotiation Breakdown Exposes Widening Rift Between Germany and Greece
  by Yves Smith 9:25 am

• Links 2/17/15
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• How Third Way Trade Agreements Study Distorts Via Omission to Pave Way for TTP and TTIP
  by Yves Smith 5:02 am

• Greece, Its International Creditors and the Euro
  by Yves Smith 2:53 am

February 16, 2015

• Varoufakis Charges Eurogroup with Bad Faith Dealing in Negotiations
  by Yves Smith 3:11 pm

• Eurogroup Talks Terminated; Greece “Won’t Take Orders on Bailout”
  by Yves Smith 1:57 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/16/15
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm

• Michael Hudson: Ukraine Denouement – The Russian Loan and the IMF’s One-Two Punch
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 2/16/15
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Robert Parenteau: Get a TAN, Yanis: A Timely Alternative Financing Instrument for Greece
  by Yves Smith 6:50 am

• The Boston Globe Covers Up for Wall Street, Ignores Swaps Losses in Coverage of MBTA Turmoil
  by Yves Smith 2:35 am

February 15, 2015

• Links 2/15/15
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Ilargi: Ukraine – Trapped in Narrative
  by Yves Smith 2:11 am

• Michael Hudson: Has the IMF Annexed Ukraine?
  by Yves Smith 1:41 am

• Bill Black: The BBC Dismisses a Real Greek Economist as a Sexy “Ideologue”
  by Yves Smith 12:38 am

February 14, 2015

• Links 2/14/15
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Wolf Richter: Something Rotten Is Piling Up in this Economy
  by Yves Smith 1:20 am

• Joe Firestone: Return of the Platinum Coin?
  by Yves Smith 1:04 am

February 13, 2015

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/13/15
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm

• Is All Growth Good? The Case of China
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 2/13/15
  by Yves Smith 6:58 am

• Fog of Negotiations: Greece and Germany Make Friendlier Noises, Restart Talks, But Press Reports Diverge
  by Yves Smith 6:50 am

• Why is It Hard to Land a Well-Paid Job After Losing One?
  by Yves Smith 3:52 am

• GXG: How the Scammers Behind Virgin Gold Mining Corporation Bit Off More Than They Could Chew (VI)
  by Richard Smith 2:59 am

February 12, 2015

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/12/15
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm

• Bill Black: Criminal Tax Evader HSBC’s CEO Resorts to Bank Apologist Fable of the Virgin Crisis
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 2/12/15
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• #BlackstoneEvicts
  by Yves Smith 6:02 am

• Why We Won’t See An Oil Price Rebound Yet
  by Yves Smith 1:56 am

February 11, 2015

• Greece, Eurozone Ministers at Fundamental Loggerheads
  by Yves Smith 7:05 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/11/15
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm

• John Helmer: Poland’s Lobby for Ukraine Enjoyed Kolomoisky Bank Link (Updated)
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 2/11/15
  by Yves Smith 6:58 am

• Eurogroup Ministers to Syriza: Drop Dead
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Geithner: “The End of Capitalism as We Know It”
  by Yves Smith 3:28 am

• Questus: How the Scammers Behind Virgin Gold Mining Corporation Bit Off More Than They Could Chew (V)
  by Richard Smith 3:00 am

February 10, 2015

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/10/15
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm

• Outlook Darkens for Syriza and Greece
  by Yves Smith 8:55 am

• Links 2/10/15
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Obama, Treasury Pushing Back Against Troika Grexit Threats; Bernie Sanders Presses for Fed to Prod ECB
  by Yves Smith 6:15 am

• Wolf Richter: Wall Street Has a Dream About the Price of Oil
  by Yves Smith 4:39 am

• Former CFTC Commissioner Michael Greenberger: “We’re Going to be Back Where We Were in 2008”
  by Yves Smith 4:20 am

February 9, 2015

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/9/15
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm

• John Helmer: Amazing Pentagon Weapon Penetrates Putin’s Brain Before He Was Born – President Reagan’s Brain Secret Confirmed, With Poroshekno’s and Nuland’s
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 2/9/15
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Since the U.S. Military Lost the Last Two Wars It Fought, Is There Reason to Think “Boots on the Ground” Anywhere Is a Good Idea?
  by Lambert Strether 6:57 am

• Is Syriza About to Score a Tactical Win Against the Troika?
  by Yves Smith 6:50 am

• Bernie Sanders Asks Janet Yellen to Explain Her Apparent Inaction on Greece
  by Yves Smith 5:11 am

• Is Blogging Dead?
  by Lambert Strether 4:25 am

February 8, 2015

• Home, Sweet Shipping Container, and Why Not?
  by Lambert Strether 7:55 am

• Links 2/8/15
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• The Rich and the Great Recession
  by Lambert Strether 4:32 am

• How the Scammers Behind Virgin Gold Mining Corporation Bit Off More Than They Could Chew (IV)
  by Richard Smith 3:00 am

February 7, 2015

• Links 2/7/15
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Michael Pettis: Syriza and the French Indemnity of 1871-73
  by Yves Smith 4:46 am

• Bracing for Another Storm in Emerging Markets
  by Yves Smith 4:04 am

February 6, 2015

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/6/15
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm

• John Helmer: The Political Motivation of Chancellor Merkel’s Embrace of Yulia Tymoshenko, and War
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Greece Still Defiant After ECB Mugging
  by Yves Smith 8:18 am

• Links 2/6/15
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• What Thomas Piketty and Larry Summers Don’t Tell You About Income Inequality
  by Yves Smith 6:50 am

• Wolf Richter: In Search of Cheap Labor in Tech – Behind the H1-B Visa Scenes
  by Yves Smith 5:12 am

• The “Lone Wolf” Terror Trap: The Cure Will Be Worse Than the Disease
  by Yves Smith 1:26 am

February 5, 2015

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/5/15
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm

• The End of Guitar Center
  by Lambert Strether 9:55 am

• Time for #GreekLivesMatter
  by Yves Smith 9:26 am

• Why is Yellen Supporting the ECB Attack on Greece?
  by Yves Smith 7:48 am

• Links 2/5/15
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• ECB to Greece: Drop Dead
  by Yves Smith 6:00 am

• How the Scammers Behind Virgin Gold Mining Corporation Bit Off More Than They Could Chew (III)
  by Richard Smith 3:00 am

February 4, 2015

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/4/15
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm

• John Helmer: Convicted Fraudster Jonathan Hay, Harvard’s Man Who Wrecked Russia, Resurfaces in Ukraine
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Will the Cavalry Ride Over the Hill in Time for Greece?
  by Yves Smith 8:05 am

• Links 2/4/15
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Even If Oil Rally Continues, Lenders Still At Risk
  by Yves Smith 5:02 am

February 3, 2015

• The ECB Tightens the Choke Chain on Greece
  by Yves Smith 3:35 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/3/15
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm

• Tom Adams: Ocwen’s Servicing Meltdown Proves Failure of Obama’s Mortgage Settlements
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 2/3/15
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Greek Finance Minister Varoufakis Retreats on Debt Writedowns, Public Spending Promises
  by Yves Smith 6:58 am

• How the Scammers Behind Virgin Gold Mining Corporation Bit Off More Than They Could Chew (II)
  by Richard Smith 3:00 am

• Ed Harrison: Why Quantitative Easing and Negative Interest Rates Will Fail
  by Yves Smith 2:49 am

February 2, 2015

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/2/15
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm

• Links 2/2/15
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• The ECB Ready to Put a Choke Chain on Syriza
  by Yves Smith 4:38 am

• How the Scammers Behind Virgin Gold Mining Corporation Bit Off More Than They Could Chew (I)
  by Richard Smith 3:23 am

• Time to “Look for the Union Label?” First US Doctors’ Strike in Decades
  by Yves Smith 2:16 am

• Can Fast Food Afford a $15 Minimum Wage Without Cutting Jobs?
  by Yves Smith 12:59 am

February 1, 2015

• Syriza Walks Back Initial Defiance
  by Yves Smith 8:10 am

• Links 2/1/15
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Health Care Cost Studies Pointedly Ignore Bad Incentives, Market Failure as Drivers
  by Yves Smith 4:11 am

• The Super Wealthy See Pitchforks and Guillotines in Their Future
  by Yves Smith 1:32 am