Monthly Archives: April 2015

April 30, 2015

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 4/30/15
  by Lambert Strether 1:59 pm

• Ridiculing Concerns About TPP Tyranny
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 4/30/15
  by Yves Smith 6:58 am

• Control Fraud and For-Profit “Universities” (Et Tu, Bill Clinton?)
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• We Made an SEC Private Equity Whistleblower Filing
  by Yves Smith 2:00 am

• Witnessing A Fundamental Change In The Oil Sector
  by Yves Smith 12:43 am

April 29, 2015

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 4/29/15
  by Lambert Strether 1:59 pm

• Does It Matter To You Who Wins The British Election Next Week?
  by Lambert Strether 11:55 am

• Links 4/29/15
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Why Syriza Failed
  by Yves Smith 4:55 am

• The Coming Defaults of Greece (Updated)
  by Lambert Strether 3:55 am

• John Helmer: Ukraine Readies Itself for War When No One Wants to Pay for It
  by Yves Smith 1:55 am

• Wolf Richter: Manufacturing Falls Apart in the Middle of the US
  by Yves Smith 12:10 am

April 28, 2015

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 4/28/15
  by Lambert Strether 1:59 pm

• Boston Globe Misapplies Economic Theory to Defend High Drug Prices
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 4/28/15
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Carlyle’s Private Equity Secrecy Overreach
  by Yves Smith 5:19 am

• The 23 Count Indictment of the TPP
  by Yves Smith 3:10 am

• Satyajit Das: Two Views of Japan’s Setting Sun
  by Yves Smith 12:16 am

April 27, 2015

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 4/27/15
  by Lambert Strether 1:59 pm

• One Reason Economists Don’t Get Any Love: They Refuse to Take Any Blame for the Great Crash
  by Ed Walker 9:55 am

• Links 4/27/15
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Eurogroup Demands Varoufakis’ Ouster; Trajectory Toward Default Continues
  by Yves Smith 6:50 am

• More Barbarians at the Gates: Private Equity Puts Primary Care in Play
  by Yves Smith 1:01 am

• The “War on Cash” in 10 Spine-Chilling Quotes
  by Yves Smith 12:44 am

April 26, 2015

• Links 4/26/15
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Bill Black: Obama & TPP – Every One That Doeth Evil Hateth the Light
  by Yves Smith 3:55 am

• Quantitative Easing and The Great Recession: Who Wins? Who Loses?
  by Yves Smith 3:22 am

April 25, 2015

• Links 4/25/15
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Greece Talks With Eurogroup Hit “Complete Breakdown”
  by Yves Smith 5:42 am

• Joe Firestone: Another Danger of the TPP: It Sacrifices Monetary Sovereignity
  by Yves Smith 1:18 am

April 24, 2015

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 4/24/15
  by Lambert Strether 1:59 pm

• Links 4/24/15
  by David Dayen 3:30 am

• Immigrant Bed Mandate Ensures Guaranteed Profit for For-Profit Prison System
  by David Dayen 2:30 am

• Media Consolidation Thwarted Again as Comcast Backs Off Time Warner Deal
  by David Dayen 2:00 am

• The Gazprom Case: Good Timing or Bad Timing?
  by David Dayen 1:00 am

• Wolf Richter: The Greek People Just Destroyed Syriza’s Strategy
  by David Dayen 12:15 am

April 23, 2015

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 4/23/15
  by Lambert Strether 1:59 pm

• Links 4/23/15
  by David Dayen 3:30 am

• U.S. Trade Rep Office Helpfully Explains that Only 28 Trade Unionists Were Murdered in Colombia Last Year
  by David Dayen 2:30 am

• More Craven Arguments Used to Sell TPP and Fast Track to Congress, With Mixed Results
  by David Dayen 2:00 am

• Maine Farmers and Climate Change, Part II
  by David Dayen 1:15 am

• Rajiv Sethi: Spoofing in an Algorithmic Ecosystem
  by David Dayen 12:15 am

April 22, 2015

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 4/22/15
  by Lambert Strether 1:59 pm

• Gaius Publius: What’s Wrong with Wyden-Hatch-Ryan’s Fast Track Bill – The Specifics
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 4/22/15
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• The IMF’s Big Greek Mistake
  by Yves Smith 5:34 am

• MSNBC’s Egalitarian Krystal Ball, and Her Husband Jonathan Dariyanani, Star of Numerous International Pump and Dumps
  by Richard Smith 3:05 am

• Pettifor Warns of GFC 2.0 Approach
  by Yves Smith 12:56 am

April 21, 2015

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 4/21/15
  by Lambert Strether 1:59 pm

• John Helmer: The Potentate Of Prague — How the War Party in Washington is Losing Eastern Europe, Hillary Clinton Too
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 4/21/15
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Greece Endgame Nears
  by Yves Smith 6:25 am

• Nobel Prize Winner Robert Merton Slams Fed for “Negative Wealth Effect” Policies
  by Yves Smith 6:05 am

• Who Is Saudi Arabia Really Targeting In Its Price War?
  by Yves Smith 1:33 am

April 20, 2015

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 4/20/15
  by Lambert Strether 1:59 pm

• Bill Black: Lanny Breuer’s Defense of Not Prosecuting HSBC and its Officers
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• The TPP: Toward Absolutist Capitalism
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Links 4/20/15
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• The Continuing Depopulation of Detroit
  by Yves Smith 2:45 am

• On Generic Management in Health Care: Hospital Chief Information Officers (CIOs) Say Patient Engagement is All About… Themselves?
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 am

• Technology Trauma
  by Yves Smith 1:15 am

April 19, 2015

• Links 4/19/15
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Mud Season
  by Lambert Strether 4:55 am

• Explaining the Dearth of Private Investment
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 am

• Mourning the Death of a Monitor
  by Yves Smith 12:30 am

• Confirming Details for Washington DC Meetup on Wednesday April 22
  by Yves Smith 12:13 am

April 18, 2015

• Links 4/18/15
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• How the Federal Reserve Is Destroying Your Economic Future
  by Yves Smith 2:47 am

• John Helmer: The Loophole to End, Er, Open All Loopholes – The Russian Trust
  by Yves Smith 2:29 am

April 17, 2015

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 4/17/15
  by Lambert Strether 1:59 pm

• Bill Black: The Media Fall for Hillary Clinton’s Gensler Gambit
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 4/17/15
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• How Pending “Trade” Deals Would Undermine Zoning and Local Land Use Rules
  by Yves Smith 5:32 am

• Elizabeth Warren Throws Down Gauntlet, Calls for Genuine Financial Reform
  by Yves Smith 5:10 am

• Greece: Default or Grexit?
  by Yves Smith 4:16 am

• Gaius Publius: Hillary Clinton, Progressives & the Uphill Climb
  by Yves Smith 2:26 am

April 16, 2015

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 4/16/15
  by Lambert Strether 1:59 pm

• Investors Like CalPERS and New York City in the Dark About Private Equity Fees
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 4/16/15
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Bill Black: How the “Super Crunchers” Became the “Super Torturers” of Finance Data
  by Yves Smith 5:47 am

• Wolf Richter: Australia Runs out of Luck, Now Needs a Miracle
  by Lambert Strether 4:55 am

• Lousy Electronic Medical Records Fuel Successful Lawsuits
  by Yves Smith 12:27 am

April 15, 2015

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 4/15/15
  by Lambert Strether 1:59 pm

• Quick Note on Slavery, Finance, Minsky, and the Panic of 1837
  by Lambert Strether 11:55 am

• Links 4/15/15
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• The Piketty Theory Controversy
  by Lambert Strether 4:55 am

• Marco Rubio Throws His Personal Biography into the Ring
  by Lambert Strether 2:25 am

• Richard Wolff: Scapegoat Economics 2015
  by Lambert Strether 12:55 am

• Meetup in Washington DC on April 22 (Updated)
  by Yves Smith 12:42 am

April 14, 2015

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 4/14/15
  by Lambert Strether 1:59 pm

• Links 4/14/15
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• “God Damn the Pusher Man” – Especially when Enabled by the FDA Revolving Door
  by Lambert Strether 6:25 am

• Satyajit Das: Book Reviews – Politics and Political Posers
  by Lambert Strether 5:55 am

• How Is It Possible That the Trustees at Cooper Union Have Not Resigned in Shame?
  by Lambert Strether 3:55 am

• Ilargi: The American Consumer Will Never Be Back
  by Lambert Strether 12:55 am

April 13, 2015

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 4/13/15
  by Lambert Strether 1:59 pm

• Michael Pettis: Will China’s Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank Eventually Matter?
  by Yves Smith 8:55 am

• Links 4/13/15
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Debunking the Causes of the Eurozone Crisis
  by Yves Smith 5:55 am

• Should We Be Spooked by Deflation? A Look at the Historical Record
  by Lambert Strether 4:55 am

• “Getting Started”: Questions for Hillary Clinton as She Begins Her Campaign in Iowa
  by Lambert Strether 3:55 am

April 12, 2015

• Links 4/12/15
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Celebrating the Defeat of the Slave Power at Appomattox
  by Lambert Strether 3:55 am

• RJ Eskow: The 5 Worst Things About the Techno-Libertarians Solidifying Their Grasp on Our Economy and Culture
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 am

April 11, 2015

• Links 4/11/15
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Belvedere Management: Massive Criminal Enterprise or Defamed Fund Manager?
  by Richard Smith 2:58 am

• California Urban Water Use Restricted While Regulators Give Oil Industry Two More Years To Operate Injection Wells In Protected Groundwater Aquifers
  by Lambert Strether 12:55 am

April 10, 2015

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 4/10/15
  by Lambert Strether 1:59 pm

• Herr Schäuble’s Foibles: The Eurozone Rebalancing Conundrum
  by Lambert Strether 8:55 am

• Links 4/10/15
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Chicago Mayoral Race Results: “Rahm, They Tell Me You Are Crooked, and I Answer: Yes, It Is True. Period.”
  by Lambert Strether 4:25 am

• CFPB Home Mortgage Disclosure Act Proposal May Enable Redlining
  by Lambert Strether 3:55 am

• Wolf Richter: FOMC Minutes Show Fed Doesn’t Know How to Unscramble the ZIRP Omelet
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 am

• Hope to See You at Our Meetup in Paris This Evening!
  by Yves Smith 1:00 am

• Joe Firestone: When Will the Senate Budget Committee Majority Ever Learn About Sector Financial Balances?
  by Lambert Strether 12:55 am

April 9, 2015

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 4/9/15
  by Lambert Strether 1:58 pm

• Links 4/9/15
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Ilargi: Russia’s Central Bank Governor Is Way Smarter Than Ours
  by Lambert Strether 5:55 am

• Why the Claims Neoliberals Make About Markets Are Wrong
  by Ed Walker 3:55 am

• Jeffrey Sommers: Comparing Apples to Oranges: The Baltic States and Greece
  by Lambert Strether 2:55 am

• Secular Stagnation and Capital Flows
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 am

April 8, 2015

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 4/8/15
  by Lambert Strether 1:58 pm

• Links 4/8/15
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• The Minimum Wage: Could the Democrats Please Give Consideration to the Idea of Ceasing to Betray Working People?
  by Lambert Strether 5:55 am

• Pessimistic Views of China’s Economy are Unconvincing
  by Lambert Strether 3:55 am

• Dubious FX Broker CWM FX Claims Sports Celebrity Scalps, but Princess Anne Remains Unmolested
  by Richard Smith 3:00 am

• J.D. Alt: A Push-Pull Model for Cooperative Markets Financed by Sovereign Spending
  by Lambert Strether 12:55 am

April 7, 2015

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 4/7/15
  by Lambert Strether 1:58 pm

• The SEC’s Andrew Bowden to Leave the Agency
  by Yves Smith 1:47 pm

• Rob Parenteau: Draghi’s Doom Loop(s) – More Than Just the Euthanasia of the Rentiers
  by Yves Smith 7:34 am

• Links 4/7/15
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• The Gulf of Maine: Poster Child for Global Weirding?
  by Lambert Strether 6:46 am

• Rahm Emanuel and Rick Perry Hold Public in Bipartisan Contempt
  by Lambert Strether 12:55 am

• Why The Oil Price Collapse Is U.S. Shale’s Fault
  by Yves Smith 12:25 am

• Reminder – Meetup in Paris This Friday, April 10
  by Yves Smith 12:09 am

April 6, 2015

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 4/6/15
  by Lambert Strether 1:58 pm

• ‘National Competitiveness: A Crowbar for Corporate and Financial Interests
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 4/6/15
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Can Voter Choice Technology Succeed Where Arab Spring Failed?
  by Yves Smith 5:55 am

• Don Quijones: “Bad Bank” Mania Spreads in Europe
  by Yves Smith 3:25 am

• SEC Starts Issuing Wells Notices to Private Equity Firms (Updated)
  by Yves Smith 2:33 am

April 5, 2015

• Links 4/5/15
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Big Data Is Watching You (at Work)
  by Lambert Strether 4:55 am

• Rajiv Sethi: Prediction Market Design
  by Lambert Strether 1:25 am

April 4, 2015

• Links 4/4/15
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Plutocracy 1.0
  by Yves Smith 4:09 am

• John Helmer: Why Faking is Failing in the Russian Art Market
  by Yves Smith 2:42 am

April 3, 2015

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 4/3/15
  by Lambert Strether 1:58 pm

• Bill Black: HSBC Violates its Sweetheart Deal and Loretta Lynch Praises It
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 4/3/15
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Ex-TPG Employee Adam Levine Countersues, Charges Private Equity Firm With Cheating and Misleading Investors, Retaliation
  by Yves Smith 4:52 am

• Greece Threatens to Miss IMF Payment, Issue Drachma (Updated)
  by Yves Smith 2:00 am

• Ilargi: Warren Buffett is Everything That’s Wrong With America
  by Yves Smith 12:09 am

April 2, 2015

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 4/2/15
  by Lambert Strether 1:58 pm

• Bill Black: We Send Teachers to Prison for Rigging the Numbers, Why Not Bankers?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Greece Throws Away One of Its Eurogroup Memo Wins, Submits Reforms Reaching Up to a 3.9% Fiscal Surplus
  by Yves Smith 7:53 am

• Links 4/2/15
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Presentation Shows Private Equity Investors Knowingly Sign Contracts With Waivers of Fiduciary Duty, Other Terms Stacked Against Them
  by Yves Smith 5:00 am

• Why Putin Doesn’t Need To Pander To The West
  by Yves Smith 4:04 am

• Why Did Commodity Prices Move Together?
  by Yves Smith 3:40 am

• Confirming Meetup in Paris on Friday April 10
  by Yves Smith 12:02 am

April 1, 2015

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 4/1/15
  by Lambert Strether 1:58 pm

• SEC Regulatory Capture Scandal: Andrew Bowden’s Fawning Over Private Equity Was No Mistake
  by Yves Smith 11:35 am

• Links 4/1/15
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Los Angeles Pension Fund Gives Up to $40 Million Approval Authority to Hopelessly Conflicted Consultant, Hamilton Lane
  by Yves Smith 5:35 am

• Don Quijones: Rajoy Horror Picture Show Nears Grisly Climax in Spain
  by Yves Smith 4:26 am

• Uncertainty and Morality in a Dynamic Economics
  by Yves Smith 3:30 am