Monthly Archives: December 2016

December 31, 2016

• The Global War on Cash – India’s Demonetization Debacle
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 12/31/2016
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• The Real Baltimore – Police Accountability in the Age of Trump
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 12:55 am

December 30, 2016

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 12/30/2016
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Two Simple Suggestions for George Soros
  by Lambert Strether 12:34 pm

• Links 12/30/16
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• The Invention of the White Working Class
  by Lambert Strether 4:55 am

December 29, 2016

• Site Maintenance: December 31, 2:00 – 4:00 PM EST
  by Yves Smith 11:05 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 12/29/2016
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 12/29/16
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• When a Business You Like Dies
  by Yves Smith 4:32 am

• Wolf Richter: Bank Bailout Balloons, Tab for Italian Banking Crisis Soars
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 1:55 am

• 10 Reasons Trump Won’t Lead A Nuclear Renaissance
  by Yves Smith 12:55 am

December 28, 2016

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 12/28/2016
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 12/28/2016
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• A Tale of Two Retirements: The Great Divide Between CEOs and Everyone Else
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 2:55 am

• Ilargi: 2017 – Where the Truth Lies
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 12:55 am

December 27, 2016

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 12/27/2016
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 12/27/16
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• A Battle Over American-Made Products Is Looming and Republicans Are in the Middle of It
  by Yves Smith 1:20 am

• Gauis Publius: North Pole 50 Degrees Warmer Than Normal in December
  by Yves Smith 12:17 am

December 26, 2016

• 2:00PM Water Cooler Boxing Day 2016
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• “The Narrative,” Neoliberalism, and Identity Politics
  by Lambert Strether 12:40 pm

• Links 12/26/16
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Wolf Richter: New Census Data Shows Why the Job Market is Still “Terrible” (as Trump said)
  by Lambert Strether 4:55 am

December 25, 2016

• Xmas Medley and Open Thread
  by Lambert Strether 12:06 pm

• Links Christmas Day 2016
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Young Sanders Campaign Aides Plan Anti-Trump Permanent Protest Base in Washington
  by Lambert Strether 4:55 am

December 24, 2016

• Links Christmas Eve 2016
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Progressives Need to Promote Deficit Spending Before Trump Makes It His Baby
  by Yves Smith 3:00 am

• Why Central Bank Models Failed and How to Repair Them
  by Yves Smith 12:48 am

December 23, 2016

• 2:00PM Water Cooler Festivus 2016
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Chanos: Is a Big Change Underway in Global Capitalism?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 12/23/16
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• I Correct Schumer Fudging What Medicare Privatization Would Mean and He Pretends He Was Being Honest All Along
  by Yves Smith 6:01 am

• Tom Engelhardt: The Future According to Trump
  by Yves Smith 4:26 am

• Deutsche Bank Wins in Stare-Down With Department of Justice Over Mortgage-Backed Securities Liability; Credit Suisse Also Settles While Barclays Holds Out
  by Yves Smith 3:00 am

December 22, 2016

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 12/22/2016
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The Global War on Cash – Lessons from History
  by Clive 9:55 am

• Links 12/22/16
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Uber’s Woes Mount: California Strips Driverless Cars’ Registration, Losses Rise, VAT Charges Loom
  by Yves Smith 6:50 am

• Italy Announces Sketchy Plan to Bail Out Monte dei Paschi
  by Yves Smith 3:43 am

• Hospitalized Patients Treated by Female Doctors Show Lower Mortality
  by Yves Smith 2:10 am

December 21, 2016

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 12/21/2016
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Flint Water Crisis: Michigan AG Pursues Felony Indictments Against Former Emergency Managers
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 12/21/2016
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Student Loan Crisis Increasingly Snares Seniors’ Social Security Benefits
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:55 am

• TaxCast on Ownership Avoidance and the Great Escape
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 4:55 am

• Wolf Richter: What the Heck’s Happening to Our Share Buyback Boom?
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 2:55 am

December 20, 2016

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 12/20/2016
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Apple Chases Indian Smartphone Market By Asking Modi Government for Manufacturing Deal
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 12/20/2016
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Trump Administration May Use Global Magnitsky Act Human Rights Authority to Advance Foreign Policy Goals
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:25 am

• Conflicts of Interest Not New to the Age of Trump: Many Politicians Voting for the TARP Bailout Protected Their Own Wealth
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 4:25 am

• Customers Foot Bill for Florida Utilities to Build ‘Unnecessary’ Gas Infrastructure For Excess Profit
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 2:55 am

December 19, 2016

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 12/19/2016
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Italy Banking Crisis Is Also a Huge Crime Scene
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 12/19/16
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• The Fundamental Flaw in Muddied Brexit Thinking
  by Yves Smith 6:22 am

• Is Technological Progress Behind Growing Income Inequality?
  by Yves Smith 4:12 am

• How What We Eat Has Changed
  by Yves Smith 3:00 am

December 18, 2016

• My Favorite Ten Podcasts (with Yves on “This is Hell,” Talking about “Fake News”)
  by Lambert Strether 11:25 am

• Links 12/18/16
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• CNN Host’s Attempt to Explain the U.S. Economy Was So Bad I Started Yelling at the TV
  by Lambert Strether 5:25 am

December 17, 2016

• Links 12/17/16
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Uber, Gig Economy: “The Brutality of the System Is Being Lost on Those Who Actually Use These Apps”
  by Yves Smith 4:26 am

• The Econocracy: An Interview with Cahal Mora
  by Yves Smith 3:23 am

December 16, 2016

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 12/16/2016
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Investment in Early Childhood Education Yields Substantial Gains for the Economy
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 12/16/16
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• British Press in a Tizzy that the EU Will Be Mean to the City of London in Brexit
  by Yves Smith 5:16 am

• The Story That Russia Does Not Want You to See: The Rosneft Share “Sale” as a Sham Transaction
  by Yves Smith 4:31 am

• Trump’s Carbon-Obsessed Energy Policy and the Coming Climate Nightmare
  by Yves Smith 3:42 am

• NBC’s Denver Affiliate 9News Apologizes on Air to Naked Capitalism
  by Yves Smith 2:07 am

December 15, 2016

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 12/15/2016
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• So Who Gets to Pay for Italy’s Banking Crisis?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Bill Black: White Collar Crime Will Have a Field Day Under Trump
  by Yves Smith 9:27 am

• Links 12/15/16
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• NBC Evening News in Denver Defames Naked Capitalism
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Greece and Creditors in Showdown Again
  by Yves Smith 6:05 am

• As China Fortifies Its Little Islands, PACOM Moves F-22s to Darwin
  by Yves Smith 2:54 am

December 14, 2016

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 12/14/2016
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• EPA Concludes: Fracking Harms Drinking Water
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 12/14/2016
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Washington Post Backlash: Black Agenda Report, Counterpunch, and Paul Craig Roberts Join Us in Second Demand Letter Retraction and Apology for Defamatory “Propaganda” Story
  by Yves Smith 6:50 am

• Trump Agenda: EPA, State Picks Aligned With Fossil Fuels Industry
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 3:55 am

• GOP Plans to Gut Social Security
  by Yves Smith 3:33 am

December 13, 2016

• Developer of B.S. Detector Apologizes for Including Naked Capitalism in “Fake News” Tool, Yet Fails to Take Responsibility for Non-Transparent Process and McCarthyite Nature of Project
  by Yves Smith 10:27 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 12/13/2016
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Federalist 68, the Electoral College, and Faithless Electors
  by Lambert Strether 1:08 pm

• Links 12/13/16
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• The Washington Post Responds to Our Letter Demanding a Retraction and Apology for Its Article Defaming Naked Capitalism and Other Sites
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Wolf Richter: Is it Just Trump Tower? Or is the Entire New York City Housing Bubble Unwinding?
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Socio-Economic Determinants of the Italian Referendum Vote
  by Yves Smith 6:10 am

• Origins of Happiness: Evidence and Policy Implications
  by Lambert Strether 4:25 am

December 12, 2016

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 12/12/2016
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• America’s Forgotten Man: What Next for Bernie Sanders, America’s Most Popular Politician?
  by Lambert Strether 1:09 pm

• Links 12/12/16
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Bill Black: After 30 Years of Throwing Working People Under the Bus, Democratic Party’s “Centrist” Leaders Remain Clueless About Voter Revenge
  by Yves Smith 5:51 am

• Can A DCCC Ever Heal Itself If It Remains In Critical Denial?
  by Lambert Strether 5:25 am

• Capitalism in the Time of Trump?
  by Yves Smith 3:28 am

December 11, 2016

• Italy Gets a New Prime Minister, But Not Yet a New Government, Let Alone a New Banking System
  by Lambert Strether 1:35 pm

• Links 12/11/16
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• The Fatal Flaw in Macroprudential Policy: It Ignores Political Risk
  by Lambert Strether 5:55 am

December 10, 2016

• Links 12/10/16
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• We Demand That PropOrNot Remove Its Blacklist, Report, and Browser Tool Defaming Naked Capitalism and Issue an Apology
  by Yves Smith 5:56 am

• We Demand That the Developer of “Fake News” Blacklist Software B.S. Detector Cease Distribution and Issue an Apology
  by Yves Smith 5:55 am

• Michael Hudson: Economists’ Deadly but Innocuous-Seeming Proclamations
  by Yves Smith 5:47 am

December 9, 2016

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 12/9/2016
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• US Life Expectancy Declines in 2015: Unintentional Injuries Rise
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 12/9/2016
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Insider Trading: Supreme Court Decision Enables Securities Law Theater
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:25 am

• Nomi Prins: Trump’s Bait and Switch — How to Swamp Washington and Double-Cross Your Supporters Big Time
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 3:25 am

• Site Behind Washington Post’s McCarthyite Blacklist Appears To Be Linked to Ukrainian Fascists and CIA Spies
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 1:55 am

December 8, 2016

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 12/8/2016
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Back From Full Employment To “Inclusive Growth”
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 12/8/2016
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Washington Post Refuses to Retract Article Defaming Naked Capitalism and Other Sites
  by Yves Smith 6:40 am

• Trump EPA Pick: Scott Pruitt as EPA Head Signals Agency Will Ignore Climate Change
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:55 am

• GT Group’s Protean Ian Taylor in the UK: Reuters’ Special Report on 43 Bedford Street, and More
  by Richard Smith 3:02 am

December 7, 2016

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 12/7/2016
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Europe’s Crisis Was Caused More By Reckless Lending Than By Reckless Spending
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 12/7/16
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Five: Addressing Reader Comments and Questions
  by Yves Smith 6:40 am

• Witch Hunt: “Fake News” Software Touted by CBS Smears Naked Capitalism, ShadowProof, TruthDig, Others; Creator Admits He Made Up Who Went on Hit List
  by Yves Smith 6:30 am

• The Standing Rock Sioux Will Be Ready To Take a Trump Challenge to Courts
  by Yves Smith 2:43 am

December 6, 2016

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 12/6/2016
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The Italian Referendum: The Vote, the Narrative, the EU, the Banks
  by Lambert Strether 1:30 pm

• Links 12/6/17
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Bill Black: Jobs, Jobs, Jobs – Not Austerity
  by Yves Smith 6:15 am

• Saudi Arabia Surrenders To U.S. Shale
  by Yves Smith 5:51 am

• Macroeconomics in the Crossfire (Again)
  by Yves Smith 3:42 am

December 5, 2016

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 12/5/2016
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Four: Understanding That Unregulated Monopoly Was Always Uber’s Central Objective
  by Yves Smith 10:19 am

• Links 12/5/16
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Wolf Richter: Italians Vote “No,” Renzi to Resign, Banking Crisis Now Looking for Taxpayers
  by Yves Smith 6:40 am

• We Demand That The Washington Post Retract Its Propaganda Story Defaming Naked Capitalism and Other Sites and Issue an Apology
  by Yves Smith 1:59 am

• We Launch PropOrNot.Org To Identify Inept Propagandists and School Amplifiers Like The Washington Post on How to Spot Them
  by Yves Smith 1:58 am

• PropOrNot’s Grandiose Fabrications
  by Yves Smith 1:57 am

December 4, 2016

• The Obamamometer’s Toxic Legacy: National Security
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 12/4/16
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Donald Trump’s Swamp: Meet Ten Potential Energy and Climate Cabinet Picks and the Pickers
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:55 am

• Thanks SO MUCH For a Speedy and Very Successful Emergency Fundraiser to Fight Independent News Site Blacklists
  by Yves Smith 5:08 am

December 3, 2016

• Can Trump Fire CFPB’s Cordray on Day One?
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 12/3/16
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Trump Agenda: Privatization of Medicare and Social Security?
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 2:55 am

December 2, 2016

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 12/2/2016
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Trump’s Win is a Warning: Europe Urgently Needs a New Deal
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 12/2/16
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Three: Understanding False Claims About Uber’s Innovation and Competitive Advantages
  by Yves Smith 6:58 am

• The Electoral Consequences of Globalization
  by Yves Smith 6:57 am

• Trump Picks Ex-Goldman Banker, Steve Mnuchin, Known as ‘King of Foreclosures’ to Head Treasury
  by Yves Smith 6:33 am

December 1, 2016

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 12/1/2016
  by Lambert Strether 1:59 pm

• US Constitution’s Emoluments Clause: a Nothingburger for Trump
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 12/01/16
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Two: Understanding Uber’s Uncompetitive Costs
  by Yves Smith 6:50 am

• India: Demonetization and its Discontents
  by Yves Smith 6:37 am

• Canada Oil Pipeline: Trudeau Just Knocked Over the First Domino
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 4:25 am

• Catch Us Discussing the New McCarthyism with Josh Scheer of KPFA/TruthDig Today, Dec.1 at Noon PST
  by Yves Smith 4:16 am