Monthly Archives: February 2017

February 28, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/28/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Free Trade vs Protectionism: Weapon of Mass Distraction
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 2/28/17
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Gaius Pubilus: Obama and the Perez Election — Are the Democrats Trying to Fail?
  by Yves Smith 5:21 am

• Col. Wilkerson: Trump’s Proposed $54 Billion Increase in the Military Budget Not for National Security
  by Yves Smith 2:38 am

• Bill Black: The 2016 Nobel Prizes in Economics Go to Defenders of Criminogenic Policies
  by Yves Smith 12:12 am

February 27, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/27/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:03 pm

• Hail to the Chief? Scuppering White House Press Corps Traditions
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 2/27/17
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• How Russia Is Using Oil Deals To Secure Its Influence In The Middle East
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 3:25 am

• Understanding the Global Role of the US Economy
  by Yves Smith 1:34 am

• EU Dings Yet Another Brexit Fantasy: “Equivalence” Deal for the City
  by Yves Smith 1:00 am

February 26, 2017

• Links 2/26/17
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Wolf Richter: How Much Money Laundering is Going On in the Housing Market? A Lot
  by Yves Smith 2:52 am

• Democratic Party Orthodoxy in Action: “Hit With Some Serious Clinton Blame Cannons”
  by Yves Smith 12:59 am

February 25, 2017

• Tom Perez Elected Head of DNC
  by Yves Smith 3:39 pm

• Links 2/25/17
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• TaxCast: Financial Transaction Taxes, Trump Hearts Kleptocrats
  by Yves Smith 1:00 am

• Iraq: “Is It Oil?”
  by Yves Smith 12:21 am

February 24, 2017

• 2:00 PM Water Cooler 2/24/17
  by Yves Smith 2:59 pm

• India’s “Bold Experiment With Cash”: Debunking Myths
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 2/24/17
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Fourth Federal District Court Looks Likely to Uphold Fiduciary Rule
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:25 am

• EPA Failures Predate Trump: Evidence Emerges of Tropical Parasites in Rural America
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 4:25 am

• How Companies Shape Climate Change Agenda: Thousands of Emails from Oklahoma Office of Trump EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt Published
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 3:25 am

February 23, 2017

• Chicago Meetup Friday March 24!
  by Yves Smith 11:26 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/23/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Can Europe Be Saved from Populism?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 2/23/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• An Economy of Meaning – or Bust
  by Yves Smith 4:05 am

• Lancet Study on Life Expectancy by 2030 Confirms Poor US Performance
  by Yves Smith 3:09 am

• Bill Black: Kenneth Arrow’s (Ignored) Impossibility Theorem
  by Yves Smith 12:33 am

February 22, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/22/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• How Antitrust Enforcement Can Spur Innovation: Bell Labs and the 1956 Consent Decree
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 2/22/17
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Michael Hudson: Why Failing to Solve Personal Debt and Polarization Will Usher in a New Dark Age
  by Yves Smith 5:55 am

• French Presidential Contender Macron Backs Tough Stand on Brexit
  by Yves Smith 3:25 am

• As US Attorney, Trump Labor Secretary Nominee Enabled Drug and Biotechnology Executives’ Impunity
  by Yves Smith 1:35 am

February 21, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/21/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• CalPERS’ Private Equity Portfolio Continues to Earn Way Too Little for the Risk
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 2/21/17
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• European Polls Head for Heaven and Hell
  by Yves Smith 5:41 am

• Ian Fraser: What the HBOS Fraud Tells Us About the State of British Banking
  by Richard Smith 3:00 am

• Biggest Gasoline Glut In 27 Years Could Crash Oil Markets
  by Yves Smith 12:57 am

February 20, 2017

• The Term “Deep State” in Focus: Usage Examples, Definition, and Phrasebook
  by Lambert Strether 2:01 pm

• Links 2/20/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• It’s Time To Put Food Policy Back On The Table
  by Lambert Strether 5:55 am

• The Opioid Epidemic and the Face of Long-Term Unemployment
  by Yves Smith 5:33 am

• Globalisation and Economic Nationalism
  by Yves Smith 12:31 am

February 19, 2017

• Single Payer on The March
  by Lambert Strether 1:30 pm

• Links 2/19/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Are Fossil Fuel Companies Telling Investors Enough About the Risks of Climate Change?
  by Lambert Strether 5:55 am

February 18, 2017

• Links 2/18/17
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Why Extreme Inequality Causes Economic Collapse
  by Yves Smith 5:17 am

• Wolf Richter: “Seriously Delinquent” Auto Loans Surge
  by Yves Smith 4:57 am

February 17, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/17/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• When the IMF Evaluates the IMF
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

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

• Wearing White: What Resistance Looks Like in America’s Heartland
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Grantham: ‘Twas Capitalism That Killed Capitalism
  by Yves Smith 2:02 am

• Gaius Publius: Field Notes from the Battle Within the Democratic Party
  by Yves Smith 1:09 am

February 16, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/16/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 2/16/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Eight: Brad Stone’s Uber Book “The Upstarts”– PR/Propaganda Masquerading as Journalism
  by Yves Smith 6:52 am

• No, Trump Isn’t Imploding — But the Opposition Is Broad and Intense
  by Yves Smith 4:17 am

• The CFPB’s Big Opponent, Jeb Hensarling, Rivals Trump in the “Make Stuff Up” Category
  by Yves Smith 3:04 am

• 2016 Post Mortem: How Associated Press Reporter Lina Lerer Repeatedly Sandbagged Sanders
  by Yves Smith 2:50 am

February 15, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/15/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

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

• In California Farm Country, Trump’s Deportation Threat Looms Large
  by Yves Smith 3:56 am

• “Civil Rights Groups” Throw Public Under the Bus on Net Neutrality for Their Big Telco Donors
  by Yves Smith 2:09 am

• Euroland: Will the Netherlands Be the Next Domino To Fall?
  by Yves Smith 2:00 am

February 14, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/14/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Trump’s and Hensarling’s Fact-Free Attack on Dodd Frank
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 2/14/17
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Prospects for Further Meaningful Wage Growth Are Dimming
  by Yves Smith 4:50 am

• “Inflation’s Comeback”
  by Yves Smith 4:47 am

• Bill Black: New York Times’ Andrew Ross Sorkin Tries to Make Hank Paulson a Hero
  by Yves Smith 3:46 am

February 13, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/13/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Republicans Deploy CRA Authority to Roll Back Regulations
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 2/13/17
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Germany-IMF Staredown on Greece: The Election Calculus
  by Yves Smith 4:04 am

• Wolf Richter: Trump Promises “Fast Trains,” Japan’s Railway Stocks Soar
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 3:00 am

• Book Review: The Econocracy
  by Yves Smith 2:37 am

February 12, 2017

• Links 2/12/17
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• By 2045, Some East Coast Cities Could Flood 3 Times a Week
  by Yves Smith 4:16 am

• Brexit Big Lie: UK Could Have Reduced EU Immigration by 82% Under EU Rules
  by Yves Smith 4:00 am

February 11, 2017

• Links 2/11/17
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• “In Case You Thought Trump Was Imploding….”
  by Yves Smith 6:50 am

• Los Angeles Times Calls Out CalPERS Board for “Trying to Muzzle” the One Director Who “Asks Tough Questions”
  by Yves Smith 5:46 am

• Mark Blyth on How Liberalism Undermined Democracy and the Failure of the Democratic Party
  by Yves Smith 3:42 am

February 10, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/10/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Chinese Mortgages Tighten Fast
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 2/10/17
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Women Skeptical of the Women’s March
  by Yves Smith 6:50 am

• John Helmer: Kremlin Lapels Point to Putin as President for Life
  by Yves Smith 3:24 am

• Cruz’s Plan to End State Regulation of Health Insurers Would Nationalize Worst Market Practices
  by Yves Smith 12:13 am

February 9, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/9/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Zero Interest Rates in EU: The Myth of the Poor German Saver
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 2/9/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Why the Dakota Access Pipeline Doesn’t Make Economic Sense
  by Yves Smith 4:33 am

• “Hedge Fund Industry Gets Critical Trustee Defeated in Election”
  by Yves Smith 4:22 am

• Ilargi: The Media – Fake and False and Just Plain Nonsense
  by Yves Smith 2:52 am

February 8, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/8/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Is Online Shopping Better for the Environment Than Going to the Store?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 2/8/17
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Why Central Bankers Should Not Be Trusted With Money: Greek Exit Edition
  by Yves Smith 6:40 am

• Will Trump Administration Let the IMF Escape from the Next Greek Bailout?
  by Yves Smith 6:25 am

• Private Equity Slugfest! Managing Partner of Sequoia Slams Blackstone Chief Steve Schwarzman in New York Times Op Ed
  by Yves Smith 3:26 am

February 7, 2017

• Trade and Political Power: The Past and Possible Ways Forward
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/7/2017
  by Lambert Strether 7:13 am

• Links 2/7/17
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Cringley: How Silicon Valley Can Sidestep Trump H-1B Visa Restrictions
  by Yves Smith 5:29 am

• China Banks in 2017: No Rebound in Sight, Rising Risks for Smaller Banks
  by Yves Smith 5:20 am

• On Comments
  by Yves Smith 3:18 am

• How Universities Are Increasingly Choosing Capitalism Over Education
  by Yves Smith 12:34 am

February 6, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/6/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• From ObamaCare to TrumpCare: On Policy
  by Lambert Strether 12:48 pm

• Links 2/6/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• There Is No “Independent” Foreign Policy Choice for Australia
  by Lambert Strether 5:35 am

• Are 401(k)s Contributing to the Growth of the Outsourcing of Jobs?
  by Yves Smith 3:40 am

• Don’t Side With Neoliberalism in Opposing Trump
  by Yves Smith 2:14 am

February 5, 2017

• From ObamaCare to TrumpCare: The Politics
  by Lambert Strether 12:30 pm

• Links 2/5/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• The EU Must Stand Ready to Confront US Leadership
  by Lambert Strether 5:55 am

February 4, 2017

• Links 2/4/17
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Greenland Ice Sheet Melting 600 Percent Faster Than Predicted by Current Models
  by Yves Smith 4:07 am

• Is Inequality a Political Choice?
  by Yves Smith 3:50 am

February 3, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/3/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 2/3/17
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Wolf Richter: Central Banks Quietly Backing Out of Negative Interest Rate Policies (NIRP)
  by Yves Smith 6:12 am

• “The End of Employees”
  by Yves Smith 5:17 am

• Why the “Maximize Shareholder Value” Theory Is Bogus
  by Yves Smith 4:03 am

• Rex Tillerson Backs Aggressive Policy in Disputed South China Sea as Exxon, Russia Eye Region’s Oil and Gas
  by Yves Smith 12:30 am

February 2, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/2/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Border Adjustment Tax Could Help Europe Find Common Voice on Trump
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 2/2/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Gaius Publius: Should Progressives Let Corporate Democrats Lead and Be the Face Of the Resistance?
  by Yves Smith 5:51 am

• ‘Biggest Oil Find’ of 2016 Puts Crown Jewel Texas Oasis in Crosshairs for Fracking
  by Yves Smith 2:53 am

• Ilargi: Unrest Is The Only Growth Industry Left
  by Yves Smith 12:09 am

February 1, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/1/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• How Colonialism Shaped Modern Inequality
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 2/1/17
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Hidden Distress Among Well-Off Women in America
  by Yves Smith 4:17 am

• Scott Pruitt Will Make America Great Again — For Polluters
  by Yves Smith 1:52 am

• Does Saving Cause Lending Cause Investment? (No.)
  by Yves Smith 1:36 am