Monthly Archives: March 2017

March 31, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/31/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Why Has Italy’s Banking Crisis Gone Off the Radar?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/31/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Inequality in the US: A Tale of Two Countries
  by Yves Smith 3:10 am

• Settling the Brexit Bill: 12 Negotiating Questions
  by Yves Smith 2:31 am

• Gaius Publius: Crossing the U.S. Border with Electronic Devices
  by Yves Smith 12:09 am

March 30, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/30/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Inequality Update: Who Gains When Income Grows?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/30/17
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• MIchael Hudson: The Democracy Collaborative
  by Yves Smith 5:59 am

• Why Is FTI Consulting Making It Look Like Apollo Overpaid Its Real Estate Execs $50 Million?
  by Yves Smith 1:35 am

• Trump Can’t Save Coal
  by Yves Smith 12:32 am

March 29, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/29/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The American Opioid Epidemic
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/29/17
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Wells Fargo Gets An Additional $110 Million Wrist Slap Over Fake Accounts Scandal
  by Yves Smith 4:14 am

• CalPERS, CalSTRS, Other Investors Have Indemnified Private Equity Criminal Conduct Even Though Fiduciary Counsels Say No
  by Yves Smith 1:39 am

• Bill Black: Kansas Legislature Slips Koch Noose, Authorizes Medicaid Expansion
  by Yves Smith 12:49 am

March 28, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/28/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Immigrants and Innovation in US History
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/28/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• How Monopolies Stymie Political Activism: The Case of Black-Owned Businesses
  by Yves Smith 3:48 am

• Gaius Publius: Senate Democrats Will Filibuster Gorsuch…Maybe
  by Yves Smith 3:37 am

• Bill Black: Why Did Preet Bharara Refuse to Drain the Wall Street Swamp?
  by Yves Smith 3:29 am

• Chicago Meetup Follow-Up
  by Yves Smith 2:11 am

March 27, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/27/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Frank Rich, the Trump Voter, and Liberal Eliminationist Rhetoric
  by Lambert Strether 1:40 pm

• Wanted: A Skulk of Foxes, or the Case-Deaton Health Study and Trump
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 3/27/17
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Italy at the Grim Edge of a Global Problem (Updated)
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 4:25 am

• A More Equitable Economy Exists Right Next Door
  by Yves Smith 12:57 am

March 26, 2017

• Links 3/26/17
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Michael Hudson: Trump is Obama’s Legacy. Will this Break up the Democratic Party?
  by Yves Smith 3:33 am

• Magnus: China Must Reform or Bust
  by Yves Smith 12:10 am

March 25, 2017

• Links 3/25/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Trade Illusion and Disillusion: A Cyclical Phenomenon
  by Lambert Strether 6:25 am

• Taxcast: Staggering Expense of Finance Sectors, Brexit
  by Yves Smith 12:15 am

March 24, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/24/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Trump Approves Keystone XL Pipeline, Making Good on Campaign Promise
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 3/24/17
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Airline Cabin Laptop Ban: More Security Theater?
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:50 am

• Trump EPA Cuts Will Hamper Efforts to Enforce Lead Standards for Drinking Water
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:25 am

• ICCT Skewers Trump Regulatory Rollback Argument: Estimates Lower Costs for Meeting CAFE Standards than EPA
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 3:55 am

• Hope to See You at Our Chicago Meetup Tonight
  by Yves Smith 12:15 am

March 23, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/23/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Competition From China Reduced Innovation in the US
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/23/17
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Supreme Court Decides For Workers and Against Private Equity in Important Bankruptcy Case, Jevic
  by Yves Smith 6:00 am

• Commercial & Residential Real Estate Bubble Again a Risk to Financial Stability; Fed’s Rosengren Worried
  by Yves Smith 4:18 am

• Alice in Gender-Gap Land
  by Yves Smith 2:06 am

March 22, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/22/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Taking on Trump’s Agenda: Nine Tough Questions for SEC Chair Nominee Jay Clayton on the Eve of His Confirmation Hearings
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 3/22/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Even Before Brexit Triggered, EU Again Signals It Is Not Budging on “Shape of the Table” Issue
  by Yves Smith 3:22 am

• Who Benefits From the Mayo Clinic Explicitly Putting Commercially Insured Patients Ahead of Some Government Insured Patients?
  by Yves Smith 2:36 am

• Will New Required Reporting of $3 Trillion of Debt Crimp Big Cos, Private Equity?
  by Yves Smith 2:06 am

• Calling All Windy City Residents! Be Sure to Stop by Our Chicago Meetup This Friday March 24
  by Yves Smith 1:08 am

March 21, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/21/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The Mechanical Turn in Economics and Its Consequences
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/21/17
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• The Global Industrial Working Class
  by Yves Smith 3:23 am

• Is Trump Going to Punt on H-1B Visa Reform?
  by Yves Smith 2:28 am

• The Battle for Healthcare in the US
  by Yves Smith 1:08 am

March 20, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/20/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Some Easy Straw Men: Zack Beauchamp, Sanders, Economics, and Identity Politics
  by Lambert Strether 1:10 pm

• Links 3/20/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Oil And Gas States Forced To Cut Education Spending
  by Lambert Strether 6:25 am

• Will Amazon Destroy More US Jobs Than China?
  by Yves Smith 2:02 am

• Uber President Resigns Unexpectedly, Citing Problems With “Beliefs and Approach to Management”
  by Yves Smith 12:02 am

March 19, 2017

• Reader Query: Do You Feel Facebook Ads Target You Accurately?
  by Lambert Strether 1:30 pm

• Links 3/19/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Going After the Opioid Profiteers
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

March 18, 2017

• Links 3/18/17
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Deepening EU Banking Crisis Meets Euro-TARP and Taxpayers
  by Yves Smith 4:24 am

• The Role of Experts in Public Debate
  by Yves Smith 3:46 am

March 17, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/17/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Diversity and Public Goods: The More We Mix, the Better
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/17/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Race to the Bottom: Cities and States Spend >$45 Billion Per Year Competing for Jobs
  by Yves Smith 4:33 am

• The Canadian Establishment and Prime Minister Trudeau Aim at Ousting Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland
  by Yves Smith 2:45 am

• 4 Charts on Wall Street’s Outsized Pay
  by Yves Smith 2:39 am

• Confirming Our Chicago Meetup Next Friday, March 24
  by Yves Smith 12:41 am

March 16, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/16/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• How Common Ownership is One Route to Social Transformation
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/16/17
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Here Come the Robots: Your Job Is at Risk
  by Yves Smith 5:28 am

• February Jobs Report: Hitting on All Cylinders but Wages
  by Yves Smith 3:50 am

• Mainstream, Pro-EU Rutte’s VVD Beats Populist, Anti-Immigration Wilders in Dutch Election
  by Yves Smith 3:06 am

March 15, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/15/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Taxing Robots?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/15/17
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Nine: The 1990s Koch Funded Propaganda Program That is Uber’s True Origin Story
  by Yves Smith 6:58 am

• Performance in Mixed-Sex and Single-Sex Tournaments: What We Can Learn From Speedboat Races in Japan
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Flint Official Escapes Imprisonment, Only Has to Write Apology Letter
  by Yves Smith 2:18 am

March 14, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/14/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• New Oil Price War Looms As The OPEC Deal Falls Short
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/14/17
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• More Railroading of CalPERS Board: General Counsel Withholds That Fiduciary Counsel Candidate Is Leading Case That Undermines CalPERS and CalSTRS
  by Yves Smith 1:42 am

• Whose Costs? Who Benefits? – A Close Reading of a Hospital System CEO’s Prescription for Controlling Health Care Costs
  by Yves Smith 1:41 am

• Bad Bank Proposal for India: A Partial Jubilee Financed by Zero Coupon Perpetual Bonds
  by Yves Smith 1:04 am

March 13, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/13/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Trump Fires Preet Bharara and 45 Other US Attorneys, Media Hysteria Ensues
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 3/13/17
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Persuasion: An Introduction
  by Yves Smith 6:29 am

• Doubling Down on Dystopia
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 4:55 am

• Your Humble Blogger Is Harassed for Being Injured
  by Yves Smith 1:19 am

March 12, 2017

• Links 3/12/17
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Debunking 5 Myths About Frexit
  by Yves Smith 4:00 am

• Campaign Calls on Bernie Sanders to Lead a New Party
  by Yves Smith 3:02 am

March 11, 2017

• Links 3/11/17
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Deutsche Bank Tries to Stay Alive
  by Yves Smith 2:18 am

• John Helmer: Australian Government Trips Up Ukrainian Court Claim of MH17 as Terrorism
  by Yves Smith 1:33 am

March 10, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/10/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Why a 400-Year Program of Modernist Thinking is Exploding
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/10/17
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Why It Will Take a Lot More Than a Smartphone to Get the Sharing Economy Started
  by Yves Smith 5:14 am

• CalPERS’ General Counsel Railroads Board on Fiduciary Counsel Selection
  by Yves Smith 1:55 am

• Another Somalian Famine
  by Yves Smith 1:54 am

March 9, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/9/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Michael Hudson: Retirement? What Social Obligation?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/9/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Brexit: More on the UK’s Weak Hand
  by Yves Smith 5:00 am

• Nationalists Slipping in European Polls
  by Yves Smith 2:57 am

• Gaius Publius: Explosive WikiLeaks Release Exposes Massive, Aggressive CIA Cyber Spying, Hacking Capability
  by Yves Smith 2:15 am

March 8, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/8/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• After Failed UK IPO, Bank Software “Dog” Misys May Be Coming to the US!
  by Yves Smith 10:01 am

• Links 3/8/17
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• The OECD Penalizes Developing Countries for Trying to Tackle Tax Avoidance
  by Yves Smith 4:59 am

• European Identity and the Economic Crisis
  by Yves Smith 3:40 am

• Empire in Decay as Trump Spying Allegations Fly
  by Yves Smith 3:22 am

March 7, 2017

• Political Misfortune: Anatomy of Democratic Party Failure in Clinton’s Campaign 2016 (Part II)
  by Lambert Strether 5:00 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/7/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 3/7/17
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Definition of Madness: Spain Needs Bigger Banks, Apparently
  by Yves Smith 5:14 am

• America’s Hidden Water Affordability Crisis
  by Yves Smith 2:32 am

• NAFTA in Play: How President Trump Could Reshape Trade in North America
  by Yves Smith 12:45 am

March 6, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/6/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Political Misfortune: Anatomy of Democratic Party Failure in Clinton’s Campaign 2016 (Part I)
  by Lambert Strether 9:55 am

• Links 3/6/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Vanity Fair Acts as Democratic Party Enforcer Against Greenwald, NC, Others; Train Wreck Ensues
  by Yves Smith 2:13 am

• Cambridge Analytica: BINGO!
  by Yves Smith 2:00 am

• The Trump Presidency: An Embarrassment for Those Who Believe in the Market
  by Lambert Strether 12:55 am

• Apprenticeship and the Rise of Europe
  by Yves Smith 12:10 am

March 5, 2017

• Red State Rural America Is Acting on Climate Change — Without Calling It Climate Change
  by Lambert Strether 9:55 am

• Links 3/5/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Why Popular Assemblies Sweeping the Country Are Building Blocks of Resistance
  by Lambert Strether 6:45 am

March 4, 2017

• Links 3/4/17
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Keynesianism and the Great Recession
  by Yves Smith 2:37 am

• Gaius Publius: Massive Permafrost Thaw Documented in Canada, Huge Carbon Release May Be Coming
  by Yves Smith 2:05 am

March 3, 2017

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

• From ObamaCare to TrumpCare: The “Fresh Hell” Of Health Savings Accounts
  by Lambert Strether 12:33 pm

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

• Working for Amazon: Better Than Sex, Worse Than Hell (Part 2)
  by Outis Philalithopoulos 6:00 am

• Michael Hudson on Trump’s Tax Sleight of Hand
  by Yves Smith 2:07 am

• Dismantling Public Education: Turning Ideology into Gold
  by Yves Smith 1:05 am

March 2, 2017

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

• Potential Phishing Equilibria Under Neoliberalism in the U.S. Medical Coding System
  by Lambert Strether 1:40 pm

• Links 3/2/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Working for Amazon: Better Than Sex, Worse Than Hell (Part 1)
  by Outis Philalithopoulos 6:00 am

• NAFTA in Play: How President Trump Could Reshape Trade in North America
  by Lambert Strether 5:55 am

• Neoliberalism Was Supposed to Make Us Richer: Three Reasons Why It Didn’t
  by Lambert Strether 4:55 am

March 1, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/1/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Understanding the Long-Run Effects of Africa’s Slave Trades
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/1/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Do Democratic Operatives Dream of Big Data Death Stars? 
The Case Against Cambridge Analytica As a Propaganda Tool
  by Yves Smith 6:30 am

• Bank of International Settlements Paper Confirms That High Levels of Household Debt Hurt Growth
  by Yves Smith 1:53 am

• New York Times Gets Budget Story About Looming Trump-Ryan Clash Almost Completely Wrong
  by Yves Smith 12:06 am