Monthly Archives: October 2017

October 31, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/31/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• 40.3 Million Slaves: Challenging the Hypocrisy of Modern Slavery Statistics
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 10/31/17
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Catalonia Secession Becomes Damp Squib as Catalans Accept Direct Rule
  by Yves Smith 6:58 am

• What Do Nassim Nicholas Taleb, Dick Cheney, Oprah Winfrey, Erin Brockovich, Stephen Hawking, Harrison Ford, Robert Kennedy, Jr., Jon Krakauer, Michelle Obama, Dan Rathers, Malcolm Gladwell, and Yours Truly Have in Common? Smeared by a Soros-Funded Think Tank for Appearing on RT
  by Yves Smith 6:30 am

• An Environmental and Public Health Disaster Awaits—If USDA Gives Organic Label to Hydroponics
  by Yves Smith 6:07 am

October 30, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/30/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Hospital-Acquired Infections: Can You Avoid Them by Being a “Smart Shopper”?
  by Lambert Strether 1:25 pm

• Links 10/30/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Student Loans: Teacher Horror Story a Reminder of Failure to Fix Broken Servicing Model
  by Yves Smith 6:21 am

• Corruption Uncertainty and Corporate Practices
  by Lambert Strether 5:25 am

• Outsource or Not: A Serious Misreading of Coase
  by Yves Smith 2:58 am

• Reminder: Philly Meetup This Thursday, November 2!
  by Yves Smith 2:26 am

October 29, 2017

• In Praise of Public Libraries
  by Lambert Strether 2:05 pm

• Links 10/29/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• If You Look Behind Neoliberal Economists, You’ll Discover the Rich: How Economic Theories Serve Big Business
  by Lambert Strether 6:40 am

October 28, 2017

• Links 10/28/17
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Catalonia and Spain Enter Dangerous Uncharted Territory
  by Yves Smith 4:55 am

• Gaius Publius: Defining Neoliberalism
  by Yves Smith 4:03 am

October 27, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/27/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The Rise and Fall of the Phillips Curve
  by Ed Walker 9:55 am

• Links 10/27/17
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Freelancing Isn’t Feminist—It’s Badly Negotiated Wage Labor for $5 an Hour
  by Yves Smith 6:42 am

• Improving Patient Care Using Clinical Guidelines and Judgement
  by Yves Smith 6:31 am

• EU Borders: Walking Backwards from Northern Ireland to Cyprus
  by Yves Smith 3:31 am

October 26, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/26/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• How Many Hurricanes Must It Take?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 10/26/17
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• UK Leaders Starting to Crack as Brexit Realities Finally Sink In
  by Yves Smith 6:41 am

• What is the Matter With the Iowa ACA?
  by Yves Smith 6:15 am

• Ilargi: Is Capitalism Dead or Merely Dying?
  by Yves Smith 1:59 am

• Damsel in Distress! Need Help with Philadelphia Meetup Location!
  by Yves Smith 1:21 am

October 25, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/25/2017
  by Lambert Strether 1:56 pm

• Remind Me Why We Have Troops in Niger?
  by Lambert Strether 1:40 pm

• Links 10/25/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• The U.S. Could Have Avoided Puerto Rico’s Water Crisis
  by Lambert Strether 6:25 am

• Impossible to Compete with Unintentional Self-Parody: Trump and Opioids
  by Yves Smith 2:13 am

• Cryptocurrency: Birkins for Geeks
  by Yves Smith 2:07 am

October 24, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/24/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Overtreatment in the United States Health Care System
  by Lambert Strether 1:15 pm

• California Secretary of State Gives Unprecedented Qualified Certification for CalPERS Board Election; Vendor Everyone Counts Bars Public Viewing and Fails to Tabulate Paper Ballots as Required
  by Yves Smith 10:30 am

• Links 10/24/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Measuring Racial Segregation in Urban Consumption Using Online Activity
  by Lambert Strether 6:45 am

• Shocking the Shock Doctrine: What Recovery in Puerto Rico Could Look Like
  by Yves Smith 1:01 am

• Hope to See You at Our NYC Meetup Today! Philly, Atlanta, and Birmingham Meetups Soon!
  by Yves Smith 1:00 am

October 23, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/23/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The Situation in Puerto Rico: The Roads
  by Lambert Strether 1:45 pm

• Links 10/23/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• US Treasury Rates Hit Nine-Year Highs
  by Lambert Strether 5:55 am

• Why Those Looking for the Next Crisis May be Looking in the Wrong Places
  by Yves Smith 5:39 am

• Treasury Secretary Mnuchin’s Forked Tongue on Tax Cuts for the Wealthy
  by Yves Smith 5:34 am

October 22, 2017

• Links 10/22/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Rajoy Goes Nuclear on Catalonia’s Separatists, Seeks Suspension of Autonomy, National Takeover of Local Police and Public Broadcasting; Political and Economic Risk High
  by Yves Smith 6:37 am

• Oleg Deripaska, Supposed Ally of Paul Manafort, Slapped Down by Washington Court
  by Lambert Strether 6:25 am

October 21, 2017

• Links 10/21/17
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Worst Health Care Revolving Door Case So Far, Version 2.0? – From President of Lilly USA to US Secretary of Health and Human Services?
  by Yves Smith 3:25 am

• Enlightenment Then, Enlightenment Now
  by Yves Smith 2:35 am

• Reminder: NYC Meetup Next Tuesday, October 24; Philadelphia Meetup Thursday November 2
  by Yves Smith 12:10 am

October 20, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/20/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Can Manipulating the Prices of ObamaCare’s “Silver” Plans Prevent Trump’s CSR Cuts from Having Any Impact?
  by Lambert Strether 1:58 pm

• Sloppy Journalism about “Fully Autonomous” (Except Not) Robot Cars on (Some of) Manhattan’s Streets
  by Lambert Strether 12:40 pm

• Links 10/20/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Brexit: The Economics of International Disintegration
  by Lambert Strether 5:55 am

• India’s Demonetization Experiment Fails to Demonetize: Cash Comes Full Circle
  by Lambert Strether 4:55 am

October 19, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/19/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The “Copper” (Catastrophic) Health Insurance Plans in the Alexander-Murray Bill
  by Lambert Strether 12:45 pm

• Links 10/19/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Michael Hudson: Socialism, Land and Banking: 2017 Compared to 1917
  by Yves Smith 6:30 am

• Fossil Fuel Misinformation Helps Quash Community Effort to Ban Fracking in Youngstown, Ohio
  by Lambert Strether 5:55 am

• UK Oil And Gas Costs To Rise 100% If Brexit Fails
  by Yves Smith 12:15 am

October 18, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/18/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Can Theatre Change Your Mind?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 10/18/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Quelle Surprise! Pollution Pays!
  by Yves Smith 5:12 am

• Brexit Was a Cry of Financial Pain and Not the Influence of the Old
  by Yves Smith 3:32 am

• Another Disease of Despair: Rise in Hepatitis C Among Opioid Users
  by Yves Smith 2:47 am

• Reminder: First Boston Meetup Tomorrow, Thursday October 19
  by Yves Smith 1:21 am

October 17, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/17/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Use Spare Older Workers to Overcome ‘Labour Shortages’
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

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

• May Rebuffed in Personal Brexit Lobbying in Brussels, Yet Much of UK Press Spins Otherwise
  by Yves Smith 6:39 am

• The Case of the Spitting Legionnaire
  by Yves Smith 4:15 am

• On Iran, Trump Follows Iraq War Neocons
  by Yves Smith 4:01 am

October 16, 2017

• Balloon Dog (Orange): The Art of a Health Care Deal
  by Lambert Strether 3:00 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/16/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 10/16/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• An Irrational Choice: Behavioural Economist wins Nobel Prize
  by Lambert Strether 5:55 am

• May to Plead With Merkel as Brexit Deadlocks Domestically Too; New Data Shows UK Lacks Foreign Reserves, Meaning Even More Vulnerable to Brexit
  by Yves Smith 4:00 am

• Catalonia Anxious and Divided on Eve of Rajoy’s Deadline for Independence Answer
  by Yves Smith 1:21 am

October 15, 2017

• The Wine Country Fires: Is Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) a Rogue Utility?
  by Lambert Strether 2:15 pm

• Links 10/15/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• The Empire Comes Home Counterinsurgency, Policing, and the Militarization of America’s Cities
  by Lambert Strether 6:25 am

• Thanks for a Great Fundraiser!
  by Yves Smith 5:28 am

October 14, 2017

• Countdown!
  by Yves Smith 9:52 pm

• Final Hours of Fundraiser, About to Hit Our New Donor Target!
  by Yves Smith 6:38 pm

• Links 10/14/17
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Procrastinators of the World, Unite! Last Day, Last Chance for Our Fundraiser!
  by Yves Smith 6:15 am

• Racial Segregation and Southern Lynching
  by Yves Smith 6:13 am

• Ilargi: The Curious Case of Missing the Market Boom
  by Yves Smith 6:12 am

October 13, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/13/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• World Bank Must Stop Encouraging Harmful Tax Competition
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 10/13/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Brexit Stalls: Talks Deadlocked, Repeal Bill Postponed; Beginning of the End of No Deal Denialism?
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Tim O’Reilly: It’s Time to Rewrite the Rules of Our Economy
  by Yves Smith 5:19 am

• Spain Constitutional Reform Trial Balloon: Bona Fide or Headfake to Split Catalonia?
  by Yves Smith 2:13 am

October 12, 2017

• The Best Part of This Week
  by Yves Smith 11:20 pm

• Confirming First Boston Meetup Next Thursday, October 19
  by Yves Smith 10:39 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/12/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• John Helmer: Lunatic Russia-Hating in Washington Is 70 Years Old. It Started with Joseph Alsop, George Kennan and the Washington Post
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 10/12/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• How Naked Capitalism Got Me to Run for Office
  by Yves Smith 6:52 am

• Does Catalonia Have a Right to Secede?
  by Yves Smith 6:07 am

• Trump Administration Picks Bizarre Fight With IMF Over Report Backing Taxing the Rich
  by Yves Smith 5:53 am

• On the Cost of Gun Ownership
  by Yves Smith 3:51 am

October 11, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/11/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• “Worse Than Big Tobacco”: How Big Pharma Fuels the Opioid Epidemic
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 10/11/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Matt Stoller: Toward a New Democracy
  by Yves Smith 6:50 am

• Michel Barnier Pushing EU to Discuss Trade Relations with UK; Germany and France Opposed
  by Yves Smith 6:40 am

• The High Price of Cheap Cannabis
  by Yves Smith 6:30 am

• Catalonia Declares Independence but Hits Hold Button; Spain Sets Emergency Meeting; Good Outcomes Unlikely: Update – Rajoy Forces Secessionsits’ Hands
  by Yves Smith 2:11 am

October 10, 2017

• Hooray! Wow! Met Our Fifth Goal, On to Our Sixth: More Original Reporting
  by Yves Smith 5:19 pm

• Announcing the 2017 Harry Shearer “Double Your Donation” Challenge!
  by Yves Smith 4:17 pm

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

• Social Justice: Debt, Solidarity or Care?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 10/10/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Theresa May Tries to Pass Off Handwaves as Meaningful Planning in Case of Disorderly Brexit
  by Yves Smith 6:50 am

• Wolf Richter: The Big Amazon Subsidy is Doomed
  by Yves Smith 3:57 am

• Catalonia’s Drive for Independence and the Emergence of Global Cities
  by Yves Smith 3:13 am

October 9, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/9/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Nationwide, Progressive Candidates Are Leading and Winning
  by Lambert Strether 9:55 am

• Naked Capitalism: Skewering Three Trumpitudes, Promoting Critical Thinking, and Rejecting Conventional Wisdom
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 7:50 am

• Links 10/9/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Brexit Becomes More Unhinged as Tory Cage Match Intensifies While May Tries (Again) to Blame EU
  by Yves Smith 6:50 am

• CFPB Issues Payday Lending Rule: Will it Hold, as the Empire Will Strike Back
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 2:55 am

• Andrew Bacevich: America’s Permanent Wars as Mere Background Noise
  by Yves Smith 2:48 am

October 8, 2017

• Trump Adminstration Doubles Down on Efforts to Crapify the Entire Health Care System (Unless You’re Rich, of Course)
  by Lambert Strether 1:25 pm

• Calling Readers! Possible Meetups Soon: Boston, NYC, Philadelphia (and Atlanta)
  by Yves Smith 9:00 am

• Links 10/8/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Bismarck’s Health insurance And Its Impact on Mortality
  by Lambert Strether 5:55 am

• New, 20 Donation “Double Your Donation” Challenge!
  by Yves Smith 4:40 am

• Hooray! Met Our Fourth Goal, On to Our Fifth: Karōshi Prevention
  by Yves Smith 2:24 am

October 7, 2017

• Mark Ames: Why Finance Is Too Important to Leave to Larry Summers
  by Yves Smith 10:29 am

• Links 10/7/17
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• EU Dashes UK Fantasy of Talking About “Future Relationship,” Meaning Trade, Soon
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• What Will Replace Outdated Left and Right Economic Thinking? The Commons Paradigm
  by Yves Smith 5:13 am

October 6, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/6/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• How Naked Capitalism Leaves Advertising Dollars on the Table to Protect Your User Experience
  by Lambert Strether 12:25 pm

• How Economists Turned Corporations into Predators
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 10/6/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Catalonia Versus Spain: Conflict Escalates as Constitutional Court Nixes Independence Declaration Pre-Emptively
  by Yves Smith 6:42 am

• Facebook’s Fake Numbers: Parsing Facebook’s “Reach” Inflation
  by Yves Smith 4:35 am

• Tax Breaks Make $50 Oil Profitable in the U.S.
  by Yves Smith 3:16 am

October 5, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/5/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Sneaky Trump Scheme Guarantees Profits of Coal and Nuclear Power Plant Owners
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 10/5/17
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Uber Board Members Kiss and Make Up (for Now), but Long-Term Problems Remain
  by Yves Smith 6:34 am

• The Great Italian Money Experiment
  by Yves Smith 5:05 am

• Will Retailers Switch to a Price Tag System That Screws Customers at Every Opportunity?
  by Yves Smith 4:05 am

• Naked Capitalism: Things You Won’t Read Anywhere Else (Until Much Later, Maybe)
  by Outis Philalithopoulos 4:00 am

October 4, 2017

• Thanks! Met Our Third Fundraiser Target Quickly, Onto the Fourth: Guest Bloggers
  by Yves Smith 11:06 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/4/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Biometric ID Fairy: A Misguided Response to the Equifax Mess that Will Only Enrich Cybersecurity Grifters and Strengthen the Surveillance State
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 10/4/17
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Catalonia: Puigdemont Promises Secession in Days as King Censures Officials Acting Outside the Law
  by Yves Smith 6:45 am

• Cheap Sexism and Intellectual Dishonesty about Marriage
  by Yves Smith 6:37 am

• Announcing 60 Donation “Sarah Henry Double Your Donation Challenge”!
  by Yves Smith 4:33 am

• Hubert Horan: Naked Capitalism – Your Guide to Money and Power
  by Yves Smith 4:00 am

October 3, 2017

• Trump Says Puerto Rico Debt Needs to be Wiped Out
  by Yves Smith 10:52 pm

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

• Cryptos Fear Credit
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 10/3/17
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Catalonia Blinks in Secession Staredown
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• U.S. Shale Isn’t As Strong As It Appears
  by Yves Smith 4:34 am

• Gaius Publius: Capitalism, Infinite Growth, Climate Change & Manufactured Hopelessness
  by Yves Smith 3:01 am

• Lee Camp: Naked Capitalism – Making the Corporate Media Very, Very Nervous
  by Yves Smith 2:01 am

• Wow! Met Our Second Fundraising Target Quickly, on to the Third: Supporting the Comments Section
  by Yves Smith 1:22 am

October 2, 2017

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

• The Situation in Puerto Rico: Power, Water, and PROMESA
  by Lambert Strether 1:25 pm

• Links 10/2/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• How to Preserve Fundamental Rights on the Internet: a Guide
  by Lambert Strether 6:27 am

• Standoff in Catalonia
  by Yves Smith 6:15 am

• Bill Black: Marriage and the Jobs Guarantee
  by Yves Smith 4:49 am

• Naked Capitalism: Kickin’ Ass for All of Us
  by Yves Smith 12:01 am

October 1, 2017

• Wow! Met Our First Fundraiser Goal in Record Time! Next is More Meetups and Travel
  by Yves Smith 6:29 pm

• Links 10/1/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Crackdown in Catalonia
  by Yves Smith 6:08 am

• What We Did for You in the Past Year
  by Yves Smith 12:04 am

• Fundraiser 2017: Then They Fight You
  by Yves Smith 12:04 am

• Hy Minsky, Low Finance: Modern Money, Civil Rights, and Consumer Debt
  by Yves Smith 12:02 am