Monthly Archives: November 2017

November 30, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/30/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Life After Coal
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 11/30/17
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Exploiting the Elderly: Crapification and Long-Term Care Insurance, Genworth as Case Study
  by Yves Smith 6:32 am

• New Paper Debunks Desperate Rationalization for Private Equity: Lower Volatility Based on Bogus Valuations
  by Yves Smith 4:56 am

• The Web Began Dying in 2014 – Here’s How
  by Yves Smith 2:03 am

November 29, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/29/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The Republican Tax Plan
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 11/29/17
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Judge Slams Uber for Withholding, Possibly Destroying Evidence in Waymo Trial; May Undermine Uber in Other Litigation
  by Yves Smith 6:17 am

• The Cash Comeback: Evidence and Possible Explanations
  by Yves Smith 3:46 am

• Theresa May Capitulates on Brexit Settlement, Agrees to Pay Full Liabilities; What Will Brexit Ultras Do?
  by Yves Smith 12:08 am

November 28, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/28/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Reduce, Reuse, Recycle: Why Burning of Fast Fashion Clothes to Fuel Power Plants is Troubling
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 11/28/17
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Bitcoin -> Energy Use -> Pollution
  by Outis Philalithopoulos 6:45 am

• Legatum: the Brexiteers’ Favorite Think Tank: Who is Behind Them?
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:55 am

• Gaius Publius: The Building Is Burning and All the World’s Babies Are In It — Using Force to Fight Climate Change
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 3:25 am

November 27, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/27/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Tesla’s “Semi” Truck: Perspectives from the Cab and the Truck Stop and the Dock
  by Lambert Strether 12:55 pm

• Don’t Look to India’s Universal ID System as Model for Biometrics to Replace Social Security Numbers
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 11/27/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• ‘The Saudis are Going to Fight Tehran to the Last Dead American’
  by Lambert Strether 6:35 am

• China’s Bike-Share Startup Frenzy Turns into Money-Suck
  by Lambert Strether 6:25 am

November 26, 2017

• Aurelius Capital Sues to Dismiss (Our Colony) Puerto Rico’s Bankruptcy Case Based on the Appointments Clause
  by Lambert Strether 4:15 pm

• Links 11/26/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Nothing Natural About the Natural Rate of Unemployment
  by Lambert Strether 5:55 am

November 25, 2017

• Links 11/25/17
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• The Movement to Replace Neoliberalism Is on the Ascendency – Where Should It Go Next?
  by Yves Smith 3:10 am

• Don Quijones: Could Italy’s Banking Crisis Drag Down Mario Draghi?
  by Yves Smith 1:36 am

November 24, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/24/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:57 pm

• Be Thankful for the Internet as You Know It, Because It May Not Exist Much Longer
  by Lambert Strether 2:55 pm

• Links 11/24/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• The Role of Medicaid Managed Care in the Rise of Common Chronic Childhood Conditions
  by Lambert Strether 6:45 am

• A Thanksgiving Tale: Rescued by Cafe DuPont
  by Yves Smith 12:34 am

November 23, 2017

• Links 11/23/17
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• How Did 1917 Change the West?
  by Yves Smith 1:55 am

• Trump’s FCC Goes to War on Net Neutrality
  by Yves Smith 12:43 am

November 22, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/22/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 11/22/17
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Philadelphia Fed Study Debunks Main Argument for Student Debt Slavery
  by Yves Smith 3:51 am

• Tech Giants Look to WTO to Entrench Their Monopoly Powers and Profits
  by Yves Smith 1:16 am

• The Impact of Brexit on the Irish Energy System – Pragmatism vs. Principles
  by Yves Smith 12:33 am

November 21, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/21/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Capitalism: Not With a Bang But With a (Prolonged) Whimper
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 11/21/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• More Brexit Delusion: May’s “Exit Tab” Surprise, Davis’ City Scheme v. More Customs Alarms, Tech Brexodus
  by Yves Smith 5:06 am

• Unemployment is Miserable and Doesn’t Spawn an Upsurge in Personal Creativity
  by Yves Smith 5:02 am

• Gaius Publius: In Surprise Move, Norway’s $1 Trillion Sovereign Wealth Fund May Divest From Fossil Fuels
  by Yves Smith 12:22 am

November 20, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/20/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• SEC Continues to Tout Performance of Underwhelming Whistleblower Program
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 11/20/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• New Study Undermines Rationale for Investing in Private Equity and CalPERS Strategy in Particular, as Oregon CIO Demonstrates that Public Pension Funds Are Dumb Money
  by Yves Smith 4:07 am

• Michael Klare: The Trump Doctrine: Making Nuclear Weapons Usable Again
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 3:55 am

• “The Medical Cost Reduction Act of 2017”
  by Yves Smith 12:14 am

• Hope to See You at Our Birmingham Meetup Today!
  by Yves Smith 12:01 am

November 19, 2017

• Judge Requires Warrant for Use of StingRay Surveillance Device
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 11/19/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• As US Fuels War Crimes in Yemen, House Says US Involvement is Unauthorized
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 3:25 am

November 18, 2017

• Links 11/18/17
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• A New Supreme Court Case Could Cripple Public Employee Unions
  by Yves Smith 4:07 am

• How Despair Helped Drive Trump to Victory
  by Yves Smith 3:36 am

November 17, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/17/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Trump Gets Chance to Reshape CFPB
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

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

• Don Quijones: The Next Italian Bank Threatens to Topple
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 3:55 am

• Yet Another Brexit Train Wreck – UK to Fall Outside EU Auto Approvals Regime – and It Doesn’t Even Register With Officials
  by Yves Smith 3:22 am

• Gaius Publius: New Study – “Natural Gas” Has No Climate Benefit, Will Make Things Worse
  by Yves Smith 12:16 am

November 16, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/16/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• PG&E and the Causes of the Wine Country Fires
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm

• Links 11/16/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Liquid Gold: Pain Doctors Soak Up Profits By Screening Urine For Drugs
  by Lambert Strether 5:55 am

• Scientists: Population Growth “Primary Driver Behind Ecological and Societal Threats”
  by Yves Smith 5:18 am

• The Struggle in the Democratic Party
  by Yves Smith 2:00 am

November 15, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/15/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Alex Azar: Can There Be Uglier Scenarios than the Revolving Door?
  by Lambert Strether 9:55 am

• Links 11/15/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Hand-Marked Paper Ballots and Virginia’s 2017 Elections
  by Lambert Strether 5:55 am

• Don’t Be Afraid of Robots: Technology is What We Make of It
  by Lambert Strether 5:55 am

• Artificial Intelligence and the Stability of Markets
  by Lambert Strether 3:25 am

• Reminder: Hope to See You at Our Atlanta Meetup Today, or Our Birmingham Meetup Next Monday
  by Yves Smith 12:27 am

November 14, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/14/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Health Care: Pain City in the Burbs
  by Lambert Strether 12:55 pm

• Links 11/14/17
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Powell’s Federal Reserve
  by Yves Smith 6:09 am

• Is the Sacramento Bee in the Business of Protecting CalPERS?
  by Yves Smith 5:27 am

• The Super Wealthy Oxycontin Family Supports School Privatization With Tactics Similar to Those That Fueled the Opioid Epidemic
  by Yves Smith 3:33 am

November 13, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/13/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• John Helmer: Oleg Deripaska, Russian Oligarch Accused of Buying Influence via Paul Manafort, Tries Listing Aluminum Shares In London. Hijinx Ensue (But Not Buyers)
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 11/13/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Hard Brexiters Continue Humiliating Theresa May
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Uber and SoftBank Might Finally Have a Deal….But What Does It Mean?
  by Yves Smith 6:30 am

• The Super Wealthy Oxycontin Family Supports School Privatization With Tactics Similar to Those That Fueled the Opioid Epidemic
  by Lambert Strether 6:25 am

November 12, 2017

• Puerto Rico Update: Roads, Power, Water, and Money
  by Lambert Strether 2:55 pm

• Links 11/12/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• The Shipping Industry Needs to Deliver Cleaner Cargo Ships, or We’re All Sunk
  by Lambert Strether 5:55 am

November 11, 2017

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

• That’s Not MY Greenhouse Gas!
  by Yves Smith 4:57 am

• Why Does the Euro Area Have Such Low Growth and High Unemployment?
  by Yves Smith 4:44 am

November 10, 2017

• Confirming Details for Next Wed, Nov. 15 Atlanta and Monday Nov. 20 Birmingham Meetups
  by Yves Smith 11:22 pm

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

• Matt Bruenig: Land as Soil and Land as Space
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

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

• More Signs Brexit Negotiations Coming Apart
  by Yves Smith 6:40 am

• Trump’s “$250 Billion” of China Trade Deals: As Usual, Hype Greatly Exceeds Reality
  by Yves Smith 5:45 am

• Kingdom Of Fear: Saudi Arabia On Lockdown
  by Yves Smith 12:47 am

November 9, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/9/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• CalPERS Corruption Watch: Chief Investment Officer Ted Eliopoulos Takes Illegal Business Solicitations From Recent Employee
  by Yves Smith 9:20 am

• Links 11/9/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Why You Should NEVER Buy an Amazon Echo or Even Get Near One
  by Yves Smith 5:40 am

• European Worries About Isolationist Trends
  by Yves Smith 5:18 am

• LA School Board Ready to Rumble Over Charter Schools
  by Yves Smith 4:45 am

November 8, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/8/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• How to Fight the Global Wall Street Landlords
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 11/8/17
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• What the Paradise Papers Tell Us About Global Business and Political Elites
  by Yves Smith 6:45 am

• New Potential Credit Risk Bombs: Exotic, ‘Nonlinear’ and Private Transactions
  by Yves Smith 5:51 am

• Nomi Prins: Steven Mnuchin, Foreclosure King of America
  by Yves Smith 1:11 am

November 7, 2017

• Damsel in Distress re Atlanta Meetup on Wed November 15! Need Help With Venue
  by Yves Smith 10:55 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/7/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The Real Economic Consequences of Martin Luther
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 11/7/17
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Extreme Poverty Cut in Half? Only in the Minds of the Capitalists
  by Yves Smith 6:32 am

• CalPERS’ Three Card Monte: Makes Unheard of Benchmark Change to Hide Expected Poor Private Equity Performance to Help Staff at Expense of Beneficiaries, California Taxpayers
  by Yves Smith 2:32 am

• Fragmented Health System Paves Way for CVS-Aetna Merger
  by Yves Smith 1:51 am

November 6, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/6/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Donna Brazile, the “Rigged” Democratic Primary, and Relitigating 2016
  by Lambert Strether 1:59 pm

• Remember, Remember the Eighth of November: India’s War on Cash Assessed One Year Later
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 11/6/17
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Why You’ve Never Heard of a Charter as Important as the Magna Carta
  by Yves Smith 5:40 am

• War Making in the Age of the Imperial Presidency: War Without War Powers (the Not-So-New American Way)
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 4:55 am

November 5, 2017

• New EPA Lawsuit Policy Advances Trump’s Deregulatory Agenda
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 11/5/17
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Don Quijones: Spain Just Lit a Fuse Under Catalonia — its Richest Region
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 4:55 am

November 4, 2017

• Links 11/4/17
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Congress Works with Big Oil on Letter Suggesting Anti-Pipeline Activists Face Terrorism Charges
  by Yves Smith 5:14 am

• Skyscrapers and Land Values: Evidence from Chicago on the Costs of Building Tall Cities
  by Yves Smith 4:41 am

November 3, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/3/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• SEC Soon to Have Five Sitting Commissioners; Budget Constraints Will Stymie Enforcement
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 11/3/17
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• RIP, CFPB Mandatory Arbitration Ban
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:50 am

• Is the U.S. Solar Boom In Jeopardy?
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 4:55 am

• Rep. Tulsi Gabbard on Donna Brazile’s DNC Bombshell
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 3:55 am

• Naked Capitalism Hit One Million Comments!
  by Yves Smith 3:21 am

November 2, 2017

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

• The Nation Depicts a Mortgage Vulture Who Foreclosed on Homeowners as an FDR-Like Hero To Demonize Chase When It Was Actually Helping Homeowners
  by Yves Smith 10:46 am

• Links 11/2/17
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Manafort Indictment Underwhelms, Poses No Immediate Threat to Trump
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:50 am

• Illicit Financial Outflows from Developing Countries Grow
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 4:55 am

• Wolf Richter: Pickup Sales Boom, Cars Get Crushed, Tesla Deliveries Plunge
  by Yves Smith 3:16 am

• Reminder – Philadelphia Meetup Today, Starting at 5:00 PM!
  by Yves Smith 12:06 am

November 1, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/1/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The Economic Consequences of Martin Luther: The Protestant Reformation and the Allocation of Resources in Europe
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 11/1/17
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Third Way Democrats Double Down on Anti-90% Agenda With More Attacks on Public Schools
  by Yves Smith 6:47 am

• Gaius Publius: The Resistance, the #Resistance and Harvey Weinstein
  by Yves Smith 3:36 am

• Falling Pound Might Not Bring UK Trade Balance Boost
  by Yves Smith 3:18 am