Monthly Archives: December 2017

December 31, 2017

• Apple Battery Debacle: Yet Another Reason to Support a Right to Repair
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 12/31/17
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• The Nina Turner Show: The Role of the Protestor with Erica Garner
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:25 am

December 30, 2017

• Links 12/30/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Wired: Self Driving Car Hype Crashes Into Harsh Realities
  by Yves Smith 3:51 am

• J. D. Alt: The New Poverty
  by Yves Smith 2:18 am

December 29, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 12/29/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 12/29/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Erica Garner
  by Yves Smith 1:35 am

• What Sounds Better To You – Guaranteed Basic Income Or Federal Job Guarantee?
  by Yves Smith 1:33 am

December 28, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 12/28/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 12/28/17
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Matt Stoller: “Monopoly is a Form of Lawlessness”
  by Yves Smith 3:54 am

• Evidence from Peer Review That Women Are Held to Higher Standards
  by Yves Smith 3:41 am

December 27, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 12/27/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 12/27/17
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• How Nutrition “Science” Made the US and Other Countries Fatter
  by Yves Smith 4:08 am

• Crowdfunding Christmas: Time to Boycott It’s a Wonderful Life
  by Yves Smith 1:51 am

December 26, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 12/26/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Net Neutrality, Technical Solutions: A New, Neutral, Corporate Net, Municipal Broadband, Mesh Networks (and Gamers)
  by Lambert Strether 1:25 pm

• Links 12/26/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• The Inner Workings of the Board: Evidence from Emerging Markets
  by Lambert Strether 6:25 am

December 25, 2017

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

• Links 12/25/17
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Cognitive Economics: How Self-Organization and Collective Intelligence Works
  by Yves Smith 4:23 am

• Financial Stability Regulations: A (Non) Progress Report
  by Yves Smith 2:50 am

December 24, 2017

• Net Neutrality: The Coming Battles in the Congress and the Courts
  by Lambert Strether 2:02 pm

• Links 12/24/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Next Phase in Forcing Biometric Tracking on Consumers
  by Lambert Strether 6:25 am

December 23, 2017

• One-Third of Puerto Rico Won’t Have Christmas Tree Lights Because They Still Don’t Have Power
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 12/23/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Michael Hudson: He Died for Our Debt, Not Our Sins
  by Lambert Strether 5:25 am

December 22, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 12/22/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Debunking Mainstream Economists on Secular Stagnation and the Loanable Funds Fallacy
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 12/22/17
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Thomas Cox: A Sweet Christmas Gift for a Client in Maine
  by Yves Smith 4:18 am

• Holiday Schedule
  by Yves Smith 3:38 am

• Gaius Publius: New Study Evaluates Climate Models — Best Ones Also Show the Most Global Warming
  by Yves Smith 12:20 am

December 21, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 12/21/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Larry Summers: Reagan’s Tax Plan Was Better Than Trump’s
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 12/21/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Defining the Tax Reform Battleground
  by Yves Smith 6:02 am

• Exposure to Brexit in Regions on Both Sides of the Channel
  by Yves Smith 5:01 am

• Quelle Surprise! Apple Rips Off Owners of Older iPhones
  by Yves Smith 12:01 am

December 20, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 12/20/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Bill Black: DSGE Dilettantes v. ADM God Devotees
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 12/20/17
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Lee Camp: How To Create NPR’s Propaganda – As Seen In a Hit Piece Against Me
  by Yves Smith 6:00 am

• Why Stopping Tax “Reform” Won’t Stop Inequality
  by Yves Smith 4:38 am

• The Bitcoin Bubble
  by Yves Smith 2:10 am

December 19, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 12/19/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Wolf Richter: Where the Heck is Microsoft’s “Edge?” (Left Behind for Dead)
  by Yves Smith 9:05 am

• Links 12/19/17
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Mark Ames: Kathy Lally Was Caught Trying To Censor Journalism In Russia and Now Deceitfully Claims She’s a Victim
  by Yves Smith 6:15 am

• From Employer Coverage to Single Payer Health Insurance
  by Yves Smith 5:47 am

• Gaius Publius: What Would Happen if Sanders Ran for President in 2020?
  by Yves Smith 12:42 am

December 18, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 12/18/2017
  by Lambert Strether 1:59 pm

• Pharma Impunity and the Opioids Crisis
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 12/18/17
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• EU’s Michel Barnier Clears Throat to Tell the UK It Won’t Get a Special Deal…After God Knows How Many EU Leaders Have Already Said That
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Corporatizatizing The All-Administrative University
  by Yves Smith 6:49 am

• Judge Sides with Big Oil in Maine Pipeline Case
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:55 am

December 17, 2017

• Rotten Eggs: USDA Reverses Organic Animal Welfare Policy
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 12/17/17
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• The Fight for Net Neutrality Isn’t Over
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:55 am

December 16, 2017

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

• Matt Bruenig: What Actually Happened in Alabama?
  by Yves Smith 4:37 am

• The EPA Tries to Turn a Blind Eye to Carbon Emissions. The Courts Can Stop It.
  by Yves Smith 3:53 am

December 15, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 12/15/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Indirect Effects of Unfair Employer Behavior on Workplace Performance
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 12/15/17
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Guess Which Schools and Degrees Produce the Most Student Loan Defaults? Hint: It’s Not the Humanities
  by Yves Smith 5:51 am

• Is The Oil Glut Set To Return?
  by Yves Smith 4:17 am

• Newly-Declassified Documents Show Western Leaders Promised Gorbachev that NATO Would Not Move “One Inch Closer” to Russia
  by Yves Smith 3:56 am

December 14, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 12/14/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Tech Giants Trying to Use WTO to Colonize Emerging Economies
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 12/14/17
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Incoming Board Member Margaret Brown Criticizes CalPERS’ Plan to Hurt Beneficiaries by Hiring Unnecessary, High-Priced Private Equity Middlemen; CalPERS Violates Open Meeting Rules by Advancing Plan in Secret
  by Yves Smith 6:40 am

• The Crisis Ahead: The U.S. Is No Country for Older Men and Women
  by Yves Smith 6:12 am

• Student Loan Defaults Approach 5 Million….Using a Very Permissive Definition of “Default”
  by Yves Smith 2:23 am

December 13, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 12/13/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Three Surprises on Climate Change from Economist Michael Grubb
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 12/13/17
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Reform Candidate for CalPERS Board, Margaret Brown, Beats Incumbent Handily; Staff and Board Apparently Shell-Shocked
  by Yves Smith 4:15 am

• LEAKED: Head Of FCC Mocks Impending Destruction Of The Internet
  by Yves Smith 3:10 am

December 12, 2017

• Doug Jones Scores Upset in Alabama Senate Race
  by Yves Smith 11:17 pm

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

• Sandy Hook Anniversary: Time for Insurance So Gun Owners Bear the True Cost of Gun Ownership
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

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

• Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Eleven: Annual Uber Losses Now Approaching $5 Billion
  by Yves Smith 6:02 am

• Don Quijones: A New Stealth Attack in EU’s “War on Cash”
  by Yves Smith 2:33 am

• The DSGE Model Quarrel (Again)
  by Yves Smith 2:10 am

December 11, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 12/11/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Class and Beyond: Case-Deaton’s “Deaths of Despair,” Embodiment, and Neoliberal Epidemics
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm

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

• How the Radical Right Takeover in Brazil Has Parallels With Trumpism
  by Lambert Strether 6:25 am

• David Davis Points Out Brexit “Breakthrough” Isn’t Binding as Draft European Council Statement Tightens the Screws
  by Yves Smith 5:12 am

• How Hayek’s Evolutionary Theory Disproves His Politics
  by Yves Smith 1:44 am

December 10, 2017

• Net Neutrality: Public Support, “Light Touch” Regulation, and the Coming Court Challenges
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm

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

• Churning, Confusion And Disruption — The Dark Side Of the ObamaCare Marketplace
  by Lambert Strether 5:55 am

December 9, 2017

• Links 12/9/17
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Stop Talking Affordable Water and Start Talking Poverty
  by Yves Smith 4:47 am

• DNC’s Unity Commission Further Dividing the Party
  by Yves Smith 4:34 am

December 8, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 12/8/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Fast-Fashion’s Environmentally Destructive Habits
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 12/8/17
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Brexit “Breakthrough”: Headfake or May Trying to Engineer Further Capitulation to EU?
  by Yves Smith 6:58 am

• MIT Professor Angrist Publishes Obviously Misleading Analysis of Uber Driver Economics….With Uber Chief Economist as Co-Author
  by Yves Smith 5:00 am

• More Climate Change Refugees Means More Walls
  by Yves Smith 4:58 am

December 7, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 12/7/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Catalonia: Political Prisoners or an Extrajudicial Elite?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 12/7/17
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Benign Effects of Automation: New Evidence from Patent Texts
  by Yves Smith 5:20 am

• Bitcoin Could Cost Us Our Clean-Energy Future
  by Yves Smith 3:36 am

• Republicans Plan to Cut Food Stamps as Homelessness Rises in the US
  by Yves Smith 3:27 am

December 6, 2017

• Daniel Ellsberg: U.S. Military Planned Nuclear First Strike On Every City In Russia and China … and Gave Many Low-Level Field Commanders the Power to Push the Button
  by Yves Smith 5:10 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 12/6/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Monetary Mental Illness
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

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

• DUP Humiliates May, Extends Freeze on Talks as Hard Core Brexiters Fume
  by Yves Smith 5:00 am

• Gizmodo Echoes Naked Capitalism: “Don’t Buy Anyone an Echo”
  by Yves Smith 1:56 am

• Eastern Europe Showed How Neoliberalism Produces Reactionary Populism, Like Trump
  by Yves Smith 12:19 am

December 5, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 12/5/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Germany’s Dystopian Plans for Europe: From Fantasy to Reality?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 12/5/17
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Security Train Wreck Confirms Apple’s Crapification
  by Yves Smith 4:16 am

• Brexit’s Irish Checkmate
  by Yves Smith 3:57 am

• Gaius Publius: Deficit Talk Is a Trap. Will Democrats Fall Into It?
  by Yves Smith 1:24 am

December 4, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 12/4/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• House Members Tee Up Bipartisan Bill to Kill CFPB Payday Lending Rule
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 12/4/17
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Wolf Richter: Carmegeddon for Tesla
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:55 am

• Tax Cuts, Wages and Salaries: Will Lower Taxes and Profit Repatriation Help Workers?
  by Yves Smith 2:54 am

• UK Press Making Optimistic Noises re Big Brexit Hurdle: Breakthrough or Headfake?
  by Yves Smith 2:20 am

December 3, 2017

• Will Ketchup Again Count as a Vegetable? USDA Delays School Lunch Rules
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 12/3/17
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Q & A: What Price Do We Put on Our Oceans?
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:50 am

December 2, 2017

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

• GOP Tax Bill is Even Worse Than We Think
  by Yves Smith 3:44 am

• Is Bitcoin A Speculative Bubble?
  by Yves Smith 3:02 am

December 1, 2017

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 12/1/2017
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Japan’s Tight Labor Market Generates Deflation…
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 12/1/17
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• How Market Competition Really Works
  by Yves Smith 4:58 am

• Global Value Chains, Trade Shocks and Jobs: An Application to Brexit
  by Yves Smith 3:32 am

• Science Suggests We’re Making Fish Homicidal Through Antidepressants We Flush Into the Water
  by Yves Smith 2:48 am