Monthly Archives: January 2018

January 31, 2018

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/31/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Highly Experienced Physicians Leaving Medicine Due to Electronic Medical Records
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 1/31/18
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Gaius Publius: 2017 Breaks Climate Records Despite No “El Niño Boost”
  by Yves Smith 6:45 am

• NC in Minn Meetup: Readers Report on the Fun and Conversations
  by Yves Smith 6:30 am

January 30, 2018

• SOTU Live Blog/Open Thread
  by Lambert Strether 8:45 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/30/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Dutch Police Plan to Take Clothes and Watches from People They Deem to be Dressed Too Well
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 1/30/18
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• UK Political Pressures Rise….Because EU Does Exactly What It Has Been Saying It Would Do on Brexit
  by Yves Smith 6:31 am

• Ilargi: Shithouses
  by Yves Smith 4:20 am

• Why Is The Shale Industry Still Not Profitable?
  by Yves Smith 12:06 am

January 29, 2018

• Join Lambert and the NC Commentariat for a SOTU Live Blog/Open Thread Tomorrow Starting @ 8:45 PM
  by Yves Smith 7:12 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/29/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• New Dept of Justice Guidelines Will Stymie Whistleblowers
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 1/29/18
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• “Is There Anything That Working Less Does Not Solve?”
  by Yves Smith 5:59 am

• Fallout from Carillion Collapse Hits KPMG
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 2:25 am

• Rewriting the History of the Vietnam War, to the Detriment of Everyone Save the Military-Industrial Complex
  by Yves Smith 1:50 am

January 28, 2018

• Plastics Sicken Coral Reefs
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 1/28/18
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Puerto Rico’s New Power Struggle: Privatization
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 4:25 am

January 27, 2018

• Links 1/27/18
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Trump Administration Rolls Back Protections for Migratory Birds, Drawing Bipartisan Condemnation
  by Yves Smith 2:11 am

• Trend Reversal of Old-Age Labour Force Participation in Germany
  by Yves Smith 12:28 am

January 26, 2018

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/26/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Big Pharma Greets Hundreds Of Ex-Federal Workers At The ‘Revolving Door’
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 1/26/18
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Latest Tory Brexit Row: Another Bun Fight or a Cage Match?
  by Yves Smith 4:52 am

• Mastercard Pushes Biometrics, Banks Follow
  by Yves Smith 3:38 am

• Rail Workers Acquitted in Trial on Deadly Lac-Mégantic Oil Train Disaster
  by Yves Smith 1:54 am

January 25, 2018

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/25/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• A Day in the Life of an NHS Nurse – How Our Government Is Failing Both Patients and Nurses
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 1/25/18
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Amazon Scores Two More $5+ Billion Bids
  by Yves Smith 5:37 am

• Fiduciary Counsel Ashley Dunning Encourages CalPERS to Muscle Actuary to Change His Forecasts of Funding Needs
  by Yves Smith 12:30 am

• Solar Import Tariff: Pain Without Benefit
  by Yves Smith 12:15 am

January 24, 2018

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/24/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• More on the Opiate Abuse Epidemic: Where Again Does the Finger Point?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 1/24/18
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Dear Elon: Tesla’s Base Is Not the Model S Coalition
  by Yves Smith 5:44 am

• Gaius Publius: Democrats Laying Their Own Bonfire
  by Yves Smith 12:19 am

January 23, 2018

• CalPERS’ Fiduciary Counsel, Ashley Dunning, Lies to Board to Defend Private Equity Secrecy and Perpetuate Inadequate Supervision of Staff
  by Yves Smith 11:10 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/23/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Darkest Hour – What Does a Rash of Winston Churchill Portrayals Tell Us About Brexit Britain?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 1/23/18
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Twelve: Brad Stone and Bloomberg Continue To Get the Uber Story Badly Wrong
  by Yves Smith 6:06 am

• Is the Most Massive, Illegal Paywall in the World About to Come Down?
  by Yves Smith 5:36 am

• Amazon, City Killer?
  by Yves Smith 4:01 am

January 22, 2018

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/22/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• EU Makes Limited Move on Plastics: Too Little, Too Late?
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 1/22/18
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• The CIA Bull in Glenn Simpson’s Russia Shop
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:25 am

• Increasing Minimum Wages Does More to Reduce Recidivism Than Prisoner Reentry Programs
  by Yves Smith 5:11 am

• Another Brexit Casualty: The Channel Tunnel, aka Eurostar
  by Yves Smith 4:32 am

• Draghi’s Membership in Murky G30 Financial Group Under Fire
  by Yves Smith 12:19 am

January 21, 2018

• Trump Sets Records for Seating Federal Judges
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 1/21/18
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Oil and Gas Company Sues Environmental Activist for Libel over Facebook Comments
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 3:25 am

January 20, 2018

• Links 1/20/18
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Wolf Richter: What Will Rising Mortgage Rates Do to Housing Bubble 2?
  by Yves Smith 2:49 am

• Climate Change Mitigation Pays Off $6 for Every $1 Invested…As Funds Targeted for Cuts
  by Yves Smith 2:36 am

January 19, 2018

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/19/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Puerto Rico: Post-Hurricane Maria Relief Effort Omnishambles Rolls On
  by Lambert Strether 1:25 pm

• SEC Stymies Plans to Offer Bitcoin Funds Anytime Soon
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 1/19/18
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Does Bitcoin Have a Future?
  by Lambert Strether 5:25 am

• Court Orders Nonprofit Law Firm to Pay $52,000 to Oil and Gas Company for Defending Local Fracking Waste Ban
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 3:55 am

January 18, 2018

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/18/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• In Brexit Tug-of-War, EU Aims at City of London’s Tax-Haven Empire
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 1/18/18
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• The Long-Term Care Crisis: Premiums Exploding, Leaving Seniors With “An Awful Choice”
  by Yves Smith 5:56 am

• 5 Ways Capitalist Logic Has Sabotaged the Scientific Community
  by Yves Smith 5:01 am

• How Amazon’s Accounting Makes Rich People’s Income Invisible
  by Yves Smith 2:31 am

January 17, 2018

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/17/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Carillion Must Now Also Face Justice for Blacklisting Trade Unionists
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 1/17/18
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• How Black Businesses Helped Save the Civil Rights Movement
  by Yves Smith 4:38 am

• Lawsuit Against Blackstone, KKR/Prisma, PAAMCO, Kentucky Retirement System, and Others Has Major Implications for Public Pension Funds
  by Yves Smith 1:20 am

January 16, 2018

• Why Is CalPERS Board Member/Governor Wannabe John Chiang Telling a Big Lie About CalPERS Private Equity Outsourcing Scheme?
  by Yves Smith 9:30 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/16/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Announcement: Minneapolis, Minnesota Meetup THIS SATURDAY, January 20, at 10:30 AM
  by Lambert Strether 11:00 am

• Intel: No Financial Meltdown
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 1/16/17
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Carillion Collapse Will Leave Taxpayers With Big Bills, Produce Knock-On Failures; Shows Danger of “Public/Private Partnerships”
  by Yves Smith 5:50 am

• Why Urban Farming Is Key in the Fight Against Hunger and Climate Change
  by Yves Smith 5:37 am

• Hawaii Nuke Scare Due to Lousy User Interface
  by Yves Smith 3:28 am

January 15, 2018

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/15/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• What Is The Democratic Party? (and WILDING et al. v. DNC SERVICES CORPORATION et al. Gets a New Lease on Life)
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm

• Links 1/15/18
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Labour Scarcity and Labour Coercion: Serfdom in Bohemia
  by Lambert Strether 4:25 am

• CES Shows That the Future Will Not Work
  by Yves Smith 2:36 am

• Why Pretty Much Everything You Know About Depression Is Wrong
  by Yves Smith 1:46 am

January 14, 2018

• Social Media, the “Dopamine Loop,” and the Role of the Software Engineer
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm

• Links 1/14/18
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• J.P. Morgan Health Conference All About The Deals Amid Uncertainty For Millions
  by Lambert Strether 5:25 am

January 13, 2018

• Links 1/13/18
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Careers and Families of High-Skilled Women in the Age of High Inequality
  by Yves Smith 3:23 am

• Trump’s Gift to the Climate Movement
  by Yves Smith 2:38 am

January 12, 2018

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/12/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• How Money Won Trump the White House
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 1/12/18
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Nomi Prins: My Financial Road Map for 2018
  by Yves Smith 4:53 am

• Voting Matters
  by Yves Smith 4:36 am

• Brexit: UK Still Refusing to Do Any Thinking Re Trade
  by Yves Smith 3:34 am

January 11, 2018

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/11/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Answers from the MMTers
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 1/11/18
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• What Happens at a Death Café?
  by Yves Smith 6:30 am

• Florida Prisoners Are Preparing to Strike Against Unpaid Labor
  by Yves Smith 5:02 am

• A US Economic Boom in 2018?
  by Yves Smith 2:48 am

• Reminder: NYC Meeting on Friday, January 12
  by Yves Smith 2:25 am

January 10, 2018

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/10/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Reclaiming the Tax: Foregrounding the Public Covenant
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 1/10/18
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• China: The Aging Dragon
  by Outis Philalithopoulos 6:00 am

• ECB Spawned Financial Dependency That’s Now Very Hard to Undo
  by Yves Smith 4:07 am

• International Trade and Globalization: Are Benefits Truly Mutual?
  by Yves Smith 3:26 am

January 9, 2018

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/9/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Meltdown and Spectre FAQ: Crapification at Scale
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm

• Link 1/9/18
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• CalPERS Launches Illegal, Corrupt, Unjustified and Beneficiary-Damaging Private Equity “Strategic Partner” Search Obviously Designed to Favor BlackRock
  by Yves Smith 5:46 am

• The Link Between Neoliberalism, Perfectionism, and Mental Health Disorders
  by Yves Smith 5:34 am

• Gaius Publius: The Story of 2017 (Part 2)
  by Yves Smith 5:02 am

January 8, 2018

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/8/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• China Fails to Woo U.S. With Financial Sector Opening
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 1/8/18
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Meltdown and Spectre: Intel’s Seismic IT Disaster and A Look at Some Implication for Banks
  by Yves Smith 6:26 am

• How to Create Collective Intelligence
  by Yves Smith 5:11 am

• Trump’s Offshore Oil Drilling Plans Ignore the Lessons of BP Deepwater Horizon Spill
  by Yves Smith 3:11 am

January 7, 2018

• January Thaw
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm

• Links 1/7/18
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Why the Progressive Movement Should Think Longer Term
  by Lambert Strether 5:55 am

• Poop in the Loop and Other Big Cities
  by Yves Smith 4:28 am

• Don’t Miss Our “Come in From the Cold” NYC Meetup This Friday!
  by Yves Smith 2:36 am

January 6, 2018

• Links 1/6/18
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• From Territorial to Functional Sovereignty: The Case of Amazon
  by Yves Smith 4:59 am

• A Remedy for Corruption
  by Yves Smith 4:27 am

January 5, 2018

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/5/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Selling Out Argentina’s Future—Again
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 1/5/18
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• More Power to the Workers: Seymour Melman on Extraction by the Military, Managers, and Finance
  by Yves Smith 6:32 am

• Chaos in Catalonia Hits Barcelona Housing Bubble
  by Yves Smith 6:03 am

• Amar Bhide: The Case for Traditional Banking
  by Yves Smith 4:22 am

January 4, 2018

• California’s “Marijuana Revolution” (and $5 Billion Industry), and Cory Booker Does the Right Thing
  by Lambert Strether 2:30 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/4/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 1/4/18
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Hospitals Find Asthma Hot Spots More Profitable To Neglect Than Fix
  by Lambert Strether 6:25 am

• Tense New England Police Encounter Confirms National Police ID Database
  by Yves Smith 6:19 am

• Why Are Profit-Making Factories Closing Across England?
  by Yves Smith 3:00 am

January 3, 2018

• Net Neutrality: The Congressional Review Act, Supportive Constituencies (and Injunctions)
  by Lambert Strether 3:30 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/3/2018
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• As the Tourists Return, Half of Puerto Rico Remains Without Power, Thanks to PROMESA, while Workers Leave, and Vulture Capital Circles
  by Lambert Strether 1:10 pm

• Links 1/3/18
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Wolf Richter: Momentous Change in US Natural Gas, with Global Impact
  by Lambert Strether 6:25 am

• Mexico’s Standing Rock? Sempra, TransCanada Face Indigenous Pipeline Resistance South of Border
  by Lambert Strether 5:25 am

January 2, 2018

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/2/2018
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm

• The Year in Money
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 1/2/18
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Lee Camp: Let Me Fix That For The New York Times – Police Kill Another Innocent Man
  by Yves Smith 3:25 am

• Why Inequality Predicts Homicide Rates Better Than Any Other Variable
  by Yves Smith 2:55 am

January 1, 2018

• Fracking Boom Further Spurs Plastics Crisis
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 1/1/18
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Thomas Frank: Obama Chose Wall Street Over Main Street
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:55 am

• Announcing Our First Meetup of 2018: Friday January 12 in NYC
  by Yves Smith 3:06 am