Monthly Archives: February 2019

February 28, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/28/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Developing Industry Standards Won’t Give AI a Conscience
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 2/28/19
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Cancer’s Complications: Confusing Bills, Maddening Errors And Endless Phone Calls
  by Yves Smith 5:50 am

• Inequality Indicator: Retirement Homes in Secondary Tourist Area (Door County) Bid Way Up
  by Yves Smith 3:23 am

• The Green New Deal: Just Focus on What We Do, Not How We Pay for It
  by Yves Smith 12:09 am

February 27, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/27/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Why Carbon Prices Are Not Enough
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 2/27/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Randy Wray: Response to Doug Henwood’s Trolling on MMT in Jacobin
  by Yves Smith 4:21 am

• Brexit: MPs Sink to a New Collective Low of Incompetent Acquiescence
  by Yves Smith 3:51 am

• Nomi Prins: Survival of the Richest, The March of Inequality
  by Yves Smith 2:56 am

February 26, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/26/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The Yellow Vest Phenomenon and the Radical Right
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 2/26/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Why Did Trump Choose to Be Such an Unpopular President?
  by Yves Smith 5:22 am

• Wall Street Journal Story Confirms That CalPERS Plans to Overpay Grossly in Its New Private Equity Scheme
  by Yves Smith 5:13 am

• Brexit Linkfest Special 2/26/19
  by Yves Smith 1:19 am

• How Much Will It Cost to Address Climate Change? Pennies Compared to the Alternative
  by Yves Smith 12:23 am

February 25, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/25/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Skilling Released from Prison After A Decade of Doing Time: A Reminder of a Not So Distant Past, When the Rule of Law Applied to Corporate CEOs
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 11:55 am

• Links 2/25/19
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• The Inevitable Death of Natural Gas as a ‘Bridge Fuel’
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:40 am

• Brexit: May’s Endgame
  by Yves Smith 5:29 am

• Warren Buffett Denounces Deficit Hawkery in His Latest Shareholder Letter
  by Yves Smith 12:09 am

February 24, 2019

• Plastic & Health: The Hidden Costs of a Plastic Planet
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 1:55 pm

• Links 2/24/19
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Bills Criminalizing Pipeline Protest Arise in Statehouses Nationwide
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:25 am

February 23, 2019

• Links 2/23/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Taxcast: The #LuxLeaks Tax Deals – Still No investigation? Plus Amazon’s $0 Federal Tax Payment
  by Yves Smith 3:07 am

• Why a Focus on “Fake News” and Facebook Misses the Internet’s Real Problems – and Solutions
  by Yves Smith 2:56 am

February 22, 2019

• Easter Eggs and Trojan Horses in the Democrats’ Flagship Bill, H.R. 1 (“For the People Act of 2019”)
  by Lambert Strether 3:25 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/22/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 2/22/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Los Angeles Times Barks Up the Wrong Tree With CalPERS/American Media Inc. (National Enquirer) Story
  by Yves Smith 6:06 am

• How Stupid Do They Think We Are? – Plutocrats Using Logical Fallacies to Defend the Health Care Status Quo
  by Yves Smith 3:37 am

• Agribusiness Is the Problem, Not the Solution
  by Yves Smith 2:53 am

• Striking Teachers in Denver Shut Down Performance Bonuses – Here’s How That Will Impact Education
  by Yves Smith 2:21 am

February 21, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/21/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Don’t “Buyback” Fair Labor Standards
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 2/21/19
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Wolf Richter: My Fancy-Schmancy “Fed Hawk-o-Meter” Ticks Down, Still Red-Lines. In Passing, Fed Plants Seed for Removing “Patient”
  by Yves Smith 3:31 am

• Want to Pass Medicare For All? Make Voters Happy By Making Them Happy
  by Yves Smith 12:51 am

February 20, 2019

• CalPERS Election Vendor Votem on Verge of Failure Just as CalPERS Board About to Approve “Business as Usual” Election Notice
  by Yves Smith 9:00 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/20/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• New Review of Dozens of Studies of Insect Population Decline, the Causes, and Things You Can Do
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm

• Links 2/20/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Opioid Crisis Shows How Economic Inequality Kills
  by Yves Smith 3:20 am

• France’s Institutional System Favours Rebellion Against Its Leader
  by Yves Smith 3:10 am

• Will The U.S. Actively Pursue Regime Change In Iran?
  by Yves Smith 1:35 am

February 19, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/19/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Brexit and Labour’s Spat: Everything That’s Wrong with The Independent Group
  by Yves Smith 7:45 am

• Links 2/19/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Bill Black: Modern Monetary Theory Is On the March (#MMT)
  by Yves Smith 12:06 am

February 18, 2019

• CalPERS Chief Investment Officer Ben Meng Lied About Private Equity to State Senator Dr. Richard Pan at Joint Pension Committee Hearing
  by Yves Smith 9:40 pm

• CalPERS’ Management Continues to Lie to Its Board and Beneficiaries About Its Private Equity Scheme
  by Yves Smith 9:40 pm

• The Financial Crisis Was a Minsky Moment but We Live in Strange Times
  by Yves Smith 3:45 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/18/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Wellbeing Measurements, Easterlin’s Paradox and New Growth Models: A Perspective through Gross National Happiness
  by Lambert Strether 9:55 am

• Links 2/18/19
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• How Imperfect Knowledge Shapes Financial Markets
  by Yves Smith 5:27 am

• Has America Always Embraced Capitalism?
  by Yves Smith 4:11 am

February 17, 2019

• Even More on “Is CalPERS Private Equity Architect John Cole So Clueless He Doesn’t Know He’s Lying?”
  by Yves Smith 9:19 am

• Links 2/17/19
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• The Green New Deal’s Huge Flaw
  by Lambert Strether 5:55 am

February 16, 2019

• Links 2/16/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Hubert Horan: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Seventeen: Uber’s 2018 Results Still Show Huge Losses and Slowing Growth as IPO Approaches
  by Yves Smith 3:23 am

• Can Shareholder Activism Tame the Financial System?
  by Yves Smith 3:00 am

February 15, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/15/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• How Energy Efficiency Delivers Green Dividends in Red and Blue States
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 2/15/19
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Amazon Drops New York City Headquarters Plan in a Snit
  by Yves Smith 5:20 am

• Who Is Really A Socialist?
  by Yves Smith 5:15 am

• Is the Opioid Overdose Crisis a Story of Supply or Demand? Depends Where You Look
  by Yves Smith 4:46 am

February 14, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/14/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• And Now This Message From Some Very Rich People: ‘Please Raise Our Taxes’
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 2/14/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Brexit: The Test of the Ultras?
  by Yves Smith 4:25 am

• If Medicare for All Is Politically Impossible, “All Payer” Could Fix the System
  by Yves Smith 2:55 am

• China’s Mountain Of Debt Is About To Crumble
  by Yves Smith 12:53 am

February 13, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/13/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Climate Damages: Uncertain but Ominous, or $51 per Ton of Carbon?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 2/13/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Even Endowments Not Beating Vanguard….So What Good Are Those High Fee Private Equity and Hedge Funds?
  by Yves Smith 4:19 am

• A Study in Professional Power: Why Do the Big 4 Accountants Survive?
  by Yves Smith 3:36 am

• On Modern Monetary Theory (#MMT)
  by Yves Smith 2:55 am

February 12, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/12/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• How Neoliberalism Is Normalising Hostility
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 2/12/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• “Reverse Location Search Warrant”: A New Personal Data Hoovering Exercise Brought to You by Google
  by Yves Smith 5:15 am

• On the Built-In Instability of Cryptocurrencies
  by Yves Smith 4:45 am

• Pelosi Advisor Proposes Non-Binding Arbitration as Road to Lowering Drug Prices
  by Yves Smith 12:08 am

February 11, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/11/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• India Forces Amazon to Choose Between Operating e-Commerce Platform and Selling Goods on that Platform
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 2/11/2019
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Believing Six Impossible Things Before Brexit
  by Yves Smith 3:32 am

• Climate Policy: On Buying Insurance, and Ignoring Cost-Benefit Analysis
  by Yves Smith 3:31 am

• Are Investors Finally Waking up to North America’s Fracked Gas Crisis?
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 1:25 am

February 10, 2019

• AOC Campaign Finance Primer Goes Viral
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 11:45 am

• Links 2/10/19
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Beware Proposed E-Commerce Rules
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 3:55 am

February 9, 2019

• Links 2/9/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Cryptocurrency Firms Regularly Lose Codes and Money
  by Yves Smith 1:52 am

• Reining in Leveraged Lending
  by Yves Smith 12:59 am

February 8, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/8/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• AOC and Ed Markey Introduce Green New Deal Resolution (and Let’s Remember It’s a DEAL)
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm

• Links 2/8/19
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Cisco Joins Other Tech Giants in Calling for a Federal Privacy Law
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:50 am

• Michael Hudson: The Shape of the Venezuelan Economy, from Chavez to Maduro and Beyond
  by Lambert Strether 5:55 am

• PR Powerhouse to Democrats: Don’t Be Mean to Starbucks
  by Yves Smith 12:01 am

February 7, 2019

• More on “Is CalPERS Private Equity Architect John Cole So Clueless He Doesn’t Know He’s Lying?”
  by Yves Smith 2:33 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/7/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Illinois Supreme Court Affirms Biometric Privacy Law, Clearing the Way for Lawsuits
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 2/7/19
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Our Plastics, Our Selves
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:55 am

• Servaas Storm: The Bogus Paper That Gutted Workers’ Rights
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 4:55 am

• Charter Schools Are Pushing Public Education to the Breaking Point
  by Yves Smith 2:17 am

February 6, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/6/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Why Suburbs Must Be the Next Frontier for Cities Policy
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 2/6/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Bernie Sanders’ “Raise the Wage Act” Would Make Life Better for 40 Million Americans: Analysis
  by Yves Smith 2:56 am

• The American Tax Debate
  by Yves Smith 2:49 am

• African-Americans’ Economic Setbacks from the Great Recession Are Ongoing – and Could Be Repeated
  by Yves Smith 12:18 am

• Floridians! Hope To See You at Our Fort Lauderdale Meetup Tomorrow Night, February 7
  by Yves Smith 12:05 am

February 5, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/5/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Italy Guns For Glass-Steagall-Type Law to Break Up Banks, Cut Bailout Costs for Taxpayers
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 2/5/19
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Is CalPERS Private Equity Architect John Cole So Clueless He Doesn’t Know He’s Lying?
  by Yves Smith 2:43 am

• The Real Reason Stock Buybacks Are a Problem
  by Yves Smith 2:00 am

• Take One Leave One – A New Way to Help the Homeless
  by Yves Smith 1:12 am

February 4, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/4/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Why Not Start Saving the Biosphere by Outlawing Private Jets?
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm

• Links 2/4/19
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Let’s Say I Wanted to Escape Climate Change. Where Should I Go?
  by Lambert Strether 5:55 am

• Brexit: May’s March to Nowhere
  by Yves Smith 5:05 am

• How Howard Thurman Met Gandhi and Brought Nonviolence to the Civil Rights Movement
  by Yves Smith 5:04 am

February 3, 2019

• Trump and His Golfing Buddies Continue Neoliberalism’s Assault on the Veteran’s Administration
  by Lambert Strether 2:25 pm

• Links 2/3/19
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Artificial Intelligence, Algorithmic Pricing, and Collusion
  by Lambert Strether 5:55 am

February 2, 2019

• Links 2/2/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• A Serious Green New Deal Would Take Up One-Third of the Economy—Are We Ready for That?
  by Yves Smith 2:26 am

• Haven’t Enough to Keep You Awake At Night? Try The Doomsday Clock For A Truthful State Of The Union
  by Yves Smith 2:00 am

• Reminder: Fort Lauderdale Meetup for Thursday, February 7
  by Yves Smith 1:09 am

February 1, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/1/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Frail Seniors Find Ways To Live Independently
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 2/1/19
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Michael Hudson: Trump’s Brilliant Strategy to Dismember U.S. Dollar Hegemony
  by Yves Smith 6:00 am

• Millionaire-Driven Education Reform Has Failed. Here’s What Works.
  by Yves Smith 1:44 am

• An American Budget
  by Yves Smith 12:57 am