Monthly Archives: March 2019

March 31, 2019

• The New Deal, the Green New Deal, and Flood Control
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm

• Links 3/31/19
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Fed Official: Climate Change is an ‘International Market Failure’
  by Lambert Strether 5:48 am

March 30, 2019

• Links 3/30/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• What Oklahoma’s Opioid Settlement Means for Other States, Cities and Counties Suing Purdue Pharma
  by Yves Smith 4:24 am

• Defying Trump Promises, American Companies Still Playing Offshore Tax Games
  by Yves Smith 3:07 am

March 29, 2019

• Announcing 2019 Mini-Fundraiser for Water Cooler!
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Bank Regulation Can’t Be Heads Banks Win, Tails Taxpayers Lose
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/29/19
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Brexit: Mayday
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Boeing Doubles Down on 737 Max, Rejects Need for Simulator Training
  by Yves Smith 4:26 am

• Poll: Michelle Obama Would Be Frontrunner in 2020 If She Ran
  by Yves Smith 1:56 am

• Confirming Milwaukee Meetup for May 1 and Minneapolis for May 2; Looking for Dates and Venues for April in Washington and Boston
  by Yves Smith 12:46 am

March 28, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/28/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Brave Old World: Immigration, Inequality and Intergenerational Mobility in the US
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/28/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Brexit: Chaos Continues as Parliament Votes Down All Brexit Options, Press Focuses on May Rather than April
  by Yves Smith 5:20 am

• Could Middle East Policy Be Sanders’ Biggest Strength Against Trump for 2020?
  by Yves Smith 2:43 am

• A Must Read: Why Does Everyone Hate MMT?
  by Yves Smith 2:24 am

March 27, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/27/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Does Capitalism Kill Cooperation?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/27/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• To Brexit or Not to Brexit
  by Yves Smith 6:17 am

• Rule of Law, American Style: John Bolton and Mike Pompeo Defy the International Criminal Court
  by Yves Smith 4:08 am

• Trump Administration And Democrats Return Health Law To Political Center Stage
  by Yves Smith 3:12 am

March 26, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/26/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The Impact of Within-Group Conflict on Trust and Trustworthiness
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/26/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• The Problem With the ‘Warm’ in Global Warming: Most Like it Hot
  by Yves Smith 6:03 am

• Profile of a Scam: How Rick Singer Built a College Entrance Cheating Machine
  by Yves Smith 5:29 am

• Lyft IPO: Get Ready For A Bumpy Ride
  by Yves Smith 12:13 am

March 25, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler Special: Mueller Time
  by Lambert Strether 2:45 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/25/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Clean Water: UNICEF Shows More Children Die from Diarrhea than Direct Violence in Conflict Zones
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 10:55 am

• Links 3/25/19
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Climate Change: Hurricanes to Deliver a Bigger Punch to Coasts
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:45 am

• Brexit: Controlled Flight into Terrain
  by Yves Smith 4:16 am

• Matt Taibbi: It’s Official – Russiagate is This Generation’s WMD
  by Yves Smith 12:05 am

March 24, 2019

• Second Roundup Decision: Jury Finds Weedkiller a “Substantial Cause” of Plantiff’s Cancer
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 10:55 am

• Links 3/24/19
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Taxcast: Mainstream Media Misrepresentations of the Financial Crash
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:25 am

March 23, 2019

• Links 3/23/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Five Ways to Talk to Kids About Climate Change (and Have Fun Too)
  by Yves Smith 4:00 am

• Airbus and Boeing Are Signing Economic Suicide Pacts With China
  by Yves Smith 3:58 am

March 22, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/22/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Work of the Past, Work of the Future
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/22/19
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Waiting for Brexit
  by Yves Smith 2:26 am

• Memo to CalPERS: The Market Won’t Provide High Returns Just Because You Need Them
  by Yves Smith 1:13 am

• Costly Confusion: Patients Caught by Medicare Not Covering Annual Physical Exams
  by Yves Smith 12:05 am

March 21, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/21/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Brexit Delay Will Not Postpone Deglobalisation
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/21/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Brexit: Opening the Seals
  by Yves Smith 6:20 am

• The #MMT Case for Progressive Taxes
  by Yves Smith 3:44 am

• U.S. ‘’Oil Weapon’’ Could Change Geopolitics Forever
  by Yves Smith 1:41 am

March 20, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/20/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• China’s Belt and Road Initiative vs Washington Consensus
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/20/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Brexit: End of the Road
  by Yves Smith 5:21 am

• FIS and Worldpay’s Merger – Why Its “Bank in a Box” Tech Fantasy Will Go Nowhere
  by Clive 1:17 am

• What Republicans and Billionaires Really Mean When They Talk About ‘Freedom’
  by Yves Smith 1:00 am

March 19, 2019

• Boeing Crapification: 737 MAX Play-by-Play, Regulatory Capture, and When Will CEO Muilenburg Become the Sacrificial Victim?
  by Lambert Strether 2:30 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/19/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 3/19/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Technology: From Copycats to Innovators
  by Yves Smith 5:38 am

• Another Theresa May Faceplant as the Brexit Clock Ticks: Speaker Bercow Nixes Another Meaningful Vote in Current Session [Updated]
  by Yves Smith 4:40 am

• Bill Black: The Day Orthodox Economists Lost Their Minds and Integrity (#MMT)
  by Yves Smith 4:34 am

March 18, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/18/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Report from the Ground in Paris: The Most Recent Gilets Jaunes Protests
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm

• Links 3/18/19
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Electronic Health Records: Death By A Thousand Clicks
  by Lambert Strether 6:25 am

• Shotgun Marriage: Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank Discuss Merger
  by Yves Smith 3:02 am

• “Middle Class” Once Meant Stability and Now Means Fragility
  by Yves Smith 2:50 am

• Seeking Feedback on Possible Meetups: DC on Thursday March 28, Milwaukee on Wednesday May 1?
  by Yves Smith 2:45 am

March 17, 2019

• Can Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Be Trusted To Turn Facebook into a “Privacy-Focused Communications Platform?”
  by Lambert Strether 2:25 pm

• Links 3/17/19
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Who’s Behind Trump’s Claim the Green New Deal Will Cost $100 Trillion?
  by Lambert Strether 6:45 am

• TD Bank: America’s Most Inconvenient Bank
  by Yves Smith 1:38 am

March 16, 2019

• Links 3/16/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Outsourcing Giant Interserve with 65,000 Employees Collapses
  by Yves Smith 3:11 am

• Of Course We Can Pay for a Green New Deal, but We Can’t Escape Hard Choices
  by Yves Smith 2:43 am

March 15, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/15/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Bill Black: Three Natural Experiments Documenting Krugman’s Bias Against MMT
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/15/19
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Brexit: The Kindness of Strangers
  by Yves Smith 6:22 am

• Prominent CalPERS Beneficiaries Send Forceful, Savvy Objections to the Proposed Private Equity Scheme; Contrast With Canned Letters CalPERS Pressed Allies to Submit
  by Yves Smith 1:45 am

• A Way-Too-Early Handicapping of the 2020 Presidential Race
  by Yves Smith 1:34 am

March 14, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/14/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Mars or Mercury Redux: How Geopolitics Influence Bilateral Trade Agreements
  by Yves Smith 9:45 am

• Links 3/14/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Brexit: Send in the Clowns
  by Yves Smith 4:10 am

• MMT Responds to Brad DeLong’s Challenge
  by Yves Smith 3:53 am

• Martin Wolf: Why Economists Failed as “Experts”—and How to Make Them Matter Again
  by Yves Smith 12:40 am

March 13, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/13/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Another Way the Rich Get Richer: US Indicts Fifty for College Admissions Fraud
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 1:55 pm

• Links 3/13/19
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Fracking 2.0 Was a Financial Disaster, Will Fracking 3.0 Be Different?
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 3:55 am

• Brexit: Chaos Visible
  by Yves Smith 3:10 am

• The EU Is Facing Gigantic Questions About Its Future That Are Hidden in Obscure Bank Policy Decisions
  by Yves Smith 12:15 am

March 12, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/12/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• What’s New About Fake News?
  by Yves Smith 10:14 am

• Links 3/12/19
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Money, Digital Cash and Cryptocurrencies: Privacy Matters
  by Lambert Strether 6:25 am

• JJ Jelincic: CalPERS’ Plan to Create 2 New Private Equity Companies, Give Away Billions With No Control Makes No Sense….Except to Make Fund Managers Rich
  by Yves Smith 1:30 am

• Bill Black: MMT Takes Center Stage – and Orthodox Economists Freak
  by Yves Smith 12:13 am

March 11, 2019

• Boeing Crapification: Second 737 Max Plane Within Five Months Crashes Just After Takeoff
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 3:55 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/11/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 3/11/19
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• The 2020 Democrats of the ‘Anti-Green New Deal Coalition’
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:55 am

• Medicare for All (the Perplexed)
  by Yves Smith 12:46 am

• Is a War With Iran on the Horizon?
  by Yves Smith 12:20 am

March 10, 2019

• India Bans Plastics Waste Imports, While Fossil Fuel Plastics Pushers in US and China Ramp Up to Party On
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 3/10/19
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Bill Black Analyzes Brad DeLong’s Stunning Concession: Neoliberals Should Pass the Baton and Let the Left Lead
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 4:55 am

March 9, 2019

• Links 3/9/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Economic Consequences of the U.S. Convict Labor System
  by Yves Smith 2:33 am

• Charter School Cap Efforts Gain Momentum
  by Yves Smith 1:36 am

March 8, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/8/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Power Failure and Blackout: An Update on the Situation in Venezuela
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm

• Links 3/8/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• CalPERS/Investor Alert: Award Winning Study Debunks “Warren Buffett” Fund Strategy; Buffett Does Better in Stocks Than Private Companies
  by Yves Smith 5:03 am

• Can the US Treasury Run Out of Money When the US Government Can’t?
  by Yves Smith 3:08 am

• The Doomsday Economics of ‘Proof-of-Work’ in Cryptocurrencies
  by Yves Smith 2:16 am

March 7, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/7/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The Incoherence of Larry Summers, a Serious Economist
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/7/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• 2018: A Banner Year for China, Other US Trade Partners, and Corporate America
  by Yves Smith 4:19 am

• Is a Harvard MBA Bad for You?
  by Yves Smith 4:13 am

• Cities And Counties Unlikely To Heed FDA Warning On Importing Foreign Drugs
  by Yves Smith 12:16 am

March 6, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/6/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• #MeToo Whistleblowing Is Upending Century-Old Legal Precedent Demanding Loyalty to the Boss
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/6/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Brexit: Slouching Towards Bethlehem
  by Yves Smith 4:00 am

• The Possible Chinese-US Trade Deal
  by Yves Smith 1:11 am

• Trump Looks To Nationalize 5G
  by Yves Smith 12:24 am

March 5, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/5/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 3/5/19
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• France, Inequality, the Yellow Vests, and the Social Elevator
  by Lambert Strether 5:25 am

• Hubert Horan: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Eighteen: Lyft’s IPO Prospectus Tells Investors That It Has No Idea How Ridesharing Could Ever Be Profitable
  by Yves Smith 3:09 am

• CalPERS CEO Marcie Frost Gives Contradictory, Nonsensical Justifications for Muscling the Board to Approve Private Equity Scheme in March
  by Yves Smith 1:18 am

• Do Real Estate Markets Make Our Cities Less Livable?
  by Yves Smith 12:49 am

March 4, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/4/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• A First Look at Pramila Jayapal’s “Medicare for All Act of 2019”, HR 1384
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm

• Links 3/4/19
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• CalPERS Surveys Employee Toilet Paper Preferences as Underfunding Worsens
  by Yves Smith 3:49 am

• Have We Already Passed World Peak Oil and World Peak Coal?
  by Yves Smith 12:29 am

March 3, 2019

• Corruption Fueling Choice of “Ballot Marking Devices,” not Paper Ballots, in Georgia, Pennsylvania Debacles
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

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

• Climate Change Mobilization: To Fear, or Not to Fear?
  by Lambert Strether 5:55 am

March 2, 2019

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

• The Permian Is A Double-Edged Sword For Oil Majors
  by Lambert Strether 5:55 am

• The Debate Over Tactics In the Modern Left: Radical Opposition or Strategic Inclusive Engagement?
  by Yves Smith 12:05 am

March 1, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/1/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• China Syndrome Redux: New Results on Global Labour Reallocation
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/1/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Bezos Admits His Fortune Is Due to Public Infrastructure….Even as He Fought Paying a Homeless Tax in Seattle, Shakes Down Cities for Subsidies
  by Yves Smith 4:34 am

• The Rapid Victory of the West Virginia Teacher Strike Shows What Happens When Progressives Join the Fight Against School Privatization
  by Yves Smith 3:08 am

• Deregulating Banks Fueled Speculation, Not Productive Investment
  by Yves Smith 2:45 am