Monthly Archives: November 2019

November 30, 2019

• Links 11/30/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• What’s Behind the Subprime Consumer Loan Implosion?
  by Yves Smith 5:15 am

• Neoliberalism and Climate Change
  by Yves Smith 4:42 am

November 29, 2019

• Los Angeles County to Intoduce VSAP E-Voting System: NOT Hand-Marked, NOT Paper, NOT Hand-Counted in Public
  by Lambert Strether 4:55 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/29/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Coping With (Power) Loss: California’s Hospitals, Clinics, Patients Face New Reality
  by Lambert Strether 9:55 am

• Links 11/29/19
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Political Hashtags Like #MeToo and #BlackLivesMatter Make People Less Likely to Believe the News
  by Yves Smith 12:51 am

November 28, 2019

• Links 11/28/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Thanksgiving Alone
  by Yves Smith 6:19 am

• Leaked US Trade Talks Show How Trump Is Dictating Johnson’s Approach to a Hard Brexit
  by Yves Smith 5:00 am

November 27, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/27/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Federal Prosecutors Initiate Criminal Probe of Six Opioid Manufacturers and Distributors
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 1:25 pm

• BBVA Compass Branch Manager Retaliates Against Elderly Customer Via Trying to Have State Agency Deem Her Incompetent on Fabricated Grounds
  by Yves Smith 7:34 am

• Links 11/27/19
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Obama Privately Considered Leading ‘Stop-Bernie Campaign’ to Combat Sanders 2020 Surge: Report
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 4:55 am

• The Privatized Internet — Entire .ORG Domain Registry Sold to Investment Equity Firm “Ethos Capital”; Registration Fee Restrictions Removed
  by Yves Smith 4:41 am

November 26, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/26/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Repo Madness: Fed Plumbing Gone Awry
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 11/26/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Financing a Global Green New Deal: System Change Needed
  by Yves Smith 6:50 am

• Sir Ivan Rogers Plays Cassandra Again, Warns of Likely 2020 Brexit Trade Negotiations Train Wreck
  by Yves Smith 6:45 am

• A New Pipeline Could Undo America’s Influence In Asia
  by Yves Smith 12:19 am

November 25, 2019

• Fleeing the Hellscape of Google Search with Qwant
  by Lambert Strether 4:25 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/25/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• New Evidence on The Broad Reach of Pharmaceutical Payments
  by Lambert Strether 9:55 am

• Links 11/25/19
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• The China Cables: Leaked Classified Chinese Documents Confirm China Running Massive Concentration Camps to “Re-educate” Uighurs
  by Yves Smith 4:50 am

• Are Evidence-Based Decisions Impossible in Politics?
  by Yves Smith 4:49 am

November 24, 2019

• It’s Time to Order Your Seed Catalogs, If You Have Not Already!
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm

• Links 11/24/19
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• With Coal’s Decline, Pennsylvania Communities Watch the Rise of Natural Gas-fueled Plastics
  by Lambert Strether 6:25 am

November 23, 2019

• Links 11/23/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Making Sense of Bolivia’s Discontent
  by Yves Smith 4:46 am

• Health Care Dysfunction Makes It to the Presidential Debate
  by Yves Smith 4:25 am

November 22, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/22/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Lack of Right to Repair Limits Ability of US Military to Maintain its Own Equipment
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 11/22/19
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• PG&E Failed California. Here’s How the State Could Turn Things Around.
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:25 am

• US Medical Data Security Gets Worse 2 Months After Expose of Hundreds of Millions of Images, Related Patient Info Open on the Internet
  by Yves Smith 5:42 am

• On TV, Political Ads Are Regulated – But Online, Anything Goes
  by Yves Smith 4:56 am

November 21, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/21/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• ‘Destroyer of Newspapers’ Vulture Fund Buys Majority Stake at Tribune Publishing
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 11/21/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Wolf Richter: The Fed Slaps Down Negative Interest Rates
  by Yves Smith 5:06 am

• “The UN Is Being Turned into a Public-Private Partnership”: Harris Gleckman Explains Stealth Takeover by World Economic Forum
  by Yves Smith 4:00 am

November 20, 2019

• Live Blog: Democrat Presidential Primary Debate #7 in Atlanta, Georgia
  by Lambert Strether 8:30 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/20/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• How Neoliberal Thinkers Spawned Monsters They Never Imagined
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 11/20/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Democrats’ Private Equity Hearing Fail: Abject Incompetence, Corruption, or Mere Unseriousness?
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• The Coup in Bolivia Has Everything to Do With the Screen You’re Using to Read This
  by Yves Smith 3:37 am

• Under Swollen Tides, Venice Says More About Our Future Than Our Past
  by Yves Smith 12:34 am

• Reminder: Birmingham Meetup Tomorrow, Thursday November 21. Hope to See You There!
  by Yves Smith 12:11 am

November 19, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/19/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• New Report Finds Costs of Climate Change Impacts Often Underestimated
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

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

• Private Equity Under the Hot Lights Today at House Financial Services Committee Hearing, “America for Sale?”
  by Yves Smith 4:30 am

• The Rich Under Stress as Asset Prices Wobble
  by Yves Smith 2:07 am

• Why Aren’t Americans Rising Up Like the People of Chile and Lebanon?
  by Yves Smith 12:27 am

November 18, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler Special: Warren’s #MedicareForAll Transition Plan Is Set Up to Fail
  by Lambert Strether 3:55 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/18/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Plastics Watch: Recycling, Raccoons, and Rubbish
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• The Joker to Guy Fawkes: Why Protesters Around the World are Wearing the Same Masks
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 7:55 am

• Links 11/18/19
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• FAA Pushes Back on Boeing Pressure to Recertify 737 Max by Year End; Agency Also Considering Major Revamp of Certification Process
  by Yves Smith 4:22 am

• America’s Arms Sales Addiction
  by Yves Smith 3:45 am

November 17, 2019

• Blockbuster WSJ Investigation: How Google Interferes With Its Search Algorithms and Changes Your Results
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 12:55 pm

• Links 11/17/19
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Left Twitter Responds With Viral #TooFarLeft Hashtag After Obama Counsels Democrats to Tamp Down Progressive Ambitions
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 2:55 am

November 16, 2019

• Links 11/16/17
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Do We Actually Grow from Adversity?
  by Yves Smith 6:10 am

• Non-Financial Private Debt Overhang: Post War German Debt Reforms as a Model for a Modern Debt Jubilee?
  by Yves Smith 5:14 am

• Hope To See You at Our Birmingham Meetup This Thursday, November 21
  by Yves Smith 3:56 am

November 15, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/15/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• New Paper Reveals Rail Industry Was Leader in Climate Denial Efforts
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 11/15/19
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Economic Warfare: Insights from Mançur Olson
  by Yves Smith 3:45 am

• “Do You Have To Travel the World To Know What Poverty Is?”
  by Yves Smith 2:00 am

• 6 Technology Trends Revolutionizing the Transportation Sector
  by Yves Smith 1:58 am

November 14, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/14/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Climate Change Fueled the Rise and Demise of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, Superpower of the Ancient World
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 11/14/19
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Millennials’ Health Deteriorating, Projected Mortality Rates Higher Than GenX; “Deaths of Despair” a Major Culprit
  by Yves Smith 5:10 am

• Former CalPERS Board Member JJ Jelincic Files Protest Against Election Abuses
  by Yves Smith 4:45 am

• How the Fed Boosts the 1%: Even the Upper Middle Class Loses Share of Household Wealth to the 1%. Bottom Half Gets Screwed
  by Yves Smith 2:44 am

November 13, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/13/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The Political Colour of Fiscal Responsibility: Trump’s Fiscal Policy as a Republican Tradition
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 11/13/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• HHS Investigates Google-Ascension Secret Medical Records Project for Millions of Patients; Concrete Evidence of HIPAA Violations
  by Yves Smith 6:12 am

• ‘Enormous Victory’: US Judge Rules Suspicionless Searches of Travelers’ Electronic Devices Unconstitutional
  by Yves Smith 5:57 am

• Ilargi: Vindman, the Expert
  by Yves Smith 2:18 am

November 12, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/12/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The Economics of Neutrality in World War II
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 11/12/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Google Collecting Medical Data on Millions Without Informing Patients or Doctors
  by Yves Smith 4:40 am

• Brexit: Farage Capitulates…or Does He?
  by Yves Smith 4:29 am

• The Many Ways Sanders and Warren Are Different & Why It Matters
  by Yves Smith 3:09 am

• Hope You Can Come to Our Birmingham Meetup Thursday November 21
  by Yves Smith 12:10 am

November 11, 2019

• Billionaire Entryism: Prospects and Problems for Mayor “Mike” Bloomberg’s Presidential Run
  by Lambert Strether 3:55 pm

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

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

• Roiled Repo Markets: Looking for Answers in All the Wrong Places
  by Yves Smith 6:53 am

• How The iPhone Widens the US Trade Deficit With China: The Case Of The iPhone X
  by Lambert Strether 6:25 am

• 30 Years After the Berlin Wall Came Down, East and West Germany Are Still Divided
  by Yves Smith 2:31 am

November 10, 2019

• Electronic Voting Machine Debacle Continues in 2019, Setting Dangerous Precedent for 2020
  by Lambert Strether 2:55 pm

• Links 11/10/19
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• As New York Takes Exxon to Court, Big Oil’s Strategy Against Climate Lawsuits Is Slowly Unveiled
  by Lambert Strether 6:45 am

November 9, 2019

• Links 11/9/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• The Managers’ Coup d’Etat in Health Care Appears Complete – a Study of Top Health Care “Influencers”
  by Yves Smith 3:39 am

• Dean Baker: A Bold Plan to Strengthen and Improve Social Security Is What America Needs
  by Yves Smith 3:05 am

November 8, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/8/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The One Metric That Matters For Electric Cars
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 11/8/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Paul Jay and Sharmini Peries Ousted from The Real News Network in June; Current Fundraiser Hides that Fact; Falling Viewership and Liberal Turn Result
  by Yves Smith 6:10 am

• ‘Maybe Rich People Can See the Writing on the Wall’: CEOs Stepping Down at Levels Not Seen Since 2008
  by Yves Smith 5:54 am

• Ilargi: Energy vs Waste
  by Yves Smith 3:17 am

November 7, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/7/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The Stormy Birth of “Europe”
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 11/7/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• How Misleading Economic Analysis Is Corrupting Our Democracy
  by Yves Smith 4:41 am

• Police Deadly Force: Then and Now
  by Yves Smith 3:56 am

• Why The Kurds Still Don’t Have a Country
  by Yves Smith 1:56 am

November 6, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/6/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Carbon Taxes and Carbon Pricing Are Not Solutions to the Climate Crisis
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

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

• Another Health Industry Initiative to House the Homeless
  by Yves Smith 4:39 am

• The Myth of Shareholder Primacy
  by Yves Smith 4:01 am

• German Finance Minister Pumps for EU-Wide Deposit “Reinsurance” But Expected Details Mean Lots of Gaps Likely
  by Yves Smith 2:00 am

November 5, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/5/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• CalPERS Follows Naked Capitalism Recommendation: Does 180 on Emerging Managers by Dumping Managers, Slashing Commitments, Defying Board-Authorized Plan Through 2020
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 11/5/19
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Manufacturing Fear and Loathing, Maximizing Corporate Profits! A Review of Matt Taibbi’s Hate Inc.: Why Today’s Media Makes Us Despise One Another
  by Yves Smith 6:00 am

• America Will Keep Losing Its Middle Class as Long as “The Free Market” Dominates the Economic Debate
  by Yves Smith 5:11 am

• Uber Loses Another $1.2 Billion, Stock Dives Again
  by Yves Smith 12:11 am

November 4, 2019

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/4/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• What’s Inside That Black Box: What Regulating Data Privacy and Policing Drunk Driving Have in Common
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 1:55 pm

• Links 11/4/19
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Monsanto Wins $7.7 Billion Lawsuit in Brazil – but Farmers’ Fight to Stop its ‘Amoral’ Royalty System Will Continue
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:25 am

• Why Did Isaac Newton Lose His Shirt in Financial Speculation? Author Alex Pollock Explains.
  by Yves Smith 1:50 am

• Public Pension Funds Criticized for Profiting From Private Equity’s “Surprise Billing” Abuse
  by Yves Smith 1:35 am

November 3, 2019

• Flip Flop: UK Halts Fracking in England, Effective Immediately, Over Earthquake Fears
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

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

• PG&E Blackouts Spur Calls for Public Ownership
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 1:25 am

November 2, 2019

• Links 11/2/19
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• ‘Another Gift’ to Big Business as Trump Treasury Moves to Eliminate Rules Against Corporate Tax Avoidance
  by Yves Smith 5:37 am

• What Randomised Control Trials Can and Cannot Do: The 2019 Nobel Prize
  by Yves Smith 5:26 am

November 1, 2019

• Elizabeth Warren Releases #MedicareForAll “Pay For” Plan, with “No New Taxes” on the “Middle Class”
  by Lambert Strether 5:25 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/1/2019
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Neoliberalism Tells Us We’re Selfish Souls – How Can We Promote Other Identities?
  by Lambert Strether 10:36 am

• Links 11/1/19
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Brexit: Johnson’s General Election Busted Flush?
  by Yves Smith 3:10 am

• California Nursing Home Residents Told To Find New Homes
  by Yves Smith 3:09 am