Monthly Archives: January 2021

January 31, 2021

• The Sad Death of “Roadside America”
  by Lambert Strether 5:25 pm

• Links 1/31/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• New Covid Cases Plunge 25% or More as Behavior Changes
  by Lambert Strether 6:45 am

January 30, 2021

• Links 1/30/2021
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• New Report From Rep. Katie Porter Reveals How Big Pharma Pursues ‘Killer Profits’ at the Expense of Americans’ Health
  by Yves Smith 6:24 am

• How New Solar Power Projects Support the Homeless
  by Yves Smith 5:13 am

January 29, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/29/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Deaths of Despair and the Incidence of Excess Mortality in 2020
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 1/29/2021
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• The Fatuous Uproar About Robinhood and GameStop
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Vaccination Chaos Fuels Push to Recall Gavin Newsom
  by Yves Smith 5:33 am

• The Third-World Flavor of America’s Love Affair with the Military
  by Yves Smith 1:03 am

January 28, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/28/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• TikTok Got A US Reprieve, But Elsewhere, It’s War
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 1/28/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Should President Biden Revoke Section 230?
  by Yves Smith 5:54 am

• Think US Evangelicals Are Dying Out? Well, Define Evangelicalism …
  by Yves Smith 4:47 am

• Oxford Pledged to Donate Covid Vaccine Rights, Then Sold Them, Thanks to Bill Gates
  by Yves Smith 12:14 am

January 27, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/27/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• COVID-19 Has Exposed the Fragility of Our Food System—Here’s How We Can Localize It
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 1/27/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Michael Olenick: From Intel to Apple – Noncompetes are Bad Business
  by Yves Smith 5:04 am

• The Oregon Republican Party Issues a Condemnation (and a Reader Query)
  by Yves Smith 4:35 am

• ‘We’re Not Controlling It in Our Schools’: Covid Safety Lapses Abound Across US
  by Yves Smith 2:50 am

January 26, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/26/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Poor Lives Matter, But Less
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 1/26/2021
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Michael Hudson: Finance Capitalism vs. Industrial Capitalism – The Rentier Resurgence and Takeover
  by Yves Smith 6:40 am

• Why Is Everyone Talking About Squatters’ Rights in Covid-Ravaged Spain?
  by Nick Corbishley 6:31 am

• Why Apollo’s Palace Coup Against Leon Black and Further Disclosures on Jeffrey Epstein Are Not Reassuring
  by Yves Smith 6:29 am

January 25, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/25/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Alabama to Get New Marine Sanctuary?
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 1/25/2021
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:58 am

• Reader Query: Getting a Covid Vaccine in Your Area
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Wolf Richter: Historic Mania in SPACs, IPOs. Huge Fees for Wall Street Banks. Mega Paydays for Insiders. Disdain for Valuations. Blind Faith that “This Time It’s Different”
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:35 am

• Coronavirus and Banking: Evaluating Policy Options for Avoiding a Financial Crisis
  by Yves Smith 5:40 am

January 24, 2021

• Say It Ain’t So, Joe: Character Clause May Bar Any Candidate from Election to Baseball Hall of Fame This Year
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 7:30 pm

• Links 1/24/2021
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Rights Advocates Alarmed by US Spy Agency’s Purchase of Warrantless Phone Location Data
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:25 am

January 23, 2021

• Links 1/23/2021
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Why Does Inequality Produce High Crime and Low Trust?
  by Yves Smith 6:50 am

• A Healthy Microbiome Builds a Strong Immune System That Could Help Defeat COVID-19
  by Yves Smith 6:45 am

January 22, 2021

• The Organizational Capacity and Behavioral Characteristics of the Capitol Rioters (First Cut)
  by Lambert Strether 5:55 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/22/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 1/22/2021
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• COVID-19 Is Pushing Migrants Back to Their Home Countries
  by Yves Smith 6:17 am

• The Next Neoliberal President…
  by Yves Smith 5:00 am

• What Can Sanders Do as Budget Chair? – Rob Johnson
  by Yves Smith 4:54 am

January 21, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/21/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Rise of the Superstar Firms: Taking Oligopoly Seriously in Macroeconomics
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 1/21/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Blockbuster Lawsuit Targets Deutsche Bank Executives and Supervisors for Epic Abuses, Value Destruction
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Ins and Outs of Congressional Review Act and Climate Change Rules
  by Yves Smith 2:59 am

• How Capitalism’s Dogged Defenders and Propagandists Shield It From Criticism
  by Yves Smith 12:32 am

January 20, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/20/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Central Bank Machinations with No Exit: ECB Leaks New Thingy, It’s Doing Yield Spread Control
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 1/20/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• The CDC’s Mission Impossible
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Wikipedia: The Overlooked Monopoly
  by Yves Smith 5:45 am

• The American Rescue Act: Do Whatever It Takes
  by Yves Smith 5:08 am

January 19, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/19/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• “They Left Us Starving”: How the Fashion Industry Abandoned Its Workers
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 1/19/2021
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Perhaps It’s Time to Start Worrying About Italy Again
  by Nick Corbishley 6:31 am

• The Pain of Service Crapification
  by Yves Smith 5:54 am

• Will North Korea Explode After Biden Becomes President?
  by Yves Smith 4:26 am

January 18, 2021

• The Class Composition of the Capitol Rioters (First Cut)
  by Lambert Strether 5:25 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler, Martin Luther King Day 2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Why Martin Luther King Day Should Matter
  by Lambert Strether 9:55 am

• Links 1/18/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• More Jockeying on Kentucky Pension Case, Mayberry v. KKR
  by Yves Smith 5:25 am

• The Merits of Fire Sales and Bailouts in Light of the COVID-19 Pandemic
  by Yves Smith 1:54 am

• Another Warning About Comments
  by Yves Smith 12:06 am

January 17, 2021

• Notes on Covid: New Variants in Brazil and South Africa, Herd Immunity Fails in Manaus, Success in Vietnam
  by Lambert Strether 11:55 am

• Links 1/17/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• The Double Irony of the New UK-EU Trade Relationship
  by Lambert Strether 6:45 am

January 16, 2021

• Links 1/16/2021
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Lessons From the 6 January Capitol Insurrection
  by Yves Smith 6:10 am

• Pelosi Removes Katie Porter… Bringing Joy & Gratitude To Every Crooked Bankster On Wall Street
  by Yves Smith 5:28 am

January 15, 2021

• 5 Reasons to Wear a Mask Even After You’re Vaccinated
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 1/15/2021
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Brexit: Wheels Coming Off
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Michael Olenick: Nothing Godly About Racism or Fascism: Where Evangelicals Went Way Wrong
  by Yves Smith 5:18 am

• Will the Senate Confirm Coup Plotter Victoria Nuland?
  by Yves Smith 4:02 am

January 14, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/14/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Right to Repair: Saves Consumers Money, Promotes Local Jobs Rather than Global Supply Chains
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 1/14/2021
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Stunning Brick & Mortar Meltdown, Manhattan Style: The Collapse of Retail Rents Before & Now During the Pandemic
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:54 am

• Near-Term Covid Analyses Point to Risk of Medical System Breakdown, Other Severe Dislocations
  by Yves Smith 4:00 am

• Drought-Stricken Colorado River Basin Could See Additional 20% Drop in Water Flow by 2050
  by Yves Smith 3:24 am

January 13, 2021

• Let Them Eat Cake: COVID and Food Donations
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 4:55 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/13/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 1/13/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Flint Water Crisis: Michigan AG Poised to Indict Ex-Gov Snyder, Other Officials, Later This Week, But on What Charges?
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:50 am

• Health Workers Unions See Surge in Interest Amid Covid
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 4:55 am

January 12, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/12/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Trump Designates Cuba a State Sponsor of Terrorism; Biden Likely to Reverse (Quickly?)
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 1/12/2021
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:57 am

• Peat Bogs: Restoring Them Could Slow Climate Change – and Revive a Forgotten World
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:50 am

• Cash in the Time of Covid: Down But Not Out
  by Nick Corbishley 6:31 am

• Why New Covid “Super Strain” is a Game-Changer
  by Yves Smith 12:23 am

January 11, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/11/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Restoring Comments
  by Yves Smith 12:15 pm

• ‘Transparency’ and the New EPA Pollution Rule: Ripe for CRA Overturn by the New Congress
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 1/11/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Edward Lazear: Personnel, Policy, and Productivity
  by Lambert Strether 6:52 am

• New York City Proposes Bill to Regulate Algorithms Used in Hiring
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:50 am

• Pikas Are Adapting to Climate Change Remarkably Well, Contrary to Many Predictions
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:55 am

January 10, 2021

• Cuomo Embraces New Sin Taxes to Replace Some COVID-19 Fiscal Shortfalls; Full Legalization of On-Line Betting and Adult Cannabis Use to Feature in 2021 State of the State Proposals
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 1/10/2021
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:57 am

• As the Vulnerable Wait, Some Political Leaders’ Spouses Get Covid Vaccines
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:25 am

January 9, 2021

• Links 1/9/2021
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• The Economic Impact of Ancient Colonisation
  by Yves Smith 4:51 am

• Whoops, Dander Way Back Up: What’s With the Vaccines?
  by Yves Smith 4:31 am

January 8, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/08/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• CalPERS Making It Impossible to Hire Competent Chief Investment Officer
  by Yves Smith 11:50 am

• Links 1/8/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• The Insurrection at the Capitol Challenged How US Media Frames Unrest and Shapes Public Opinion
  by Yves Smith 5:25 am

• Net-Zero Emissions Might Not Be Possible Without Nuclear Power
  by Yves Smith 4:31 am

• Having Dropped for Years, US Auto Sales Plunged to 1970s Level in 2020
  by Yves Smith 4:05 am

January 7, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/07/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Children’s Hospitals Grapple With Wave of Mental Illness
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 1/7/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• MAGA Cosplayers Seize Capitol While Cops Flounder
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Coming Attraction: IPCC’s Upcoming Major Climate Assessment
  by Yves Smith 4:51 am

• “Build Back Better” Needs an Agenda for Upward Mobility
  by Yves Smith 4:18 am

January 6, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/06/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The End Of The Embargo Against Qatar
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 1/6/2021
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Michael Hudson: Looking Forward to 2021
  by Yves Smith 6:49 am

• You Don’t Want to Imagine an Ocean Without Coral Reefs—But You Might Have To
  by Yves Smith 6:23 am

• 2021: Year of Living Dangerously?
  by Yves Smith 6:05 am

January 5, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/05/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The ‘Gateway Drug to Corruption and Overspending’ Returns to Congress. Are Earmarks Really That Bad?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 1/5/2021
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Workers’ Wages: The Next Frontier in the Financialization of Just About Everything
  by Nick Corbishley 6:31 am

• Schaudenfreude Alert: Bezos-Buffet-Dimon Health Care Industry Disruptor Haven Makes Faceplant, Announces Closure
  by Yves Smith 6:08 am

• Five Days Without Cops: Could Brooklyn Policing Experiment be a ‘Model for the Future’?
  by Yves Smith 4:15 am

January 4, 2021

• Google Rigged Its Own Advertising Auction In Favor of Facebook for a Price (and What That Means for the So-Called Free Market)
  by Lambert Strether 4:55 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/04/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Disruption of Seaborne Trade in South East Asia: A Quantitative Analysis
  by Lambert Strether 12:50 pm

• Links 1/4/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Mayberry v. KKR Is Back as Attorney General Intervention Approved, Beneficiaries’ Counsel Files Third Amended Complaint
  by Yves Smith 6:00 am

• Best of Mankiw: Errors and Tangles in the World’s Best-Selling Economics Textbooks
  by Yves Smith 2:07 am

January 3, 2021

• Shutting Off Comments
  by Yves Smith 8:19 pm

• The Clams of Poland’s Municipal Water Plants (and Other Biosensors)
  by Lambert Strether 4:55 pm

• Links 1/3/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• The Top 10 Weather and Climate Events of a Record-Setting Year
  by Lambert Strether 6:45 am

January 2, 2021

• Links 1/2/2021
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Economist Dennis Snower Says Economics Nears a New Paradigm
  by Yves Smith 3:37 am

• Epidemiological and Economic Consequences of Government Responses to the COVID-19 Pandemic
  by Yves Smith 2:16 am

January 1, 2021

• Links 1/1/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• A Festive Message on Behalf of DiEM25 for 2021: “Because Things Are the Way They Are, Things Will Not Remain the Way They Are.” B. Brecht
  by Yves Smith 3:38 am

• 2021 Will Be Volatile
  by Yves Smith 2:04 am