Monthly Archives: July 2021

July 31, 2021

• Links 7/31/2021
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Confessions of a New York Times Washington Correspondent – Bob Smith Pt 2/2
  by Yves Smith 5:33 am

• Congress Moves to Reclaim Its War Powers
  by Yves Smith 5:21 am

July 30, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/30/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Is the UK Back in Lockdown?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/30/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Hoisted from Comments: What Climate Change Reformers Get Wrong
  by Yves Smith 4:04 am

• Industrial Policy Coming Into Vogue After China Cleans US Clock by Using It
  by Yves Smith 3:23 am

• Fed Up With Democrats, Thousands March to Demand Medicare for All
  by Yves Smith 12:56 am

July 29, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/29/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• A 20-Foot Sea Wall Won’t Save Miami – But Living Structures Can
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/29/2021
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Cuomo’s Incoherent “Come Back En Masse” Strategy Ignores Delta Dangers
  by Yves Smith 6:20 am

• Grassroots Fight for $15 Movement Has Won $150 Billion in Raises for Millions of Workers, Study Shows
  by Yves Smith 6:19 am

• The Infinite Loop of Empty Direct-to-Consumer Branding
  by Yves Smith 5:57 am

July 28, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/28/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Confessions of a New York Times Washington Correspondent – Bob Smith Pt 1/2
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/28/21
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• CDC Reversal on Masks, Vaccinated as Covid Spreaders, While Boosters Look to Be Coming Late and Not Hugely Effective
  by Yves Smith 6:02 am

• Aducanumab: The Drug That Breaks Medicare?
  by Yves Smith 2:51 am

• Tom Englelhardt: Our Empire in Decline
  by Yves Smith 2:07 am

July 27, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/27/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• U.S. Vaccine Diplomat Cajoles Producers to Support Low-Cost Off-Shore Vaccine Hubs
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 11:55 am

• Links 7/27/21
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Why Are UK Covid Cases Declining?
  by Yves Smith 6:14 am

• Andreas Malm Versus Property: ‘Because Nothing Else Has Worked’
  by Yves Smith 4:56 am

• Competition from Online Platforms and the Impoverishment of Newspapers
  by Yves Smith 4:43 am

July 26, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/26/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Gurbir Grewal Takes Helm as SEC Director of Enforcement, Breaking BigLaw Stranglehold
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 11:55 am

• Links 7/26/2021
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Wolf Richter: After Slashing 33% of Workers in 6 Years, Railroads Complain about Labor Shortages, amid Uproar over Slow Shipments
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:25 am

• Hubert Horan: The Airline Industry Collapse Part 7 – Domestic U.S. Travel Picks Up but International Demand Remains Crippled
  by Yves Smith 4:07 am

• Beware of World Economic Forum/Gates UN Food Systems Summit Trojan Horse
  by Yves Smith 3:46 am

July 25, 2021

• FTC Votes 5-0 to Crack Down on Companies For Thwarting Right to Repair
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 11:55 am

• Links 7/25/2021
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• As Scientists Have Long Predicted, Warming Is Making Heatwaves More Deadly
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 1:25 am

July 24, 2021

• Links 7/24/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Private Equity Now Buying Up Primary Care Practices
  by Yves Smith 3:41 am

• The Icepick Surgeon: Tales of Scientists Gone Rogue (or Worse)
  by Yves Smith 1:54 am

July 23, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/23/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Artificial Intelligence Wants You (and Your Job)
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/23/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Quelle Surprise: Covid Cases Surge in Europe’s Tourism Hot Spots, Just One Month After Grand Reopening
  by Nick Corbishley 6:55 am

• Financial Times: “Things Could Fall Apart for Biden”
  by Yves Smith 4:46 am

• Reconstructing US-China Relations
  by Yves Smith 3:08 am

July 22, 2021

• A Round-Up of Anti-Covid Nasal Spray Research
  by Lambert Strether 5:55 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/22/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• DOE Quietly Backs Plan for Carbon Capture Network Larger Than Entire Oil Pipeline System
  by Lambert Strether 9:55 am

• Links 7/22/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Quelle Surprise! New Study Confirms that Public Pension Funds Use Flattering Benchmarks to Hide Failure to Beat Simple Indexing; CalPERS Is a Case Study
  by Yves Smith 4:35 am

• The Delta Variant Thrives in a State of Political and Public Health Discord
  by Yves Smith 2:22 am

July 21, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/21/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• UNESCO Strips Liverpool of World Heritage Status
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 7/21/2021
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Federal Judge Upholds Indiana University’s COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:54 am

• Are We Prepared for Pandora’s Box of Climate Catastrophes?
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:55 am

• World’s Coral Scientists Warn Action is Needed Now to Save Even a Few Reefs from Climate Change
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:25 am

July 20, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/20/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• DoJ Bankruptcy Trustee Lambastes Provisions to Protect Sacklers in Purdue Bankruptcy Exit Plan as “Illegal”
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 11:55 am

• Links 7/20/2021
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Remittances to Latin America Surge, Even As Virus Crisis Continues to Bite in Host Economies
  by Nick Corbishley 6:49 am

• What’s in Wildfire Smoke? A Toxicologist Explains the Health Risks
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:35 am

• As UN Human Rights Chief Urges Stricter Rules, Snowden Calls for End to Spyware Trade
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:25 am

July 19, 2021

• PFAS “Forever Chemicals” Ban: As Maine Goes, So Goes the Nation?
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 pm

• The Outdoors Is, Indeed, Great
  by Lambert Strether 3:25 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/19/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 7/19/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• How Monopoly Was Invented to Demonstrate the Evils of Capitalism
  by Lambert Strether 6:50 am

• The Intergenerational Mortality Trade-Off of Covid-19 Lockdown Policies in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
  by Lambert Strether 6:45 am

July 18, 2021

• Pacific Salmon and Heat, along with Beavers, Bears — and Nitrogen
  by Lambert Strether 5:25 pm

• Links 7/18/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Asset Strippers Are Preparing to Feast on Britain’s Covid-Ravaged Economy
  by Lambert Strether 6:45 am

July 17, 2021

• Links 7/17/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Haiti Ruling Families Create and Kill Monsters
  by Yves Smith 1:45 am

• The U.S. Shale Revolution Has Surrendered to Reality
  by Yves Smith 1:00 am

July 16, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/16/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Hospital ‘Trauma Centers’ Charge Enormous Fees to Treat Minor Injuries and Send People Home
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/16/2021
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Vaccine Certificates Are Making Global Travel Harder, Not Easier
  by Nick Corbishley 6:31 am

• California Senate Shoots Down CalPERS’ Private Debt Secrecy Bill; Board Hissy Fit Reveals It Never Questioned Staff Misrepresentations
  by Yves Smith 4:29 am

• Bad News About Iran and Nuclear Deal
  by Yves Smith 3:33 am

July 15, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/15/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Biden Targets Non-Compete Agreements, Which Restrict the Job Opportunities of Millions of Low-Wage Workers
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/15/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Robinhood’s Revealing Ad Pitch: We’re All Investors, Alone
  by Yves Smith 5:20 am

• The Conflict Within OPEC Is Far From Over
  by Yves Smith 4:20 am

• Consumer Inflation Rises…Will It Draw the Fed’s Attention?
  by Yves Smith 3:55 am

July 14, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/14/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• A Curious Union: Covid, Clorox, Cleveland Clinic, and the CDC Foundation
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/14/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• When Counterculture Goes Mainstream: A Dispatch from the 2021 Bitcoin Conference
  by Yves Smith 3:56 am

• Bureau of Labor Statistics (Non) Reporting Tallies 8 Strikes in 2020 Versus Payday Report’s >1200
  by Yves Smith 3:33 am

• Industry Calls the Climate Shots in the Biden Administration
  by Yves Smith 2:15 am

July 13, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/13/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Mindfulness Meditation Can Make Some Americans More Selfish and Less Generous
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/13/2021
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Does the Fate of Ivermectin As a Covid-19 Treatment Rest in the Hands of the Deeply Conflicted Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation?
  by Nick Corbishley 6:53 am

• America’s Afghan War Is Over, So What About Iraq – and Iran?
  by Yves Smith 5:43 am

• Michael Hudson Discusses Financialization, Rentierism, and Other Favorite Topics with Jessi Ora of Swedish Positiva Pengar Group
  by Yves Smith 2:57 am

July 12, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/12/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Steve Wozniak Endorses the Right to Repair
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 10:55 am

• Links 7/12/2021
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• ‘Wake Up Call’: Rapidly Thawing Permafrost Threatens Trans-Alaska Pipeline
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:54 am

• Kentucky Retirement System Litigation Against KKR, Blackstone, PAAMCO et. al. Takes New Class Action/Civil RICO Twist
  by Yves Smith 5:31 am

• Understanding the Opioid Epidemic: When Innovation Fails, or Rather Works Too Well
  by Yves Smith 5:09 am

July 11, 2021

• Purdue Bankruptcy Plan Moves Closer to Approval: Sacklers Would Make Out Well and Preserve Much of the Family Fortune, Despite the Opioids Crisis
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 7/11/2021
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Drugmakers’ Spending on Stock, Dividends and Executive Pay Exceeds Research, Democrats Say
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:25 am

July 10, 2021

• Links 7/10/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• New York City Subway Flooding Demonstrates Transit System Vulnerability to Climate Change
  by Yves Smith 5:01 am

• Book Review: The History of Animal-Based Medicine in China
  by Yves Smith 4:39 am

• Musical Interlude (“On the Path of Decent Groove”): Bombast
  by Yves Smith 4:13 am

July 9, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/9/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Trump Can’t Beat Facebook, Twitter and YouTube in Court – but the Fight Might Be Worth More Than a Win
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/9/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Moving the Covid Vaccine Goalposts
  by Yves Smith 5:32 am

• Wall Street Journal Fingers Columbia as Leader in Grad Students Whose Student Debt Leaves Them ‘Financially Hobbled for Life’
  by Yves Smith 5:30 am

• The Future of Alzheimer’s Pharmaceutical Aducanumab – as a Medicine and as a Financial Product – What Happens Now?
  by Yves Smith 1:22 am

July 8, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/8/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• War on Science Persists Within Biden EPA as Staffers Allege Chemical Reports Altered
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/8/2021
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• How Intel Financialized and Lost Leadership in Semiconductor Fabrication
  by Yves Smith 3:42 am

• The Real Reason OPEC Talks Broke Down
  by Yves Smith 2:57 am

• Buyers’ Strike? Mortgage Applications Drop 8% Below 2019, as Home Buyers Get Second Thoughts about “Raging Mania”
  by Yves Smith 1:45 am

July 7, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/7/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Far More Adults Don’t Want Children Than Previously Thought
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/7/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• A Quick Comment on China Stomping on Chinese Stock Listings in the US
  by Yves Smith 4:29 am

• Aducanumab Approval, Part 2: Dirty Drug Dealings
  by Yves Smith 3:07 am

• An Independence Day Reflection: How the Rich Plan to Rule a Burning World
  by Yves Smith 1:54 am

July 6, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/6/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Yanis Varoufakis: Techno-Feudalism Is Taking Over
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/6/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:50 am

• A Worrying Trend Emerges in South America, As Right-Wing Populists Take A Leaf Out of Trump and Netanyahu’s Playbook
  by Nick Corbishley 6:49 am

• Why Does Israel Confuse Peace with Surrender?
  by Yves Smith 3:29 am

• The UK Is Running a Dangerous Covid Experiment That Represents a Threat to the Rest of the World
  by Yves Smith 3:02 am

July 5, 2021

• Democrats Prepare to Privatize Medicare, Using Medicare Advantage as Their Opening Wedge (and New York Unions?)
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 pm

• Links 7/5/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• ‘Historic Moment’: ‘Ecocide’ Definition Unveiled by International Lawyers
  by Lambert Strether 6:50 am

July 4, 2021

• Prairie Dogs as Ecosystem Engineers and and Sentient Beings
  by Lambert Strether 5:55 pm

• Links 7/4/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Without Enough Boots on the Ground, California’s Vaccination Efforts Falter
  by Lambert Strether 6:52 am

July 3, 2021

• Links 7/3/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• U.S. Government’s Witness Against Assange Admits He Lied
  by Yves Smith 5:28 am

• How Policies Affect Beliefs and Preferences: The Example of Covid-19 Vaccination Willingness
  by Yves Smith 5:00 am

• Musical Interlude (“On the Path of Decent Groove”): B Side Favorites
  by Yves Smith 3:41 am

July 2, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/2/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 7/2/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Biden Administration Issues Interim Rule Barring Surprise Billing
  by Yves Smith 4:56 am

• ‘Megadrought’ Along Border Strains US-Mexico Water Relations
  by Yves Smith 4:34 am

• On The Centennial Of The Chinese Communist Party
  by Yves Smith 3:58 am

July 1, 2021

• We’re Havin’ a Heat Wave (along with Our Cats)
  by Lambert Strether 5:25 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/1/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 7/1/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Amazon Arrogance Backfires, Tries to Smear Incoming FTC Chair Lina Khan as Needing to Recuse Herself Because She Knows Them Too Well
  by Yves Smith 6:30 am

• Inflation Is Not What We Need to Worry About: the Risk of Major Collapse in the Private Sector Is What Should Be Troubling Us Right Now
  by Yves Smith 6:16 am

• What’s the Carbon Footprint of a Wind Turbine?
  by Yves Smith 3:54 am