Monthly Archives: October 2021

October 31, 2021

• War on Cash: NYC Enforces its Cashless Business Ban
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 11:55 am

• Links 10/31/2021
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Inspiration from the 1970s for Today’s Young Environmentalists
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:50 am

October 30, 2021

• Links 10/30/2021
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• IM Doc on Medication/Medical Supply Shortages and Political Backlash
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Bob Pollin: Stop Subsidizing Wall St., Start Subsidizing Workers for High Energy Costs
  by Yves Smith 6:50 am

October 29, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/29/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• “Why I Still Believe Covid-19 Could Not Have Originated in a Lab”
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 10/29/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Mexico’s AMLO Blasts IMF for Causing Global Crisis, After Fund Takes Aim At His Energy Policy
  by Nick Corbishley 6:53 am

• Emergency Room Doctors’ Lobbyist Admits to Large-Scale Medicare Billing Fraud by Members, Criminal Corporate Practice of Medicine by PE Firms
  by Yves Smith 6:01 am

• “Democrats Introduce Plan To Fix Social Security, The Way We Fixed the Cat”
  by Yves Smith 12:28 am

October 28, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/28/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Bleak Prospects for Least Developed Countries
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 10/28/2021
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Will the Supply Chain Crisis Lead to More Onshoring?
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Climate Change Is Muting Fall Colors, But It’s Just the Latest Way That Humans Have Altered US Forests
  by Yves Smith 5:36 am

• Medicare Plans’ ‘Free’ Dental, Vision, Hearing Benefits Come at a Cost
  by Yves Smith 4:13 am

October 27, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/27/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Mexico’s Auto Industry Between Radical Change and Trade Wars
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 10/27/2021
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• “Want to See a Modern Country Commit Suicide? Take a Hard Look at Britain”
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Tiny Leaks, Big Impacts: New Research Points to Urban Indoor Methane Leaks
  by Yves Smith 5:54 am

• A Global Oil Shortage Is Inevitable
  by Yves Smith 3:40 am

October 26, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/26/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 10/26/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Italy’s Latest Rescue of Perennially Troubled Monte Dei Paschi Hits the Rocks
  by Nick Corbishley 6:48 am

• Net Zero, Insulation, Boilers, and English Dampness, or Symbol Manipulators Versus Existing Conditions
  by Yves Smith 5:40 am

• In Maine, Vaccine Mandate for EMTs Stresses Small-Town Ambulance Crews
  by Yves Smith 3:17 am

October 25, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/25/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The Last Days of The Romanovs at the Port of Los Angeles (and Where Is Everybody?)
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm

• Links 10/25/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• What May Happen When Central Banks Wake Up to More Persistent Inflation?
  by Lambert Strether 6:36 am

• Wall Street Journal Provides New Evidence of Facebook Politically-Driven Intervention in Content
  by Yves Smith 4:55 am

• Lee Camp: The Four Layers of Reality — And Why We’re Only Allowed to Talk About One
  by Yves Smith 12:04 am

October 24, 2021

• Villeneuve’s Dune: Reviewing the Reviewers (and a Review)
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 pm

• Links 10/24/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• French Oil Company Total ‘Knew About Global Warming Impact in 1971’, Study Finds
  by Lambert Strether 5:55 am

October 23, 2021

• Links 10/23/2021
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• The Horse Bit and Bridle Kicked Off Ancient Empires – A New Giant Dataset Tracks the Societal Factors That Drove Military Technology
  by Yves Smith 5:21 am

• On the Primacy of the Physician-Patient Relationship, From an Unlikely Source – The Attorney General of Nebraska
  by Yves Smith 4:49 am

October 22, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/22/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Expectations Data Indicate the US Is Entering Recession About Now
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 10/22/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• UK Goes Full-On Big Brother, Employs Facial Recognition Technology to Expedite School Lunch Queues
  by Nick Corbishley 6:51 am

• Supply Chain Shortages and Inflation: How Bad Will the Disruption Become?
  by Yves Smith 6:42 am

• Joe Biden Is in No Position to Lecture the World on Climate Change
  by Yves Smith 4:28 am

October 21, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/21/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Jared Holst: RBG – Political Incorrectness v. the Merch Machine (From the Archives)
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 10/21/2021
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• India Breaks the Diaper Monopolists. Why Won’t Americans Step Up?
  by Yves Smith 6:34 am

• More on the Use and Misuse of Anger
  by Yves Smith 6:20 am

• New York City Retirees Refusing to Eat the Medicare Advantage Dogfood
  by Yves Smith 5:34 am

October 20, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/20/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The Agribusiness Alliance for a Green Revolution Failed Africa
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 10/20/2021
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• John Deere Strike: A Union Member Explains How Bad Faith Dealings Produced Today’s Grievances
  by Yves Smith 6:47 am

• Spike in Energy Prices Suggests That Sharp Changes Are Ahead
  by Yves Smith 6:19 am

• Brexit: David Frost’s Bluster Can’t Wish Away the Northern Ireland Protocol
  by Yves Smith 5:09 am

October 19, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/19/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• It’s OK To Be Angry. How Else Will We Change the World?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 10/19/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Officials Double Down on “Let ‘Er Rip” Strategy, Placing Undue Faith in Vaccines as Regions With High Vaccinations Suffer Infection Spikes
  by Yves Smith 6:52 am

• Things Are Getting Messy In Draghi’s Italy
  by Nick Corbishley 6:51 am

• Jim Chanos: China’s “Leveraged Prosperity” Model is Doomed. And That’s Not the Worst
  by Yves Smith 4:06 am

October 18, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/18/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• New Report Highlights Corporate Funding of Police Foundations, Which Encourage Police Militarization and Thwart Reform
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 12:55 pm

• Links 10/18/2021
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• The John Deere Strike: Organized Labor’s Turning Point?
  by Yves Smith 6:03 am

• Insurance Focused on Virtual Visits? The Pros and Cons of a New Twist in Health Plans
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:55 am

• Bad Biden Foreign Policy
  by Yves Smith 1:42 am

October 17, 2021

• Swimming With Sharks in the Maldives
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 11:55 am

• Links 10/17/2021
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Wolf Richter: The Amazing Explosion of New Businesses Continues as Americans Strike Out on their Own
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 4:25 am

October 16, 2021

• Links 10/16/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Why Record Numbers of Workers Are Quitting and Striking
  by Yves Smith 1:55 am

• More ‘Disease’ Than ‘Dracula’ – How the Vampire Myth Was Born
  by Yves Smith 1:23 am

October 15, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/15/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Moving Beyond America’s War on Wildfire: 4 Ways to Avoid Future Megafires
  by Lambert Strether 9:55 am

• Community Clinics Shouldered Much of the Vaccine Rollout. Many Haven’t Been Paid.
  by Lambert Strether 9:55 am

• Links 10/15/2021
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Bayer Loses Plot As Mexican Government Enforces Ban on GMO Imports
  by Nick Corbishley 6:51 am

• Central Asia’s Neoliberal Tragedy
  by Yves Smith 5:24 am

October 14, 2021

• 10,000 John Deere Workers Reject Contract, Strike 14 Plants
  by Lambert Strether 6:25 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/14/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• What Is Family Estrangement? A Relationship Expert Describes the Problem and Research Agenda
  by Yves Smith 10:25 am

• Bad Reporting On Latest Sveriges Riksbank Prize In Memory Of Nobel
  by Yves Smith 9:58 am

• Links 10/14/2021
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Michael Hudson: Super Imperialism, 3rd Edition
  by Yves Smith 12:07 am

October 13, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/13/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 10/13/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Supply Chain Crisis; A Brooklyn View
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:54 am

• In 2021, US on Pace for Most Billion-Dollar Weather Disasters Since Records Began
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:55 am

• Rural Alaska Has a Bridge Problem as Permafrost Thaws and Crossing River Ice Gets Riskier with Climate Change
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 2:25 am

October 12, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/12/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Microsoft Endorses Right to Repair; Apple Doubles Down on Opposition
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 12:55 pm

• Links 10/12/2021
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• WHO Approved a Malaria Vaccine for Children – a Global Health Expert Explains Why That Is a Big Deal
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:53 am

• Chicago Boys’ 100% Private Pension System in Chile Is in Big Trouble
  by Nick Corbishley 6:51 am

• ‘Waive the Patents’: Moderna Still Refuses to Share Covid-19 Vaccine Recipe
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:55 am

October 11, 2021

• Sleep and the Covid-19 Pandemic
  by Lambert Strether 5:25 pm

• On the Economic Geography of Climate Change
  by Lambert Strether 9:55 am

• Links 10/11/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• The Supply Chain Crisis: How We Got Here
  by Yves Smith 12:26 am

• Popularism and the Child Tax Credit
  by Yves Smith 12:14 am

October 10, 2021

• Did Labor Action Over Vaccine Mandates Compel Southwest to Cancel Thousands of Flights?
  by Lambert Strether 2:55 pm

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

• Major Insurers Running Billions of Dollars Behind on Payments to Hospitals and Doctors
  by Lambert Strether 5:25 am

October 9, 2021

• Links 10/9/2021
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Book Review: The ‘Mystery’ Illnesses Informed by Culture
  by Yves Smith 5:01 am

• Never Mind the Pandora Papers: Why Secrecy Still Rules in the UK
  by Yves Smith 4:22 am

October 8, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/8/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Mzukisi Qobo: The Old Mantra About Growth Has Reached Exhaustion
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 10/8/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• UK Nurses Threaten to Strike After Government Offers Measly Below-Inflation Pay Rise
  by Nick Corbishley 6:48 am

• The Neverending Brexit: Flailing Johnson Set to Try to Renege on Commitment to Respect Good Friday Agreement
  by Yves Smith 6:43 am

• Why America Needs a National Program of Paid Sick and Family Leave
  by Yves Smith 2:17 am

October 7, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/7/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Reallocation Effects of the Minimum Wage
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 10/7/2021
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• European Investment Scammers Allegedly Laundered Their Money through Scotland
  by Yves Smith 5:56 am

• ‘This Is a Battle Between What People Need & What Money Wants.’ How’s That Going to End?
  by Yves Smith 5:06 am

• Why Does Congress Fight Over Childcare But Not F-35s?
  by Yves Smith 3:39 am

October 6, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/6/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Just Keeps Getting Worse: Services Trade Surplus, the American Dream-Not-Come-True, Worst in 10 Years. Imports Worst Ever. Trade Deficit Worst Ever
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 10/6/2021
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• The Energy Transition Will Take Decades Not Years
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Smear Campaigns Work: Pro-Transparency Board Member Margaret Brown, Candidate Tiffany Emon-Moran, Both Lose CalPERS Board Election
  by Yves Smith 5:22 am

• Will Krysten Sinema Change Parties?
  by Yves Smith 3:34 am

October 5, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/5/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Waste Watch: U.S. Lags on Plastics Legislation
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 11:55 am

• Links 10/5/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Inflation Is Back With a Vengeance in Latin America
  by Nick Corbishley 6:48 am

• Does America Want a CHIPS for Buybacks Act?
  by Yves Smith 3:54 am

• Climate Advocates Voice Concerns Over Fossil Fuel Handouts in Stalled Infrastructure Legislation
  by Yves Smith 2:31 am

October 4, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/4/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• NLRB General Counsel Authors Memo Characterizing ‘Student-Athletes’ as Employees, Clearing Way for Them to Unionize; Employment Law Implications Extend to Others Misclassified as Independent Contractors
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 1:55 pm

• Links 10/4/2021
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Ralph Nader: While Americans Sleep, Our Corporate Overlords Make Progress Impossible
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:55 am

• Evidence on the Effects of Work Requirements in Safety Net Programs
  by Yves Smith 5:49 am

• So How Far Will House Progressives Retreat to Get a Version of Biden’s “Build Back Better” Program
  by Yves Smith 5:44 am

October 3, 2021

• Harry and Meghan Take a Private Jet – AGAIN! – This Time from a NYC Climate Action Event Back to LA
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 2:55 pm

• Links 10/3/2021
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Six-Month Sentence for Lawyer Who Took on Chevron Denounced as ‘International Outrage’
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:25 am

October 2, 2021

• Links 10/2/2021
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Tylenol Could Be Risky for Pregnant Women – A New Review of 25 Years of Research Finds Acetaminophen May Contribute to ADHD and Other Developmental Disorders in Children
  by Yves Smith 5:07 am

• Incomes Got Chewed Up by Inflation. Americans Spent Heroically on Goods, But Not on Services. Eviction Moratoriums & Forbearance Implicated
  by Yves Smith 4:35 am

October 1, 2021

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/1/2021
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• When the New York Times Colludes With the Billionaire Class
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 10/1/2021
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Banks Around World Are Suffering Big Outages, Leaving Millions of Customers in Lurch At Worst Possible Time
  by Nick Corbishley 6:49 am

• Avoiding Water Bankruptcy in the Drought-Troubled Southwest: What the US and Iran Can Learn from Each Other
  by Yves Smith 4:07 am

• Progressives Defy House Leadership on Vote on Biden $1.5 Trillion “Highway” Bill, Hold Line on Deal for $3.5 Trillion Package w/ Social Services and Climate Change Spending
  by Yves Smith 3:04 am