Monthly Archives: March 2022

March 31, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/31/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Russia’s War Against Ukraine Might Persistently Shift Global Supply Chains
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/31/2022
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Putin-Scholz Phone Call on “Gas for Roubles” Mechanism Conforms to Our Assessment; Disputes Over Russia Force Reduction Around Kiev; West Pressure on China, India Continues
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• ‘Their Inflation Strategy Is Working’: Corporate Profits Soared to Record High in 2021
  by Yves Smith 6:53 am

• The IMF Connection with the Ukraine Crisis
  by Yves Smith 6:39 am

March 30, 2022

• Announcing 2022 Mini-Fundraiser for Water Cooler!
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Arctic Greening Won’t Save the Climate – Here’s Why
  by Yves Smith 11:28 am

• Links 3/30/2022
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Ukraine Updates and More Discussion of the Russia “Gas for Roubles” Countersanction
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• “Dollar Hegemony Ended Last Wednesday”: Michael Hudson Interviewed by Margaret Flowers on Clearing the Fog
  by Yves Smith 6:18 am

• Under the Sea, a Hidden Climate Variable: Thawing Permafrost
  by Yves Smith 6:00 am

March 29, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/29/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• War or Peace, Barbarism or Hope: War Threatens World with Stagflation
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/29/2022
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• US-Mexico Relations Hit New Low Over Russia-Ukraine Conflict
  by Nick Corbishley 6:55 am

• NATO-Russia Proxy War – Revealing Signs of a Fading America: Michael Hudson
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• US Natural Gas Production and LNG Exports Amid Urgent Demand for LNG from Europe
  by Yves Smith 6:39 am

March 28, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/28/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The Covid Data Is Making Me Queasy, and CDC Changes and Reform Proposals Aren’t Helping Me Any
  by Lambert Strether 1:58 pm

• Links 3/28/2022
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• China’s Flirtation with “Let ‘Er Rip” Goes Hard Into Reverse with Shanghai Two-Phase Lockdown
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Conflict, Empires, and Political Trust
  by Lambert Strether 5:25 am

• Rationing Looms As Diesel Crisis Goes Global
  by Yves Smith 3:20 am

March 27, 2022

• A Round-Up of Anti-Covid Nasal Spray Vaccine and Treatment Research
  by Lambert Strether 1:58 pm

• Links 3/27/2022
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• The Oil and Gas Industry is Using the War in Ukraine to Profit and Push Its Interests
  by Lambert Strether 5:25 am

March 26, 2022

• Links 3/26/2022
  by Yves Smith 6:58 am

• Michael Hudson Talks with the Saker About the Russian Counter-Sanction of Paying for Its Gas With Roubles
  by Yves Smith 6:57 am

• Corporations Are Suppressing Wages—There’s a Fix for That
  by Yves Smith 6:47 am

March 25, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/25/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Meet Christian Smalls and Derrick Palmer, the DIY Duo Behind the Amazon Labor Union’s Guerrilla Bid to Make History
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/25/2022
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Unbeknown to Most, A Financial Revolution Is Coming That Threatens to Change Everything (And Not for the Better)
  by Nick Corbishley 6:54 am

• Some Additional Comments on the Russian Counter-Sanction of Requiring Gas Payments in Roubles
  by Yves Smith 6:50 am

• How Fossil Fuel Governments Control the IPCC
  by Yves Smith 4:32 am

March 24, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/24/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• How This Month Produced a Mind-Boggling Warm-Up in Eastern Antarctica (and the Arctic)
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/24/2022
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Russia Counter-Sanctions “Unfriendly Nations” by Requiring Gas Payments in Roubles; Dallas Fed Predicts 2022 Global Recession if Russian Energy Supply Remains Restricted
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• The Subtle Psychology of Nudges During a Pandemic
  by Yves Smith 5:03 am

• Inside the Chaotic Charter Schools Run by For-Profit Accel Schools
  by Yves Smith 4:02 am

March 23, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/23/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Stagflation Threat: Be Pragmatic, Not Dogmatic
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/23/2022
  by Yves Smith 6:58 am

• Russia Sanctions Collateral Damage: Diesel Shortage Risk Worsening, EV Batteries
  by Yves Smith 6:57 am

• Sanders Opposes America COMPETES Act Over Billions in ‘Corporate Welfare’
  by Yves Smith 6:17 am

• Michael Hudson Discusses Russia Sanctions Blowback on the Renegade
  by Yves Smith 5:57 am

March 22, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/22/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Productivity Dynamics of Working from Home
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/22/2022
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Ukraine Latest: More Shortages; Misunderstanding Russian Strategy?
  by Yves Smith 6:53 am

• Geopolitical Tensions on Europe’s Southwestern Flank Threaten to Exacerbate EU’s Natural Gas Shortages
  by Nick Corbishley 6:47 am

• At What Point Does a Billionaire’s Greed Hurt the Rest of Us?
  by Yves Smith 5:55 am

March 21, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/21/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• IEA Releases 10-Point Plan to Curb Oil Use: The U.S. Is Unlikely to Follow Much – If Any – of It
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 1:25 pm

• Links 3/21/2022
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Ukraine Updates and Scott Ritter on Russia Military Strategy and Progress
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• ‘Unthinkable’: Scientists Shocked as Polar Temperatures Soar 50 to 90 Degrees Above Normal
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:50 am

• Corporate Legacy Debt, Inflation, and the Efficacy of Monetary Policy
  by Yves Smith 6:34 am

March 20, 2022

• Senators Introduce Right to Repair Legislation
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 12:55 pm

• Links 3/20/2022
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• COVID Bailouts Helped Politically Connected Businesses More Than Others – New Research
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:50 am

March 19, 2022

• Links 3/19/2022
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Is China Socialist or State Capitalist? – Michael Hudson and Patrick Bond
  by Yves Smith 6:32 am

• Our Neoliberal Economic System is Making Us Mentally Ill
  by Yves Smith 5:33 am

March 18, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/18/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• ‘The World Paid the Price’: Biden’s Outgoing Covid Czar Jeffrey Zients Rebuked Over Failures
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/18/2022
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Parts of Spanish Economy Grind to a Halt After Five-Day Nationwide Truckers’ Strike
  by Nick Corbishley 6:46 am

• The World Could See A Record-Breaking Oil Supply Shock
  by Yves Smith 6:00 am

• How the Vehicle Production Nightmare Upended Everything and Why Automakers & Dealers Don’t Want the Old Ways Back
  by Yves Smith 5:23 am

March 17, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/17/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The Worrying Murkiness of Institutional Biosafety Committees
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/17/2022
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• John Helmer: “Zelensky Himself Is Now in Polish Hands;” March 15 Summit with Polish, Czech, and Slovenian Prime Ministers in Przemysl, Poland, Not Kiev
  by Yves Smith 6:47 am

• Progressives Fall for Crypto-Bros Intelligence-Insulting Claim of “Inclusiveness”
  by Yves Smith 6:02 am

• Is Joe Manchin Lucy or the Football?
  by Yves Smith 2:25 am

March 16, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/16/2022/
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The World Is Facing A Critical Diesel Shortage
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/16/2022
  by Yves Smith 6:57 am

• Eileen Appelbaum and Rosemary Batt Score Important Win Against Private Equity as Surprise Billing Laws Slam KKR Grifter Envision Healthcare
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Legal Action Against Shell Board Previews Wave of Lawsuits Against Company Directors
  by Yves Smith 5:40 am

• New Cold War: Arsenal of Democracy or Simply an Arsenal?
  by Yves Smith 4:55 am

March 15, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/15/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Can Urban Mining Help to Save the Planet?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links Ides of March 2022
  by Yves Smith 6:58 am

• An American in Siberia Gives a Preliminary Assessment of the Impact of Sanctions on Russia
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Is It Time to Start Worrying About European Banks’ Exposure to Russian Debt?
  by Nick Corbishley 6:48 am

• Ukraine: How the Global Fertilizer Shortage Is Going to Affect Food
  by Yves Smith 6:35 am

March 14, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/14/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• White House Chief of Staff Ron Klain Kowtows before the Economic Club Of Washington
  by Lambert Strether 1:58 pm

• Links 3/14/2022
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Russia Sanctions Trade Shock: Fulfilling the Fears of Smoot-Hawley?
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Fossil-Fueled War: Ukraine’s Top Climate Scientist Speaks Out
  by Lambert Strether 6:53 am

• Supreme Court Inches Towards Deciding Whether State Legislatures Can Draw Congressional Districts Largely Free of Court Oversight
  by Yves Smith 4:06 am

March 13, 2022

• True Facts About Honeybees (and Why “Ecosystem Services” is a B.S. Tell)
  by Lambert Strether 1:59 pm

• Links 3/13/2022
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Robots for Economic Development
  by Lambert Strether 6:53 am

March 12, 2022

• Links 3/12/2022
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Russia’s Huge Oil Tanker Fleet Struggles To Find Buyer Destinations as G7 Revokes “Most Favored Nation” Status
  by Yves Smith 2:14 am

• This Ironic World: Does Climate Hope Encourage Climate Inaction?
  by Yves Smith 12:24 am

March 11, 2022

• India Is Mulling Rupee-Ruble Payments System for Trade with Russia
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 4:25 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/11/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Latin America, As a Whole, Refuses to Embrace Total Economic War Against Russia
  by Nick Corbishley 6:56 am

• Links 3/11/2022
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• This Ironic World: Does Climate Hope Encourage Climate Inaction?
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:52 am

• Sanders Welcomes End of Major League Lockout But Slams ‘Baseball Oligarchs’
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:50 am

March 10, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/10/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Plastic Watch: New UN Treaty Could Spur More Plastic Waste Lawsuits
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 3/10/2022
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• The CDC’s New Guidelines on Covid Risk and Masking Send Confounding Signals
  by Lambert Strether 5:25 am

• Russia Sanctions Blowback Only Beginning: Globalization in the Crosshairs, Russian Retaliation Coming?
  by Yves Smith 3:56 am

• NYC Courts Issue Rules To Ram Through Gun Cases, Under Political Pressure
  by Yves Smith 12:07 am

March 9, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/8/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• WSJ: House Judiciary Bigwigs Ask Justice Department to Probe Amazon for Possible Criminal Obstruction of Congress
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 3/9/2022
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Failing the Fix: Grading Apple, Dell, Google, Microsoft on the Ease of Repair of Their Products
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:50 am

• Inflation Targeting Constrains Development
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:55 am

• ‘Appalling’: Moderna Rebuked Over Latest Covid-19 Vaccine Patent Strategy
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 4:55 am

March 8, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/8/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Discerning Volodymyr Zelensky
  by Lambert Strether 1:58 pm

• UK Government Awards CIA-Linked Spyware Firm, Palantir, Another Juicy NHS Contract
  by Nick Corbishley 6:57 am

• Links 3/8/2022
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Charts Paint a Grim Picture Two Years Into the Coronavirus Pandemic
  by Lambert Strether 6:50 am

• Supreme Court Hears Case on EPA GHGs Regulation
  by Yves Smith 3:58 am

March 7, 2022

• EPA Proposes Tougher Emissions Standards For Trucks
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 2:25 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/7/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 3/7/2022
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Plastic Waste Treaty: Expert Q&A on the Promise of a Global Agreement to Reduce Pollution
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:50 am

• America Shoots Its Own Dollar Empire in Economic Attack on Russia
  by Yves Smith 5:21 am

• Where Did You Go, Vice President Joe? Biden Retreats from Bashing Looting, Um, Buybacks
  by Yves Smith 4:23 am

March 6, 2022

• AG Merrick Garland Outlines Corporate Crime Prosecution Priorities
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 1:55 pm

• Links 3/6/2022
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Calls Mount to Cancel Student Debt as Biden Weighs Longer Payment Pause
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:50 am

March 5, 2022

• Links 3/5/2022
  by Yves Smith 6:58 am

• Russia’s Economic War Front, The New Tributary System & The Russian Kowtow
  by Yves Smith 6:58 am

• Why Don’t We Treat All Refugees as Though They Were Ukrainian?
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

March 4, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/4/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Book Excerpt: The Lockdown Diaries of Wuhan
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Reader Apologies re Highlighting Out of Date Scott Ritter Video; Wall Street Buys Russian Bonds, MbS Snubs US Investments, Biden Tries to Arm-Twist India, and Putin Can Still Blow the Peace
  by Yves Smith 9:35 am

• Links 3/4/2022
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Will the World Soon Be Ready for Central Bank Digital Currencies? The IMF Seems to Think So
  by Nick Corbishley 6:54 am

• Biden Pledges Better Nursing Home Care, but He Likely Won’t Fast-Track It
  by Yves Smith 5:35 am

March 3, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/3/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Rationales and Social Cover
  by Yves Smith 9:28 am

• Links 3/3/2022
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Ukraine War Highlights Tensions in Putin’s Objectives. Will He Win the War and Lose the Peace?
  by Yves Smith 6:53 am

• How One Cooperative Is Trying to Develop an Alternative Economy in Oakland
  by Yves Smith 6:32 am

• Pfizer February 2021 “Post Marketing” Vaccine Side Effects Tally Raises Alarms
  by Yves Smith 6:30 am

March 2, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/2/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Inflation Targeting Voodoo
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/2/2022
  by Yves Smith 6:58 am

• ‘Major Step Forward’: AIG to Stop Insuring Coal, Tar Sands, and Arctic Drilling
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Russia’s Invasion Of Ukraine Highlights America’s Fading Geopolitical Influence
  by Yves Smith 5:38 am

March 1, 2022

• 2022 State of the Union Address Live Blog/Open Thread
  by Lambert Strether 8:30 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/1/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Fog of Financial Sanctions: Visa and Mastercard Shutdown in Russia Whacks Consumers
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/1/2022
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Are Vaccine Passports About to Go Totally Global?
  by Nick Corbishley 6:54 am

• New IPCC Report Highlights Urgency of Climate Change Impacts
  by Yves Smith 6:44 am

• CODEPINK Says Stop the War in Ukraine. Russian Troops Out. No NATO Expansion
  by Yves Smith 6:22 am