Monthly Archives: May 2022

May 31, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 5/31/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 5/31/2022
  by Yves Smith 6:58 am

• EU Continues to Try to Hurt Russia by Shooting Itself in the Foot
  by Yves Smith 6:49 am

• CalPERS Staff in Fury Over Covid Negligence, Regulation-Breaking Risking Staff, Seniors, and Day-Care Children; CalPERS Lies About Cases and Lack of Compliance
  by Yves Smith 1:58 am

• A Sad Day in Kentucky: Judge Philip Shepherd Recuses Himself from Kentucky Retirement Systems Case
  by Yves Smith 1:11 am

May 30, 2022

• Everything’s Coming Up Roses
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 3:55 pm

• Links 5/30/2022
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Organizers Herald 100th Win as Starbucks Unionization Wave Continues
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:54 am

May 29, 2022

• NY Spurns Recycling Fairy, and Instead Considers New Extended Producer Responsibility Requirements
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 2:26 pm

• Links 5/29/2022
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Bank Holidays: How a Day Off Work Affects the Economy
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:50 am

May 28, 2022

• Link 5/28/2022
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• The War Nerd: NATO, A Memoir
  by Yves Smith 6:50 am

• Our Global Economic System Is Broken. Are We Headed for a Mass Revolt?
  by Yves Smith 6:43 am

May 27, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 5/27/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 5/27/2022
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• How to Lose Influence and Alienate Neighbors in Latin America, the US Way
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Getting Out of the Rat Race: Is an “Age of Leisure and Abundance” Possible?
  by Yves Smith 4:29 am

• Understanding the Global Rise in Inflation
  by Yves Smith 3:53 am

• Holiday Weekend Schedule
  by Yves Smith 2:10 am

May 26, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 5/26/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Ro Khanna: ‘Freedom’ Has Been Hijacked by the Right. Let’s Take It Back
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• The Danger of Underestimating Russia
  by Yves Smith 6:58 am

• Links 5/26/2022
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Why Is America Polarized? The Answer May Surprise You
  by Yves Smith 4:38 am

• The EU Needs More Than $1 Trillion for Plan to Ditch Russian Oil and Gas
  by Yves Smith 3:32 am

May 25, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 5/25/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Reckoning With the Growing Demand for Long-Term Care
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 5/25/2022
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Small Players Get Hammered in the Supply Chain Crunch: The Rotary Dumbphone Case Study
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• New KKR Stunt in Neverending Kentucky Retirement Systems Litigation: Demanding Removal of Judge Philip Shepherd
  by Yves Smith 6:13 am

• Housing Bubble Getting Ready to Pop: Unsold Inventory of New Houses Spikes by Most Ever, to Highest since 2008, with 9 Months’ Supply, Sales Collapse at Prices below $400k
  by Yves Smith 4:21 am

May 24, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 5/24/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• How Many Bots Are on Twitter? The Question Is Difficult to Answer and Misses the Point
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 5/24/2022
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Costa Rica, A Country Without an Army, Is At War With (Mainly) Russian Hackers
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• At Least 11 Dead in Wake of Michigan Tornado, Canada Derecho
  by Yves Smith 6:20 am

• Fighting Inflation Excuse for Class Warfare
  by Yves Smith 5:51 am

May 23, 2022

• Unpacking Tucker Carlson on WHO’s “Pandemic Treaty” (So-Called)
  by Lambert Strether 2:55 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 5/23/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 5/23/2022
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Paradigm and Nervous Breakdown: Globalization Goes Into Reverse as Inflation/Scarcity Crisis Accelerates
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Geopolitics Takes A Back Seat As Biden Drops Sanctions On Venezuela
  by Yves Smith 6:51 am

• The Pandemic Isn’t Over Until It’s Over for Everyone
  by Lambert Strether 6:50 am

May 22, 2022

• What to Know about Monkeypox (So Far)
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 5/22/2022
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Rising Cereal Prices and Political Violence in The Croplands of Africa
  by Lambert Strether 6:50 am

May 21, 2022

• Links 5/21/2022
  by Yves Smith 6:58 am

• ‘Public Bank’ Bill Blocked From State Senate Vote After Industry Pushback
  by Yves Smith 6:58 am

• Book Review: An Urgent Plea to Save the World’s Megaforests
  by Yves Smith 6:53 am

May 20, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 5/20/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Michael Hudson on the Ongoing Economic War
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 5/20/2022
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Mastercard Pushes Biometrics Even Harder on Consumers in Increasingly Cashless UK
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Department of Justice to Saddle Up Against Private Equity Consolidation/Monopolization Plays. Will It Work?
  by Yves Smith 6:29 am

• The Tory Guide to Surviving the Cost of Living Crisis
  by Yves Smith 5:31 am

May 19, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 5/19/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Your Money and Your Life: Private Equity Blasts Ethical Boundaries of American Medicine
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 5/19/2022
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• The Perverse Calls for More Russian Aggression in the Face of Its Methodical Operation in Ukraine
  by Yves Smith 6:51 am

• Bad Breath of Inflation Sinks Target, Walmart, Other Retailers on Surging Costs of Products, Labor, and Transportation
  by Yves Smith 4:00 am

• How America Can Stop Violence Against Health Care Workers
  by Yves Smith 3:07 am

May 18, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 5/18/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Hydropower’s Future Is Clouded by Droughts, Floods and Climate Change – It’s Also Essential to the US Electric Grid
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 5/18/2022
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• How the Options Tail Has Come to Wag the Market Dog: A Simple English Language Explanation of How Structural Changes in the Stock Markets Contribute to Whipsaw Movements in Prices
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Whither Hegemony? Prof. Wen Tiejun Foreword to Michael Hudson’s The Destiny of Civilization
  by Yves Smith 6:44 am

• How Better Ventilation Can Help ‘Covid-Proof’ Your Home
  by Yves Smith 6:29 am

May 17, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 5/17/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Public Safety Under Covid: Temporary Restraining Order Sought Against Williamstown, MA Over Refusal to Hold Town Meeting in Safe Venue
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 5/17/2022
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Peru Sues Spanish Oil Giant Repsol for Billions After “Worst Ever” Oil Spill
  by Nick Corbishley 6:41 am

• When Central Bank Saviours Are the Problem
  by Yves Smith 6:29 am

• The Surprising Benefits of Voting for Change
  by Yves Smith 6:28 am

May 16, 2022

• Seventeen States Sue EPA for Allowing California to Set Tougher Vehicle Emissions Standards
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 2:55 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 5/16/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 5/16/2022
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• The Super Immunity of Our Fabulously Wealthy Corporate Dictators
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:50 am

• Inflation Freakout and Possible Fed Overshoot
  by Yves Smith 6:15 am

• Attention Deficit Disorder, The Anticapitalist Condition
  by Yves Smith 4:21 am

May 15, 2022

• Plastic Watch: Nanoplastics and Coffee Cups
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 10:55 am

• Links 5/15/2022
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• What the Next Australian Government Must Do to Save the Great Barrier Reef
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:50 am

May 14, 2022

• Links 5/14/2022
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• As the Planet Warms, Let’s Be Clear: We Are Sacrificing Lives for Profits
  by Yves Smith 6:53 am

• Book Review: The Toxic Legacy of DDT
  by Yves Smith 6:45 am

May 13, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 5/13/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Time Is Running Out to Save Sri Lanka from Total Economic Collapse
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 5/13/2022
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Washington Faces Ultimate Snub, As Latin American Heads of State Threaten to Boycott Summit of Americas
  by Nick Corbishley 6:40 am

• Brief Comments on the TerraUSD and Tether Stablecoin Breakdowns
  by Yves Smith 6:25 am

• More Oil From U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve Heads To Europe
  by Yves Smith 4:11 am

May 12, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 5/12/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Exile
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 5/12/2022
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Michael Hudson on Decline of Dollar, Sanctions War, Imperialism, Financial Parasitism
  by Yves Smith 6:50 am

• New York Times, Defense Intelligence Agency Go Wobbly on Ukraine Prospects as Militias + Russia Continues to Grind Down Opposition in Donbass
  by Yves Smith 6:49 am

• Russia Announces Initial Retaliatory Sanctions Targets; Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop
  by Yves Smith 5:23 am

May 11, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 5/11/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Sanders: GOP Ended Filibuster to Pack Supreme Court, So Dems Must End It to Save Abortion Rights
  by Yves Smith 9:19 am

• Links 5/11/2022
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• What Blew Our Financial Bubble So Big?
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Record High Diesel Prices Will Ripple Across The Economy
  by Yves Smith 6:21 am

• Calling All CalPERS Long-Term Care Policyholders! Kaiser Health News/New York Times Want to Hear Your Stories
  by Yves Smith 5:59 am

May 10, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 5/10/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Leftist Mélenchon as French PM Would Shake Europe – Renaud Lambert
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 5/10/2022
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Could Rising Geopolitical Tensions Between West and China Rip HSBC Apart?
  by Nick Corbishley 6:47 am

• What You Need To Know about Solomon Islands
  by Yves Smith 6:28 am

• Disney Hasn’t Found Itself in This Much Trouble Since 1941
  by Yves Smith 6:26 am

May 9, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 5/09/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Mothers, Lock Up Your Sons So They Don’t Practice “Yield Farming” in Crypto
  by Lambert Strether 1:35 pm

• Links 5/9/2022
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Treasury Implements Bottom of the Barrel New Russia Sanctions on Sunday May 8; How Broad a Nexus for Russia Retaliatory Sanctions Later This Week?
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Experts Warn GOP War on Abortion Will Turn Red and Blue States Into ‘Mutually Hostile Legal Territories’
  by Yves Smith 6:52 am

• The Matching Between Workers And Jobs Explains Productivity Differentials Across Firms
  by Lambert Strether 6:25 am

May 8, 2022

• #NoMowMay: A Step Toward Abolishing the Lawn?
  by Lambert Strether 1:50 pm

• Links 5/8/2022
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• #ProfessorsofTikTok: Influencer Culture Is Everywhere — Even in Academia
  by Lambert Strether 4:55 am

May 7, 2022

• Links 5/7/2022
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Why Canceling Student Debt Is a Matter of Racial Justice
  by Yves Smith 6:52 am

• Did UN Secretary-General Guterres Commit A War Crime At Azovstal?
  by Yves Smith 6:40 am

• CalPERS Long-Term Care Program Fiasco
  by Yves Smith 4:50 am

May 6, 2022

• Site Transfer Starting Saturday May 7 at Noon EDT; Comments Warning
  by Yves Smith 6:39 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 5/06/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Texas GOP Governor Considers Challenging 1982 Ruling Requiring Free Public Education
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 5/6/2022
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Latin American Leaders Speak Out Against NATO Role in Russia-Ukraine War
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• James Galbraith: The Dollar System in a Multi-Polar World
  by Yves Smith 5:20 am

• Biden Makes America’s Militarized Southern Border Wall Even Bigger Business
  by Yves Smith 1:01 am

May 5, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 5/05/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• What Really Drives Long-Term Interest Rates?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 5/5/2022
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• JJ Jelincic Appeals His Largely-Successful Ruling Against CalPERS to Obtain Still-Hidden Parts of Transcript and Undermine Matt Jacobs Protection Racket
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• No, Biden Can’t Just Sell Off Seized Russian Yachts and Central Bank Assets to Help Aid Ukraine – International Law and the US Constitution Forbid It
  by Yves Smith 5:11 am

• The Washington Quid Pro Quo and a Comment on Roe v. Wade
  by Yves Smith 4:39 am

May 4, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 5/04/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• What You Need To Know About Carbon Dioxide Removal
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 5/4/2022
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Putin Signs Executive Order to Begin “Special Economic Measures” aka Sanctions
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Abortion Drugs Fundamental to Ancient Economies, Argues Historian
  by Yves Smith 6:01 am

• Medicare Surprise: Drug Plan Prices Touted During Open Enrollment Can Rise Within a Month
  by Yves Smith 5:15 am

May 3, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 5/03/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Michael Hudson Talks with Katie Halper and Aaron Maté About the Broader Ramifications of the US/NATO Conflict with Russia
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 5/3/2022
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Could Spain’s Latest Spying Scandal, “Catalangate”, Topple the Pedro Sánchez Government?
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Leaked Draft Opinion Shows Supreme Court Set to Strike Down Roe v. Wade
  by Yves Smith 6:15 am

• Out of Africa: Rich Continent, Poor People
  by Yves Smith 6:02 am

May 2, 2022

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 5/02/2022
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Indian Heatwave May Exacerbate World Wheat Crisis
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 12:55 pm

• Links 5/2/2022
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• Fresh Signs of Mosquito Insecticide Resistance in South Africa
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:54 am

• The Coming EU Embargo of Russian Oil, Russia’s Economic Challenges, and the Question of Operational Capacity
  by Yves Smith 6:40 am

• CalPERS Drops Long-Term Care Settlement, Which Was Designed to Suck More Money into Ponzi Scheme and Then Fail
  by Yves Smith 3:28 am

May 1, 2022

• California Attorney General Rob Bonta Launches Investigation into Role Played by Fossil Fuel and Petrochemicals Companies in Causing Global Plastics Pollution Crisis
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 9:55 am

• Links 5/1/2022
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 6:55 am

• How Outsourcing Threatens America’s Safety
  by Jerri-Lynn Scofield 5:55 am