Monthly Archives: January 2023

January 31, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/31/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Anecdata on the Restructuring of the Russian Economy
  by Yves Smith 9:48 am

• Links 1/31/2023
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• That Didn’t Take Long: Latin American Governments Refuse to Send Weapons, Russian or Otherwise, to Ukraine
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Russia’s “Sanction-Proof” Trade Corridor to India Frustrates the Neocons
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• How Evangelicals Moved from Supporting Environmental Stewardship to Climate Skepticism
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

January 30, 2023

• AI = BS
  by Lambert Strether 2:55 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/30/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Why, Despite RAND’s Recommendation, the Ukraine War Is Unlikely to End in a Negotiated Settlement
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 1/30/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Imperial Dominance Disguised as Democratic Deterrence
  by Lambert Strether 5:55 am

• Did Your Health Plan Rip Off Medicare?
  by Lambert Strether 5:55 am

January 29, 2023

• “Look for the Helpers”: Corsi-Rosenthal Box Round-Up
  by Lambert Strether 2:25 pm

• Links 1/29/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Radhika Desai and Michael Hudson Discuss the Causes and Politicization of Inflation
  by Yves Smith 4:00 am

January 28, 2023

• Links 1/28/2023
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• California’s Plan to Disappear the Homeless
  by Conor Gallagher 2:00 am

• Rural Americans Aren’t Included in Inflation Figures – and for Them, the Cost of Living May Be Rising Faster
  by Conor Gallagher 1:00 am

January 27, 2023

• Contesting The Ultimate Lockdown: Non-Vax Covid Prophylactic Home Remedies (Plus Bharat’s Nasal Vaccine)
  by Lambert Strether 3:25 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/27/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 1/27/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• USAID Quietly Unveils Plans to Export Ukraine’s Digital Governance Model Around World
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• New Report Highlights Pesticides’ Overlooked Climate Connection
  by Lambert Strether 5:55 am

• The Post-Covid Global Economy: Could Negative Supply Shocks Disrupt Other Fragile Systems?
  by Yves Smith 4:00 am

January 26, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/26/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Why Are We So Afraid of Nuclear Power?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Healthcare Systems Increasingly Turn to Gig Nurses to Remedy Their Self-Created Nurse “Shortages”
  by Conor Gallagher 9:55 am

• Links 1/26/2023
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• John Helmer: Blinken Concedes War Is Lost – Offers Kremlin Ukrainian Demilitarization; Crimea, Donbass, Zaporozhe; and Restriction of New Tanks to Western Ukraine if There Is No Russian Offensive
  by Yves Smith 6:53 am

• Biden’s Documents Dilemma
  by Yves Smith 1:38 am

January 25, 2023

• The Latest Anti-Covid Nasal Spray Vaccine Science
  by Lambert Strether 3:25 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/25/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Quantifying The Macroeconomic Impact of Covid-19-Related School Closures on Human Capital
  by Lambert Strether 9:55 am

• Links 1/25/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• KLG: Why Trust Science in the 21st Century? An Object Lesson
  by Lambert Strether 6:54 am

• Wolf Richter: “Wetsuit Shaming,” LOL: WOLF STREET Drags WSJ Through San Francisco Bay Mud for the Clickbait Flotsam it Published about Cold-Water Swimming
  by Lambert Strether 4:55 am

January 24, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/24/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• German General Kujat Warns the Ukraine War Is Lost, Revives the Stab-in-the-Back Charge Against the US and NATO for “Exposing Germany to Russia”
  by Conor Gallagher 9:55 am

• Links 1/24/2023
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Monroe Doctrine Redux: US Military Trying to “Box Out” China and Russia from Strategic Resources in Latin America
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• German Greens on the Warpath
  by Conor Gallagher 6:20 am

• Abortion Debate Ramps Up in States as Congress Deadlocks
  by Conor Gallagher 3:00 am

January 23, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/23/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 1/23/2023
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Washington Ratchets Up Maritime Disputes in the Eastern Mediterranean 
  by Conor Gallagher 6:45 am

• ‘Global Catastrophe’ Coming If West Keeps Arming Ukraine, Top Russia Official Says
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• Debt Ceiling Arm Wrestling Targets Ukraine Spending
  by Yves Smith 2:58 am

• Pests: Of Squirrels and Deer and Other Beasts of Burden
  by Yves Smith 1:10 am

• Notice re Short-Term Change in Coverage
  by Yves Smith 1:00 am

January 22, 2023

• Links 1/22/2023
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Viewing Ukraine Through the Davos Lens
  by Conor Gallagher 6:45 am

• An Ancient Recipe for Social Success
  by Conor Gallagher 6:30 am

January 21, 2023

• Links 1/21/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Davos Elite Won’t Tackle Climate Crisis and Global Inequalities
  by Yves Smith 1:00 am

• Google’s Stock Climbed After It Fired 12,000 Employees—But What Did They Get Out of It?
  by Yves Smith 12:26 am

January 20, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/20/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Monopsony in Professional Labor Markets: Hospital System Concentration and Nurse Wage Growth
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 1/20/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• British NGO Index on Censorship Just Named Mexico’s President AMLO “Tyrant of the Year 2022”
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Will Russia Opt to Continue the War into 2024?
  by Yves Smith 5:25 am

• The Black Death May Not Have Been Spread by Rats After All
  by Yves Smith 12:19 am

January 19, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/19/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Spoils Of The Sanctions War – NATO Lion Meets Russian Tit For Tat
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 1/19/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Why China’s Shrinking Population Is a Big Deal – Counting the Social, Economic and Political Costs of an Aging, Smaller Society
  by Yves Smith 5:50 am

• Twitter and Google Behaving Badly
  by Yves Smith 4:30 am

• Collapse Revisited: Climate Change and the Development of Middle-Income Countries
  by Yves Smith 12:32 am

January 18, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/18/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Oil Prices Rally As Confidence In A Global Economic Rebound Grows
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 1/18/2023
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Hannah Arendt, Isaiah Berlin, and the Tenor of Our Time
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Paging Dr. Freud: Schizophrenic Reports on Mood of Davos Man
  by Yves Smith 6:53 am

• Police Violence Reached an All-Time High Last Year—Are We Ready to Shrink Police Budgets?
  by Yves Smith 5:11 am

January 17, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/17/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Vegetable Oil Is Gaining Traction As A Biofuel
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 1/17/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Physical Wallets Are Shrinking in Relevance in UK, Claims Survey Commissioned by Mastercard
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• What if Russia Won the Ukraine War but the Western Press Didn’t Notice?
  by Yves Smith 6:20 am

• Natural Gas Futures in Europe Plunge 15% Today, Down 84% from Crazy Spike
  by Yves Smith 2:04 am

January 16, 2023

• OSHA Permanent Rule on Covid Now at the White House for Review, as Beltway Lawyers Work to Continue Biden’s Mass Infection Policy
  by Lambert Strether 3:55 pm

• Links 1/16/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• German General Tells US Generals to Lose the Ukraine War as Soon as Possible to Prevent Losing the Empire in Europe
  by Yves Smith 5:24 am

• Polluted Waterways May Alter Fish Behavior
  by Lambert Strether 4:55 am

• Here is the Truth: Medicare Advantage Is Neither Medicare Nor an Advantage
  by Yves Smith 4:42 am

January 15, 2023

• Charlie Watts, Jazz Drummer and “Pocket King”
  by Lambert Strether 2:55 pm

• Links 1/15/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Defective Meters and Whistleblower Complaints Raise Questions About Gas Utility’s Profits
  by Lambert Strether 5:25 am

January 14, 2023

• Links 1/14/2023
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Economists Radhika Desai & Michael Hudson Explain Multipolarity, Decline of US Hegemony
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Public Libraries Continue to Thrive Despite Defunding and Privatization Attacks
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

January 13, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/13/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• ‘They’re Trying to George Floyd Me’: Teacher and Cousin of Black Lives Matter Co-Founder Killed by LAPD
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 1/13/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Another Supply Chain Finance-Enabled Crisis Hits, This Time in Brazil
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• SBF’s Substack Shows He Will Always Be in Our Face
  by Yves Smith 6:20 am

• What It Means for Hunger to Burn Through the Pentagon’s Ranks
  by Yves Smith 3:58 am

January 12, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/12/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• 180 Million Barrels Of Crude May Never Be Returned to the Strategic Petroleum Reserve
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 1/12/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• The Ukrainian Demilitarized Zone – “Negotiations” Start at a Dead End
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• How a War on Porn Is Endangering US Sex Workers
  by Yves Smith 5:50 am

• ‘Industry’ and the State (Twitter Files 11 & 12)
  by Yves Smith 4:17 am

January 11, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/11/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Crypto-Focused Silvergate Bank Got De Facto Backdoor FDIC Bailout via $4.3 Billion Federal Home Loan Bank Advance
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 1/11/2023
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Italy and the EU Are on Collision Course as Economic Conditions Worsen 
  by Conor Gallagher 6:45 am

• Militarized Japan and the Biden-Kishida Summit Signal Moment in the New Cold War
  by Yves Smith 6:20 am

• Atmospheric Rivers Over California’s Wildfire Burn Scars Raise Fears of Deadly Mudslides – This Is What Cascading Climate Disasters Look Like
  by Yves Smith 6:15 am

January 10, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/10/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Textbooks Are Falling Behind on Climate Change
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 1/10/2023
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• The January 8 “Insurrection” in Brazil Could Be the Perfect Gift for Lula
  by Nick Corbishley 6:52 am

• Chasing Big European Corporate Miscreants Through New York Courts: An Update Via a Barclays Filing
  by Yves Smith 5:20 am

• Washington Has Trouble Refilling the Strategic Petroleum Reserve After 220 Million Barrel Draw
  by Yves Smith 3:44 am

January 9, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/9/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• 50 Years After Allende at the UN: a Corporate Triumph Named Multistakeholderism
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 1/9/2023
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Sweden Won’t Meet Türkiye Demands to Win Its Vote on NATO Membership
  by Yves Smith 6:20 am

• US Takeover of Greece Pushes Türkiye Closer to Russia and Increases Odds of Athens-Ankara Conflict
  by Conor Gallagher 6:10 am

• More Orthopedic Physicians Sell Out to Private Equity Firms, Raising Alarms About Costs and Quality
  by Conor Gallagher 4:50 am

January 8, 2023

• Links 1/8/2023
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• BlackRock Says We’re All Doomed. It’s Being Optimistic
  by Conor Gallagher 6:50 am

• How Wall Street Takeover of Rental Market Is Fueling the Homelessness Crisis
  by Conor Gallagher 6:45 am

January 7, 2023

• Links 1/7/2023
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Nepo Babies and the Myth of the Meritocracy
  by Yves Smith 6:07 am

• The Steep Cost of Bio-Based Plastic
  by Yves Smith 5:33 am

January 6, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/6/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Long COVID Stemmed from Mild Cases of COVID-19 in Most People
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 1/6/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Germany, the Birthplace of the Pfizer-BioNtech COVID-19 Vaccine, Now Wants to Cancel Its Vaccine Deal
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Zelensky’s Bloody War Against the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
  by Yves Smith 6:15 am

• Kentucky Retirement Systems Is Baack! The Latest Filing, re the Calcaterra Report Coverup
  by Yves Smith 5:19 am

January 5, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/5/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• ‘Public Trust’—A Key Legal Tool to Preserve Our Natural Resources
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 1/5/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Ukraine and Russia: Waiting for the Next Phase?
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• ‘It’s Not Either/Or’ — Population and Consumption in the Climate Solutions Debate
  by Yves Smith 6:53 am

• How Austerity Caused the NHS Crisis
  by Yves Smith 4:25 am

January 4, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/4/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Worst of Europe’s Energy Crisis May Be Yet To Come
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 1/4/2023
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• The Ethics of COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates: Where Do We Stand and Where Should We Go Regarding Social and Biomedical Responses to Pandemic?
  by Yves Smith 6:35 am

• The Great Inflation Debate: Supply Shocks and Wealth Effects in a Multipolar World Economy
  by Yves Smith 5:44 am

• Can NATO and the Pentagon Find a Diplomatic Off-Ramp from the Ukraine War?
  by Yves Smith 5:27 am

January 3, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 1/3/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• An Entire Decade of Benefits Denial for Vets After Camp Lejune Toxic Chemical Exposure?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 1/3/2023
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• A Primer on Mexico’s Unconventional Economic Success Story (Which You’re Unlikely to Hear Much About in the MSM)
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Ukraine: When Will It Reach the End of Its Propaganda Line?
  by Yves Smith 6:25 am

• The Currency Swaps Time Bomb in Global Finance – Rob Johnson
  by Yves Smith 5:53 am

January 2, 2023

• Biden “Vax-Only” Strategy of Mass Infection Lies in Ruins, Destroyed by Vaccine Escape, Immune Dysregulation
  by Lambert Strether 3:25 pm

• Links 1/2/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Nuclear Fusion: Don’t Believe the Hype!​
  by Lambert Strether 6:45 am

January 1, 2023

• List Processing: Why We Never Have to Read End-of-Year Lists Again (But Why not Make Some?)
  by Lambert Strether 3:00 pm

• Links 1/1/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Wives Listen but Husbands Don’t
  by Lambert Strether 6:50 am