Monthly Archives: February 2023

February 28, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/28/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• All Presidents Avoid Reporters, but Biden May Achieve a Record in His Press Avoidance
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 2/28/2023
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• UK Citizens Should Take Rishi Sunak’s Pledge Not to Launch Digital ID With a Truckload of Salt
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Michael Hudson and Radhika Desai on Dollar Imperialism
  by Yves Smith 5:30 am

• The EV Revolution Brings Environmental Uncertainty at Every Turn
  by Yves Smith 2:09 am

February 27, 2023

• New, Buzzy Cochrane Study Sets the “Fools Gold” Standard for Anti-Maskers
  by Lambert Strether 3:25 pm

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

• Links 2/27/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Can the Phillips Curve Explain Recent Wage Growth?
  by Lambert Strether 6:49 am

• Hubert Horan: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Thirty-Two: Losses Top $33 Billion But Uber Has Avoided The Equity Collapse Most “Tech” Startups Experienced
  by Yves Smith 5:30 am

• How Howard Schultz Made Starbucks the Poster Child of Corporate Abuse
  by Yves Smith 3:08 am

February 26, 2023

• Lever News Silences Workers’ Voices and Gets the Story Wrong in East Palestine Derailment Coverage
  by Lambert Strether 2:55 pm

• Links 2/26/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• People Got Used to Higher Prices and Are Outspending Even Raging Inflation. They Don’t Want This Thing to Land
  by Lambert Strether 5:25 am

February 25, 2023

• Links 2/25/2023
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• 5 Reasons Why Much of the Global South Isn’t Automatically Supporting the West in Ukraine
  by Yves Smith 6:50 am

• Jim Chanos: The Golden Age of Fraud in Finance
  by Yves Smith 6:25 am

February 24, 2023

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

• One Texas Judge Will Decide Fate of Abortion Pill Used by Millions of American Women
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 2/24/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Madrid Has Become a New Miami, Attracting Well-Heeled Latin Americans
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Roundtable with Gonzalo Lira
  by Yves Smith 1:32 am

• Jared Holst: The Criminal Value Chain
  by Yves Smith 12:38 am

February 23, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/22/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• In Rural America, Right-to-Repair Laws Are the Leading Edge of a Pushback Against Growing Corporate Power
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 2/23/2023
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• New Notes on Global Warming
  by Yves Smith 5:49 am

• The Government Makes a Profit on Defaulted Student Loans
  by Yves Smith 4:57 am

• The Irish Question
  by Yves Smith 3:42 am

February 22, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/22/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Türkiye After the Earthquake: Why Not to Expect a Change in Russia Relationship
  by Conor Gallagher 9:35 am

• Links 2/22/2023
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Who’s Winning and Losing the Economic War Over Ukraine?
  by Yves Smith 6:40 am

• Incumbents Have the Upper Hand in Elections – Coordination Failures Give Them a Further Advantage
  by Yves Smith 6:19 am

• Hope Amid Climate Chaos: A Conversation with Rebecca Solnit
  by Yves Smith 5:56 am

February 21, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/21/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Who Decides for Children?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 2/21/2023
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Putin’s February 21 Speech: Hot Takes – Putin Speaks for a Strong, Self-Sufficient Russia
  by Yves Smith 6:50 am

• Nigerian Central Bank’s “Drive to Entrench” a “Cashless Economy” Is Creating a World of Pain for Nigerian Citizens
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• EU Gas Price Cap: An Exercise in Futility
  by Yves Smith 3:59 am

February 20, 2023

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

• Links 2/20/2023
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Mark Cuban Has Been Taking On the Drug Industry. But Which One?
  by Conor Gallagher 6:30 am

• Europe’s Second Largest Industrial Base Sinks Under the Weight of Energy Costs as Divisions Open Up in the Ruling Coalition
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

• Public Pension Funding Average Now Below 50%, Yet Beneficiaries and Press Stay Mum
  by Yves Smith 4:45 am

• Turkish President Erdoğan’s Grip on Power Threatened by Devastating Earthquake
  by Yves Smith 12:09 am

February 19, 2023

• Links 2/19/2023
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Reversing 30 Years of Damage from the Clintons, the DOJ Closes A Price-Fixing Loophole Wide Enough to Drive a Truck Through 
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

• Amid Ohio Nightmare, Rail Worker Alliance Urges All of Labor to Back Railroad Nationalization
  by Conor Gallagher 4:00 am

February 18, 2023

• Links 2/18/2023
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Tech Companies Are Getting Into Neurotechnology. Should We Worry?
  by Yves Smith 6:14 am

• Tipping Is Not a Reward—It’s an Insult
  by Yves Smith 6:00 am

February 17, 2023

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

• Asking the Oppressed to Be Nonviolent Is an Impossible Standard That Ignores History
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 2/17/2023
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Is Switzerland About to Become First Country to Outlaw a Cashless Society?
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• ‘Absolute Hypocrisy’: GOP Unveils Bill to Make Trump Tax Cuts Permanent While Howling About Debt
  by Yves Smith 5:00 am

• “Why Jon Stewart Should Run for President”
  by Yves Smith 4:37 am

February 16, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/16/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Sturgeon’s Departure Doesn’t Solve Scotland’s Problems
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 2/16/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Iran And Russia Strengthen Military Ties With New Weapons Deals
  by Yves Smith 6:07 am

• The Original Sin of Economics
  by Yves Smith 4:20 am

• Occupy the SEC Questions Unduly Generous Treatment of Disclosures by Corporate Beneficial Owners, aka Potential Tax Evaders
  by Yves Smith 4:16 am

February 15, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/15/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The Presentation of Video Evidence in Court Can Hold Sway in Cases Like the Beating Death of Tyre Nichols
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 2/15/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• An Inconvenient Apocalypse
  by Yves Smith 4:57 am

• Annual Services Inflation Rages at New Four-Decade High, Monthly Overall CPI Hottest Since June
  by Yves Smith 4:47 am

• CalPERS’ Refusal to Put Clearly Insolvent Long-Term Care Insurance Plan in Bankruptcy Increases Harm to Policyholders and Makes Board and Responsible Executives Liable
  by Yves Smith 1:55 am

February 14, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/14/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Slavery and the British Industrial Revolution
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 2/14/2023
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Shining a Light on Canada’s Much-Ignored Role in Peru’s Internal Conflict
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Understanding Money and the Dollar System: Radhika Desai & Michael Hudson at Geopolitical Hour
  by Yves Smith 3:58 am

• The Gold Standard
  by Yves Smith 3:00 am

February 13, 2023

• Rose Marie Counts Wins “Classification Struggle” over Smile, Dental Work with HR Department of Pennsylvania Convenience Store Sheetz
  by Lambert Strether 2:55 pm

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

• Links 2/13/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• The Gas Stove Panic
  by Yves Smith 6:10 am

• Is Civilization at Stake in Ukraine?
  by Yves Smith 3:52 am

• The Correlation Between Oil Prices And Inflation Isn’t Straightforward
  by Yves Smith 3:00 am

February 12, 2023

• How Precision Scheduled Railroading at Norfolk Southern Caused a Toxic Vinyl Chloride Mushroom Cloud Over East Palestine, Ohio
  by Lambert Strether 2:55 pm

• Links 2/12/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• ‘We Ain’t Gonna Get It’: Why Bernie Sanders Says His ‘Medicare for All’ Dream Must Wait
  by Lambert Strether 4:55 am

February 11, 2023

• Links 2/11/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• ChatGPT Is a Data Privacy Nightmare. If You’ve Ever Posted Online, You Ought To Be Concerned
  by Yves Smith 3:19 am

• What Happens When Progressives Tacitly Accept Reactionary and Authoritarian Identity Politics
  by Yves Smith 12:33 am

February 10, 2023

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

• Auckland Just Had Its Wettest Month in Over 170 Years, and More Rain Is on the Way
  by Conor Gallagher 9:30 am

• Links 2/10/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• This Was Another Big Week for Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs)
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• How Did the German Greens Become the Party of Warmongers? 
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• Hit With Extreme Weather, Texas Cities Debate Cost of Adaptation
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

February 9, 2023

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

• Links 2/9/2023
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Elite Splits Over Ukraine Shed a Tiny Bit of Light on Factions
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Meatpacking. Healthcare. Housing Rentals. Industries Across the Board Using Tech to Fix Wages and Prices
  by Conor Gallagher 6:50 am

• Growing Body of Research Suggests Offshore Oil’s Methane Pollution Is Underestimated 
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• The Obama Presidential ‘Library’
  by Yves Smith 1:38 am

February 8, 2023

• Seymour Hersh: Navy Divers + Spooks + Norway Took Out Nord Stream 2 on Biden’s Orders, Using Timer
  by Lambert Strether 3:55 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/8/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 2/8/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Carbon Capture Project Is ‘Band-Aid’ to Greenwash $10 Billion LNG Plant, Locals Say
  by Lambert Strether 5:55 am

• Evidence-Based Medicine for the Modern Age of Artificial Intelligence
  by Lambert Strether 4:55 am

• Russia’s Budget Deficit Jumps Amid Plunging Oil Revenues
  by Yves Smith 3:41 am

February 7, 2023

• He’s B-a-a-c-k! Fauci, the Gangster Who Couldn’t Jab Straight Bids for Control of the Next Generation of (Nasal) Vaccines
  by Lambert Strether 3:55 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 2/7/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 2/7/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Brazilian President Lula da Silva Locks Horns with Brazil’s Richest Man, Jorge Paulo Lemann
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Scarring, Hysteresis, and Investment in Europe
  by Lambert Strether 5:25 am

• The US and the Philippines’ Military Agreement Sends a Warning to China – 5 Key Things to Know
  by Yves Smith 4:23 am

February 6, 2023

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

• Preparing for the Next Winter: Europe’s Gas Outlook for 2023
  by Conor Gallagher 9:00 am

• Links 2/6/2023
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• The West Makes Serbia an Offer It Can’t Refuse
  by Conor Gallagher 6:50 am

• The Economics of the Ukraine Proxy War with Michael Hudson and Radhika Desai
  by Yves Smith 5:00 am

• Rain and Heat, Fire and Snow: Life in a Destabilized California
  by Yves Smith 4:04 am

February 5, 2023

• Links 2/5/2023
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Chinese Spy Balloon Over the US: An Aerospace Expert Explains How the Balloons Work and What They Can See
  by Conor Gallagher 3:36 am

• US Fails Miserably in Efforts to Isolate Russia
  by Conor Gallagher 3:00 am

February 4, 2023

• Links 2/4/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• James Galbraith: The Quasi-Inflation of 2021-2022 – A Case of Bad Analysis and Worse Response
  by Yves Smith 6:30 am

• Employment of “People with a Disability” Spiked to Record in Hot Labor Market. Applications for Disability Benefits Fell to 20-Year Low
  by Yves Smith 6:25 am

February 3, 2023

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

• A Big Reckoning Starting for Private Equity and Its Public Pension Fund Enthusiasts
  by Yves Smith 11:23 am

• Links 2/3/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Companies in UK Are Hitting the Wall at Fastest Rate Since Global Financial Crisis
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• How Corporations Hope to Eviscerate Workers’ Right to Strike
  by Yves Smith 2:55 am

• US Inflation Policies Slowing World Economy
  by Yves Smith 1:39 am

February 2, 2023

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

• An Old, Small Opening Salvo v Russia? 2013 Bank Bail-In “increasingly has the smell of a proxy Germany v. Russia struggle through Cyprus”
  by Yves Smith 12:47 pm

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

• Is the Unstoppable Force of Mexico’s GMO Ban About to Meet the Unmovable Object of US Big Ag Lobbies?
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• How the Left Should Exercise Power Once They Have It
  by Yves Smith 3:21 am

February 1, 2023

• Biden to End Orders Declaring Covid a National Emergency on May 11, Because Why Not?
  by Lambert Strether 3:25 pm

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

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

• The Pentagon’s Plans for a Perpetual Three-Front “Long War” Against China and Russia
  by Lambert Strether 6:50 am

• A Recent Artifact with Stories to Tell
  by Lambert Strether 4:55 am

• “Yes, Britain Is Corrupt. But It’s a Lot Worse Than You Think”
  by Yves Smith 2:52 am