Monthly Archives: April 2023

April 30, 2023

• Links 4/30/2023
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Workers Who Have Occupied an Italian Factory for Two Years Are Getting Close to Owning It Themselves
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• How Union Members Honor Workers’ Memorial Day
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

April 29, 2023

• Links 4/29/2023
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Michael Hudson: Debt and the Collapse of Antiquity – Part 2
  by Yves Smith 3:22 am

• Plunder: Private Equity’s Plan to Pillage America
  by Yves Smith 12:52 am

April 28, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 4/28/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The Rise of China (and the Fall of the U.S.?)
  by Conor Gallagher 9:35 am

• Links 4/28/2023
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• After Four Years of Hugely Costly Tragicomic Farce, the Jig Is Surely Up for Juan Guaidó
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• To the Losers Go the Spoils?
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

• California’s Big Melt Kicks Off, Likely to Cause Floods
  by Yves Smith 1:00 am

April 27, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 4/27/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• It’s Bad Enough EHRs Cause Clinician Burnout. It’s Even Worse They Are Being Used by Hospitals and Defense Lawyers To Bury Mistakes Through Discovery Fraud and Information Blocking
  by Yves Smith 9:58 am

• US-South Korea Nuclear Weapons Deal – What You Need to Know
  by Conor Gallagher 9:40 am

• TikTok and Critical Mass
  by Yves Smith 9:18 am

• Links 4/27/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Azerbaijan Takes Center Stage in Eurasian Integration 
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

April 26, 2023

• Why You Should Never Use an AI for Advice about Your Health, Especially Alzheimer’s
  by Lambert Strether 3:25 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 4/26/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 4/26/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• KLG: When Science Becomes Embroiled in Conflict
  by Lambert Strether 6:25 am

• Who Will Save Puerto Rico’s Beaches From Rising Seas, Storms, and Developers? The People
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• Did a Military Lab Spill Anthrax Into Public Waterways? New Book Reveals Details of a US Leak
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

• Income Tax Withholding Payments Stumble Again, Signaling Job Weakness. Will the Fed Start to Consider Backing Off?
  by Yves Smith 12:20 am

April 25, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 4/25/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• J. M. Barrie, Peter Pan, and the Defence of Russian Culture
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 4/25/2023
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Is Zelensky’s International Charm Offensive, Backed Up With US Bullying, Finally Paying Dividends in Latin America?
  by Nick Corbishley 6:48 am

• Why Regulators Can’t Curb Social Media Hype for Weight Loss Drugs
  by Yves Smith 6:10 am

• Global Shipping Is Under Pressure to Stop Its Heavy Fuel Oil Use Fast – That’s Not Simple, but Changes Are Coming
  by Yves Smith 5:51 am

April 24, 2023

• Philip Zelikow and the Covid Crisis Group’s “Lessons from a Covid War”: A Pre-Review
  by Lambert Strether 2:48 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 4/24/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 4/24/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• War, What Is It Good For?
  by Lambert Strether 6:50 am

• Berenson: Moderna Falsely Said No Serious Adverse Vaccine Effects in Phase 2 Trial; Their Own Data Says Otherwise
  by Yves Smith 5:48 am

• The New Mortgage Fee Structure
  by Yves Smith 3:05 am

April 23, 2023

• Why You Should Never Use an AI for Advice about Your Health, Especially Covid
  by Lambert Strether 2:55 pm

• Links 4/23/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Amex Customers – Above-Average-Income Consumers – Are Spending like Drunken Sailors, incl. on Travel & Restaurants
  by Lambert Strether 6:50 am

April 22, 2023

• Links 4/22/2023
  by Yves Smith 6:58 am

• Do Dem Party Leaders Want to Increase Support from Independents?
  by Yves Smith 6:53 am

• Debt and the Collapse of Antiquity – Michael Hudson
  by Yves Smith 6:32 am

April 21, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 4/21/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Why the Food System Is the Next Frontier in Climate Action
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 4/21/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• What Does Biden’s Pick for Next World Bank President Augur for the Global War on Cash?
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• TSA, UPS Brutalizing Shipments. What Gives?
  by Yves Smith 6:00 am

• Ukraine Conflict Highlights Key Question for Africa: Should We Focus on the Problems of the Elite, or Those Faced by the Majority of the Population?
  by Yves Smith 3:08 am

• Naked Capitalism (Again) Named One of Top 100 Economics Blogs
  by Yves Smith 1:25 am

April 20, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 4/20/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Is Labour Purging the Left? Inside the Party’s Embattled Selection Process
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 4/20/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Leaks Reveal Reality Behind U.S. Propaganda in Ukraine
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Hoisted From Comments: “A Tale of Two Sciences”
  by Yves Smith 5:15 am

• Vzglyad – “It’s Time for Russia to Change Its Position in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict”
  by Yves Smith 3:00 am

April 19, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 4/19/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Banks Try to Make Security Customer-Friendly. Not a Good Mix.
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 4/19/2023
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• The Who and Why Behind the Push to Gut Child Labor Laws
  by Conor Gallagher 6:54 am

• The Presidential Campaign of Convict 9653
  by Yves Smith 6:30 am

• The Hidden Costs Of The Renewables Boom
  by Yves Smith 5:56 am

April 18, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 4/18/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 4/18/2023
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Mining Corporations Are Up in Arms Over Mexican Government’s Potentially Game-Changing Mining Reform Proposals
  by Nick Corbishley 6:46 am

• A Debt Crisis Looming in the Global South?
  by Yves Smith 2:10 am

April 17, 2023

• BELATED 2:00PM Water Cooler 4/17/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 4/17/2023
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Richard Murphy: Do We Trash the Planet or Have Things We Value, Like the NHS? That Is the Question
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• German Government Is in Disarray at Home and Causing Confusion Abroad
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

• Tracking the EU Decoupling from Russia
  by Yves Smith 12:36 am

April 16, 2023

• Links 4/16/2023
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Social Security May Be Failing Well Over a Million People With Disabilities – And COVID-19 Is Making the Problem Worse
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• The Increasing Number of Trial Balloons for Polish Intervention in Ukraine
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

April 15, 2023

• Links 4/15/2023
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Russia Leaves Neoliberal West to Join World Majority
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Clarence Thomas Proves It’s Time for Supreme Court Term Limits
  by Yves Smith 6:35 am

April 14, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 4/14/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Amid Efforts to Cool the Planet, Solar Geoengineering Draws Heated Debate
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 4/14/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Larry Johnson and Other Former Insiders Debunk Air Guardsman-as-Pentagon-Leaker Story as Press Cheers Arrest
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• German Vaccine Maker BioNtech Faces Series of Lawsuits for Alleged COVID-19 Vaccine Harms
  by Nick Corbishley 6:42 am

• Banning TikTok Could Weaken Personal Cybersecurity
  by Yves Smith 5:32 am

April 13, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 4/13/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Is National Public Radio Actually National Private Radio?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 4/13/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Feds Bust $3.4 Billion Crypto Theft, Demonstrating Ability to Penetrate Supposed Secrecy
  by Yves Smith 6:42 am

• Wall Street, Venture Capital Drive High Drug Prices
  by Yves Smith 4:44 am

• About That Bipartisanship…
  by Yves Smith 2:00 am

April 12, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 4/12/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• I Tried to Pay My Taxes in Cash – Here’s What Happened, and Why the IRS Should Make It Easier To Do So
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 4/12/2023
  by Yves Smith 6:58 am

• Vaccine Effectiveness and Scientific Communication During COVID-19
  by Yves Smith 6:57 am

• James K. Galbraith: The Gift of Sanctions – An Analysis of Assessments of the Russian Economy, 2022 – 2023
  by Yves Smith 6:45 am

• Trouble in Multifamily CRE: Two Big Messes, and Investors Are on the Hook, Not Banks
  by Yves Smith 6:28 am

April 11, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 4/11/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Agrivoltaics: The Farm-to-Solar Trend That Can Help Accelerate the Renewable Energy Transition
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 4/11/2023
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Austria’s Third Largest Lender, Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI), Is Trapped In Russia, Its Most Lucrative Market
  by Nick Corbishley 6:47 am

• For Uninsured People With Cancer, Securing Care Can Be Like Spinning a Roulette Wheel
  by Yves Smith 5:50 am

• Saudi- U.S. Relations Sour Further On Huge OPEC+ Surprise Cut
  by Yves Smith 4:06 am

April 10, 2023

• Why Did Covid Daily Case Counts and Covid Wastewater Readings Diverge in March 2022?
  by Lambert Strether 3:25 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 4/10/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 4/10/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Corporate Greed Is a Root Cause of Rail Disasters Around the World
  by Lambert Strether 6:54 am

• Pentagon in Panic as Second Set of Leaked Documents Gains Traction, Revealing Spying on Allies and Deteriorating Ukraine Capabilities
  by Yves Smith 5:58 am

• Freida Berrigan: 90 Seconds to Midnight – The Doomsday Clock and Me
  by Yves Smith 12:53 am

April 9, 2023

• A Fragile Institutional Foundation Means Genomic Surveillance Is a Disaster Waiting to Happen
  by Lambert Strether 3:55 pm

• Links 4/9/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• The Asymmetric Federal Reserve Objective
  by Lambert Strether 6:50 am

April 8, 2023

• Links 4/8/2023
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Why Do Mainstream Democrats Hate Matt Taibbi?
  by Yves Smith 5:33 am

• Book Review: “The Great Displacement” Is a Must-Read
  by Yves Smith 4:54 am

April 7, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 4/7/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Now Is the Time for a Federal Ban on Facial Recognition Surveillance
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 4/7/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• As US and Canada Threaten to Sue Mexico Over Energy Policies, Mexico “Nationalises” Sizable Chunk of Electrical Grid
  by Nick Corbishley 6:43 am

• Telegram Leak of US/NATO Document Paints Grim Picture of Condition of Ukraine’s Military
  by Yves Smith 6:13 am

• The Impact of Inflation
  by Yves Smith 3:10 am

April 6, 2023

• Last Chance for the 2023 Water Cooler Fundraiser, plus Your Plants, ***PLUS*** Challenge!
  by Lambert Strether 3:55 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 4/6/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• U.S. Interference in the Middle East – 20 Years Since the U.S. Invasion of Iraq – Col. Larry Wilkerson
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 4/6/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Waiting for that Too-Much-Discussed Ukraine Counteroffensive
  by Yves Smith 6:00 am

• The GOP’s Big Bold Plan to Bring Back Child Labor
  by Yves Smith 5:46 am

• How Union Workers Are Fighting to Save America’s Beleaguered Health Care System
  by Yves Smith 1:55 am

April 5, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 4/5/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Warning Lights Flashing Red for Italian Economy
  by Conor Gallagher 9:35 am

• Your Political Rivals Aren’t as Bad as You Think – Here’s How Misunderstandings Amplify Hostility
  by Yves Smith 8:57 am

• Links 4/5/2023
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• The Shambolic Criminal Case Against Donald Trump
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• U.S. Losing Influence As Saudi Arabia Joins Shanghai Cooperation Organization
  by Yves Smith 4:20 am

April 4, 2023

• Continuing the Water Cooler Fundraiser: Your Thoughts
  by Lambert Strether 3:15 pm

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

• Raincoats, Undies, School Uniforms: Are Your Clothes Dripping in ‘Forever Chemicals’?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 4/4/2023
  by Yves Smith 6:58 am

• First Russian Shipment of (Allegedly) Diesel Docks in Mexico Since G7 Plus-Imposed Price Cap, Stoking Controversy and Confusion
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• The Tragic U.S. Choice to Prioritize War Over Peacemaking
  by Yves Smith 6:00 am

April 3, 2023

• Links 4/3/2023
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Using Tik-Tok as a Trojan Horse, the RESTRICT Act Would Create an Internet Censorship Star Chamber
  by Yves Smith 6:20 am

• Kamala Harris Serves up Crumbs in Africa as US Continues to Offer Little in Comparison to China
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

• Lower Natural Gas Price Is Not All Good News For Europe
  by Conor Gallagher 4:00 am

• Danny Haiphong and Michael Hudson Discuss The Collapse of Antiquity, the Bank Panic,
  by Yves Smith 3:31 am

April 2, 2023

• Links 4/2/2023
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• The Non-Profit Industrial Complex Helps Keep the Student Loan Debt Crisis Going 
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• KHN: $50 Billion in Opioid Settlement Cash Is on the Way. We’re Tracking How It’s Spent.
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

April 1, 2023

• Announcing 2023 Water Cooler Fundraiser!
  by Lambert Strether 9:20 am

• Links 4/1/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Why Market Fundamentalism Is Incompatible with Climate Action
  by Yves Smith 4:17 am

• Defeat of a School Voucher Program Reveals Motives Behind the ‘School Choice’ Debate
  by Yves Smith 3:50 am