Monthly Archives: June 2023

June 30, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/30/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The New York Times Thinks Worker Suffering Is a Fair Price for Lower Inflation
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 6/30/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• The Digital Euro, Like All Prospective CBDCs, Has a Serious Marketing Problem
  by Nick Corbishley 6:49 am

• Rob Urie: Mr. Prigozhin Goes to Washington
  by Yves Smith 6:22 am

• Central Banks, Green Finance, and the Climate Crisis
  by Yves Smith 3:56 am

June 29, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/29/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 6/29/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Energy Destinies – Part 3: Energy Storage – Inconvenient Complications
  by Yves Smith 6:00 am

• Is Ireland Getting Ready to Unite?
  by Yves Smith 4:59 am

• Oil Prices, Oil Profits, Speculation, and Inflation
  by Yves Smith 4:13 am

• “Will the Doctor See You?” More on the Crapification of US Medical Care
  by Yves Smith 12:50 am

June 28, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/28/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• ‘Really Big’: US Supreme Court Ruling Against Norfolk Southern Seen as Rebuke to Corporate Impunity
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

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

• Low Wages and Rising Cost of Living Are Driving More Into Homelessness as Government Tries to Hide Rather than Solve Problem 
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• America Has Just Destroyed a Great Empire
  by Yves Smith 6:00 am

• Turkey Continues To Challenge Sweden’s NATO Membership
  by Yves Smith 5:45 am

June 27, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/27/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Most EU Hydrogen Projects Risk Prolonging Use of Fossil Fuels
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 6/27/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• ‘We’re Not Doing That’: Why a Black Couple Wouldn’t Crowdfund to Pay Off Medical Debts
  by Yves Smith 6:53 am

• Mexico’s AMLO Government Refuses to Bow to US Sanction Threats, Ups Ante in Fight Over GM Corn
  by Nick Corbishley 6:44 am

• IMF Confirms that Profits Are Driving Inflation
  by Yves Smith 4:35 am

June 26, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/26/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 6/26/2023
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• The China Debt Trap Lie that Won’t Die
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• CalPERS Refuses to Spend $1 Million, or $1.30 Each, to Prevent Sale of Personal Data of 770,000 Beneficiaries on Dark Web
  by Yves Smith 5:30 am

• An EU Double Standard With Massive Impact on the Global Environment
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

• Putin Orders Reality Check – No Ukrainians Left on the Battlefield, No Sovereignty in Kiev
  by Yves Smith 3:24 am

June 25, 2023

• Links 6/25/2023
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• The EU Sows the Seeds of Its Own Destruction 
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• 3M Offers $10.3B Settlement Over PFAS Contamination in Water Systems – Now, How Do You Destroy a ‘Forever Chemical’?
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

June 24, 2023

• From Pugachev To Lebed – The Muzhik Rebellion Fizzles Out Without Bloodshed, Prigozhin to Exile
  by Yves Smith 5:44 pm

• Links 6/24/2023
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Fog of Prigozhin: His Bizarre and Surely Doomed Military Revolt
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• A New Third World Debt Crisis? The Need for System Change
  by Yves Smith 6:03 am

June 23, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/23/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Why Interest Rate Rises Are Fueling Inflation
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Is A New Housing Crisis Brewing in Spain?
  by Nick Corbishley 6:55 am

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

• Deadly Fungus Infections Rising Even as Doctors Keep Missing Them
  by Yves Smith 5:39 am

• ER Doctor: “Private Equity in Medicine is Dangerous to Patients”
  by Yves Smith 4:42 am

June 22, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/22/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Higher Minimum Wages and Mixed Effects on Health
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

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

• Energy Destinies – Part 2: Renewable Energy – Character Shortcomings
  by Yves Smith 5:22 am

• Thus We Fall: June Temperature Spike Confirms Dire Climate Change Forecasts
  by Yves Smith 4:53 am

• A Majority Of Americans Are Against Banning Gas Stoves
  by Yves Smith 4:35 am

June 21, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/21/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Drugmakers Are Abandoning Cheap Generics, and Now US Cancer Patients Can’t Get Meds
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Biden Undoes Blinken China Visit and Then Some by Calling Xi a Dictator
  by Yves Smith 7:47 am

• Links 6/21/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Artificial Intelligence and Your Health – Thoughts on Virtual You: How Building Your Digital Twin Will Revolutionize Medicine and Change Your Life
  by Yves Smith 6:20 am

• The Economic Effects of Military Support for Ukraine: Evidence from Fiscal Multipliers in Donor Countries
  by Yves Smith 4:58 am

June 20, 2023

• Masks ***ARE*** a Fashion Item! In Asia.
  by Lambert Strether 3:55 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/20/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 6/20/2023
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• US Troops Are in Peru to Counter Chinese and Russian Influence in Latin America, Reports Peruvian News Outlet
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• The Silent Slaughter of the Flower of Ukraine’s Youth
  by Yves Smith 6:15 am

• Abortion Down By Less Than 3 Percent
  by Yves Smith 6:01 am

June 19, 2023

• Court Hears Expert Testimony About How Montana ‘Doubled Down on Fossil Fuels’ and Became ‘Outright Hostile’ to the Environment
  by Lambert Strether 9:55 am

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

• Blinken-Qin Talks in Beijing: US and China Agree to Keep Talking Past Each Other
  by Yves Smith 6:46 am

• Mammoth RICO Lawsuit Targets Credit Suisse, Many of its Directors and Execs, and KPMG for Over a Decade of Fraudulent, Reckless Conduct
  by Yves Smith 5:06 am

• Profit Inflation Is Real
  by Yves Smith 3:47 am

June 18, 2023

• Are the Canadian Wildfires Really “Natural” Disasters?
  by Lambert Strether 2:55 pm

• Links 6/18/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Firms’ Use of Artificial Intelligence: Cross-Country Evidence on Business Characteristics, Asset Complementarities, and Productivity
  by Lambert Strether 6:50 am

June 17, 2023

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

• To His Last Breath, Daniel Ellsberg Fought to Save the World
  by Yves Smith 6:17 am

• Bill Black and Michael Hudson on Corruption in Finance
  by Yves Smith 6:01 am

June 16, 2023

• The Ironies of Neal Stephenson: Thoughts on His Thriller, Termination Shock
  by Lambert Strether 2:55 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/16/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

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

• The UK’s Tory Government, With Labour’s Help, Just Took Another Big Step Toward Outlawing Peaceful Political Protest
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Fast Food Suppliers Contribute to Increases in BMI and Decreases in IQ
  by Lambert Strether 5:55 am

• Why Student Debt Is So High
  by Yves Smith 3:00 am

June 15, 2023

• Correcting the Record on the Origin Story of Beowulf’s Trillion Dollar Coin
  by Lambert Strether 4:25 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/15/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The Unsung Heroes of the “Children Lost in the Amazon” Story: Amazonia’s Gardeners
  by Lambert Strether 1:55 pm

• Links 6/15/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• In Court Testimony, Climate Scientists Rebuke Montana for Support of Fossil Fuels
  by Lambert Strether 6:50 am

• Powell on the New Hawkishness in the Dot Plot and on Inflation: “We See that it Tells Us that We Need to Do More”
  by Lambert Strether 6:25 am

June 14, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/14/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Annual Numbers of Excess Deaths in the US Relative to Other Developed Countries Are Growing at an Alarming Rate
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 6/14/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Energy Destinies – Part 1: Power Needs and Sources – Balancing Barrels
  by Yves Smith 6:50 am

• What’s Behind the US-Driven Reforms Coming to the World Bank? 
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• “Properly Measured Inflation Is No Longer a Significant Issue . . .”
  by Yves Smith 12:46 am

June 13, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/13/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• As Wildfire Smoke Clears, Scientists Warn Air Quality Impacts Aren’t Over
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 6/13/2023
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Central Bank of Nigeria’s Governor Suspended and Arrested After Waging All-Out War on Cash
  by Nick Corbishley 6:44 am

• Michael Hudson at Global University, Hong Kong, on Ukraine, Europe, China, and the Dollar’s Future
  by Yves Smith 5:34 am

• How This Regional Bank Mortgage Lender Crisis is Different
  by Yves Smith 5:01 am

June 12, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/12/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• What Does a Chatbot Know About Eating Disorders? Users of a Help Line Are About to Find Out
  by Conor Gallagher 10:54 am

• Links 6/12/2023
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• The EU Looks to “Jungle” Sacrifice Zones to Help It Out of Energy Crisis: North Africa Edition
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• “Does Economics Do More Harm than Good?”
  by Yves Smith 5:50 am

• The War on Terror’s Lingering Pain
  by Yves Smith 3:51 am

June 11, 2023

• Links 6/11/2023
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• The EU Looks to “Jungle” Sacrifice Zones to Help It Out of Energy Crisis 
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• Did a North Carolina Democratic Lawmaker Throw the Party Under the Bus for the Charter School Industry?
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

June 10, 2023

• Links 6/10/2023
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Michael Hudson on the US Economy – Surprisingly Resilient or Potemkin Village?
  by Yves Smith 6:51 am

• I Was a Wilderness Therapy Success Story. Then My PTSD Surfaced.
  by Yves Smith 6:39 am

June 9, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/9/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Human-Caused Warming to Surpass Paris Agreement Limit by 2037, Analysis Finds
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 6/9/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Europe’s Strawberry War Heats Up As Germany Sends Cross-Party Delegation to Spain
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Thomas Ferguson: Debt Ceiling Theater and the Trump Parallel Universe
  by Yves Smith 6:25 am

• Snowden Warns Today’s Surveillance Technology Makes 2013 Look Like ‘Child’s Play’
  by Yves Smith 6:23 am

June 8, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/8/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Small Town and Rural Hospitals Are at Risk of Closing Due to Funding
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 6/8/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Is Russia’s Least Bad Option Now the Maximalist Stance of Taking Control of Western Ukraine?
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Booming Solar Industry Has An Unresolved Waste Problem
  by Yves Smith 4:41 am

• Biden Signs Off on Restarting Student Debt. Why?
  by Yves Smith 3:37 am

June 7, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/7/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• ‘His Peers Thought He Was a Madman.’ The Weird, Wonderful History of Ice
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 6/7/2023
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Science-Based Medicine: Sometimes “n = 1” Is Enough
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• The Food War, the Grain Deal, and the Real Deal
  by Yves Smith 6:53 am

• Why Don’t We Get the Politicians We Need?
  by Yves Smith 6:50 am

June 6, 2023

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

• As Fewer MDs Practice Rural Primary Care, a Different Type of Doctor Helps Take Up the Slack
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

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

• WHO Forges Partnership With EU to Create Global Digital Vaccine Passport System
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Catastrophic Breach of Nova Kakhovka Dam Floods Lower Dnieper, Cuts Crimea Water Supplies; Ukraine Attacks in Bakhmut, South Donetsk [Updated]
  by Yves Smith 2:41 am

• Saying That Students Embrace Censorship on College Campuses Is Incorrect
  by Yves Smith 1:54 am

June 5, 2023

• NIH “12 Symptoms” Long Covid Study: Another Scientific Communications Debacle, or Worse?
  by Lambert Strether 3:55 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/5/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 6/5/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Where the ‘Wood-Wide Web’ Narrative Went Wrong
  by Lambert Strether 6:50 am

• Wall Street Journal Aids Vulture Investors Threatening Second Mortgage Borrowers With Foreclosure….on (Nearly Always) Legally Unenforceable Debt
  by Yves Smith 3:00 am

• Insurers Signal Fallout From Sanctions On Russia
  by Yves Smith 2:55 am

June 4, 2023

• Is There a Covid Wastewater Spike in New York City?
  by Lambert Strether 3:55 pm

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

• As Medicaid Purge Begins, ‘Staggering Numbers’ of Americans Lose Coverage
  by Lambert Strether 6:50 am

June 3, 2023

• Links 6/3/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• The Strange Death of the Liberal Individual
  by Yves Smith 6:15 am

• NYC Sheriff Miranda Hawked ‘Gimmick’ COVID Protection Just Before Mayor Adams Hired Him
  by Yves Smith 6:04 am

• A Musical Interlude of Many Instruments
  by Yves Smith 5:22 am

June 2, 2023

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

• Why Washington Underwrites Violence in Ukraine
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 6/2/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• EU’s COVID-19 Vaccine Procurement Scandal Continues to Grow Despite Deafening Media Silence
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• “Lessons for a Pandemic”
  by Yves Smith 6:00 am

• The Grid Needs A $20 Trillion Upgrade To Support Energy Transition
  by Yves Smith 3:06 am

June 1, 2023

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

• Amid Global Debate, UN Plastics Treaty at Risk of Falling Short
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 6/1/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• The Loss of Executive Function in the West
  by Yves Smith 6:15 am

• The Assisted Dying Debate Is Really About How We Treat the Living
  by Yves Smith 6:04 am

• Our Disappearing Shoreline
  by Yves Smith 5:43 am