Monthly Archives: July 2023

July 31, 2023

• Project NextGen: Biden Administration Doubles Down on Vax-Only, Boosts Profit over Public Health
  by Lambert Strether 3:25 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/31/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Artificial Intelligence and Jobs: Evidence from Europe
  by Lambert Strether 12:37 pm

• Links 7/31/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:59 am

• Going on a Big Energy Diet: Will the Status of Women Be a Casualty?
  by Yves Smith 6:00 am

• Explaining China’s & India’s Reported Differences Over Expanding BRICS
  by Yves Smith 2:23 am

July 30, 2023

• The Latest on Covid, Cognitive Impairment, and Social Cognition (“Theory of Mind”)
  by Lambert Strether 3:25 pm

• Links 7/30/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Will China Ever Be Able To Kick Coal?
  by Lambert Strether 6:05 am

July 29, 2023

• NATO Failed in Ukraine Against Russia. Now It’s Targeting China
  by Yves Smith 9:16 am

• Links 7/29/2023
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Why the GOP Is Trying to Take Credit for Union Workers’ Infrastructure Victory
  by Yves Smith 6:28 am

July 28, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/28/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Central Banks and Income Distribution: Does the Taylor Rule Push Up Rentier Incomes?
  by Yves Smith 9:53 am

• Links 7/28/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Some Thoughts on the Russian End Game in Ukraine
  by Yves Smith 6:50 am

• The Fallout from the Nigel Farage Debanking Scandal Continues to Spread
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Revealed: Fossil Fuel Giants Are Using British Influencers to go Viral
  by Yves Smith 4:41 am

July 27, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/27/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Alt-Media Is in Shock After the BRICS Bank Confirmed That It Complies with Western Sanctions
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/27/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Hunter Biden Plea Deal Collapse: Dirty, Desperate Dealings in Delaware
  by Yves Smith 6:50 am

• Energy Destinies – Part 7: Endgames – The Strait Jacket
  by Yves Smith 6:30 am

• The Balloon Goes Up – How Far Will The Nato Allies Go To Fight Their Losing War in The Ukraine — How Much More Will They Risk Losing of Their Post-1945 Territorial Gains?
  by Yves Smith 4:55 am

July 26, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/26/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Former Apollo Chief Leon Black Has More Jeffrey Epstein ‘Splaining To Do with Tax Evasion, Alleged Rape of Autistic 16 Year Old
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/26/2023
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• The EU-Indonesia Fight Over Nickel and Who Gets to Own the Clean Energy Future
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

• Decades of Public Messages about Recycling in the US Have Crowded Out More Sustainable Ways to Manage Waste
  by Yves Smith 4:55 am

• ‘Time for Congress to Act’: Sanders, Scott Unveil $17 Federal Minimum Wage Bill
  by Yves Smith 4:50 am

July 25, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/25/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The Admissions Game
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/25/2023
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• No Joke: Ursula Von der Leyen’s EU Commission Just Received “World Prize for Peace and Freedom”
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Russian Central Bank Governor Elvira Nabiullina and Head of “BRICS Bank” Throw Cold Water on BRICS Currency Project
  by Yves Smith 6:20 am

• James Galbraith: How Central Bank Myths and Practices Support Financiers and Dollar Hegemony
  by Yves Smith 4:25 am

• New Address for Donations by Check!
  by Yves Smith 3:17 am

July 24, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/24/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Could Winning an Election Be the End of Keir Starmer?
  by Yves Smith 9:13 am

• Links 7/24/2023
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Rage, Neoliberalism, and Phone Trees
  by Yves Smith 6:00 am

• How “Big Ag” Pollutes America’s Water, and Makes Money Doing It
  by Yves Smith 4:08 am

July 23, 2023

• Links 7/23/2023
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Germany Down the Rabbit Hole
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• Effects of “Unprecedented” Marine Heat Waves May Be Irreversible
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

July 22, 2023

• Links 7/22/2023
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• The Looming War Against China: Economic Logic Has Been Replaced by National Security Overrides
  by Yves Smith 6:50 am

• The Big Problem With Small Nuclear Reactors
  by Yves Smith 2:43 am

July 21, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/21/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• When Greenland Was Green: Ancient Soil From Beneath a Mile of Ice Offers Warnings for the Future
  by Conor Gallagher 9:35 am

• Links 7/21/2023
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Latin America Again Refuses to Fall In Line With the Collective West on Ukraine, This Time from Brussels
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• “Bidenomics” Has No Answer for Eviction Crisis – Or Much Else
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• Revealed: Media Blitz Against Heat Pumps Funded by Gas Lobby Group
  by Conor Gallagher 3:00 am

July 20, 2023

• If MRSA Is Airborne, then CDC Guidance on “Enhanced Barrier Precautions” in Nursing Homes Is Wrong (and Lethal)
  by Lambert Strether 3:55 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/20/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Why Psalm 23 Gives Me the Creeps
  by Lambert Strether 10:25 am

• Links 7/20/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• ‘Baked tnto the Frameworks’: Archeologist Reveals ‘3 Pervasive Myths’ That Blind Us to the Past
  by Lambert Strether 6:50 am

• John Helmer: The Mosquito Swarm and the Violent Pinprick Are Zelensky PR To Beat NATO’s Christmas Deadline
  by Lambert Strether 6:50 am

July 19, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/19/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Energy Destinies – Part 6 Energy Policy And Emissions – Hot and Hotter
  by Lambert Strether 9:55 am

• Links 7/19/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• KLG: Owning the Sun: A People’s History of Monopoly Medicine from Aspirin to COVID-19 Vaccines – A Review-Essay
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• The Covid Pandemic Was Devastating. But Was it Trauma?
  by Lambert Strether 6:45 am

July 18, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/18/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 7/18/2023
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• The Dark, Shady Past of Spain’s Likely Next Prime Minister, Alberto Núñez Feijóo
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• How the Mayo Clinic and Uber Killed Efforts to Help Workers in Minnesota 
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• Hunting the Military Extremist: How Disturbed Is the U.S. Military?
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

July 17, 2023

• Notes on George Washington’s Farewell Address: The Evils of Political Parties
  by Lambert Strether 3:25 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/17/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 7/17/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• How Federal Law Can Protect All Workers on Sweltering Summer Days
  by Lambert Strether 6:50 am

• Recork the Champagne: Sweden’s NATO Accession Deal With Turkiye Still Faces Hurdles 
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• Empty Office Spaces Can Be Converted to Residential Buildings – But It Won’t Be Affordable
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

July 16, 2023

• What Is Happening to the Cats of Cyprus?
  by Lambert Strether 3:25 pm

• Links 7/16/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Interview: The Ethical Puzzle of Sentient AI
  by Lambert Strether 6:50 am

July 15, 2023

• Links 7/15/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Colonialism or Sovereignty? How the Global Financial System Traps Countries in Debt
  by Yves Smith 1:06 am

• The Origins of the Investment Theory of Party Competition
  by Yves Smith 12:12 am

July 14, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/14/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 7/14/2023
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• A Transatlantic Trend: Banks in UK and US Are Closing Customer Accounts With Little to No Warning Or Explanation
  by Nick Corbishley 6:48 am

• Germany Unveils Strategy to “De-Risk” from China
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• Promising Assisted Reproductive Technologies Come With Ethical, Legal and Social Challenges – A Developmental Biologist and a Bioethicist Discuss IVF, Abortion and the Mice With Two Dads
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

• June 2023 Was the World’s Warmest June on Record
  by Conor Gallagher 4:00 am

July 13, 2023

• This Week in Long Covid: Nature Fires Salvo of Four Major Papers
  by Lambert Strether 3:55 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/13/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• When Artificial Intelligence Becomes a Central Banker
  by Lambert Strether 10:25 am

• Links 7/13/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Energy Destinies – Part 5 Energy Transition – Mystery Destination
  by Lambert Strether 6:53 am

• Medi-Cal’s Fragmented System Can Make Moving a Nightmare
  by Lambert Strether 6:50 am

• The Education System Isn’t Ready for Another Widespread Closure
  by Yves Smith 1:12 am

July 12, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/12/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 7/12/2023
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Book Review: Richard Vague, “The Paradox of Debt”
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• Michael Hudson: Colonialism or Sovereignty? How the Global Financial System Traps Countries in Debt
  by Lambert Strether 5:55 am

• As Nonprofit Hospitals Reap Big Tax Breaks, States Scrutinize Their Required Charity Spending
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

July 11, 2023

• Big Oil’s Radical Proposal: Curtail Consumption, Not Production
  by Yves Smith 5:53 pm

• On Taking Walks
  by Lambert Strether 3:55 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/11/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 7/11/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Is Peru About to Descend Into Another Wave of Political Violence, This Time With US Troops on the Ground?
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Wolf Richter: End of Easy Money: Financial Conditions Loosen Again for Junk-Rated Companies. But Some that Long Teetered Finally Go Over the Bankruptcy Cliff
  by Lambert Strether 6:25 am

July 10, 2023

• CDC’s HICPAC Prepares to Whack More Patients as Infection Control Experts Gather for August 22 Teleconference on Masks
  by Lambert Strether 4:30 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/10/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Correlations Among Risks: Lessons from the Silicon Valley Bank Collapse
  by Lambert Strether 12:10 pm

• Links 7/10/2023
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Underestimate Russia at Your Own Risk: A Comparison of Hubris by Germany During WWII and Today’s Collective West
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• Iraq’s Climate Crisis: America’s War for Oil and the Great Mesopotamian Dustbowl
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

• The Impact of Brexit on the UK economy: Reviewing the Evidence
  by Conor Gallagher 4:00 am

July 9, 2023

• Links 7/9/2023
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Turkiye Refuses to Back Down on Sweden Accession Ahead of NATO Summit
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• Kakhovka Dam Breach in Ukraine Caused Economic, Agricultural and Ecological Devastation That Will Last for Years
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

July 8, 2023

• Links 7/8/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• The United States’ Financial Quandary: ZIRP’s Only Exit Path Is a Crash
  by Yves Smith 3:10 am

• It’s Not That Hard to Solve Homelessness
  by Yves Smith 12:10 am

July 7, 2023

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

• Economics v. the Earth: New Book Explores the History of a Tense Relationship
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

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

• The EU’s Mass Censorship Regime Is Almost Fully Operational. Will It Go Global?
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• The Return of Child Labor As the Latest Sign of American Decline
  by Yves Smith 4:57 am

• It’s Hard for Americans to Engage in China-Bashing Without Tripping on Contradictions
  by Yves Smith 4:26 am

July 6, 2023

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

• Why French Streets Are on Fire Again
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

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

• Energy Destinies – Part 4: Renewable Economics – At Cost
  by Yves Smith 6:14 am

• Is Wagner Group Too Big to Fail?
  by Yves Smith 4:44 am

• Rising Sea Levels Will Isolate People Long Before They’re Underwater
  by Yves Smith 3:01 am

July 5, 2023

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/5/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• ‘Totally Indefensible’: Biden Nominates Death Squad Backer Elliott Abrams to Diplomacy Panel
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 7/5/2023
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Industrialism Is Bad for Our Health: The Series Continues
  by Yves Smith 4:07 am

• “Should There Really Be a Supreme Court? Its Role Always Has Been Anti-Democratic”
  by Yves Smith 3:04 am

• “Links for a Fourth of July”
  by Yves Smith 2:52 am

July 4, 2023

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

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

• Will War-Torn, Power-Starved Ukraine Be World’s First Cashless Economy? (Serious Question)
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Why Don’t Americans Take More Vacations? Blame It on Independence Day
  by Yves Smith 12:17 am

July 3, 2023

• Twitter’s Lost Weekend (“Something Went Wrong”)
  by Lambert Strether 2:55 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 7/3/2023
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The Candidacy and Claims of RFK Jr.
  by Yves Smith 8:20 am

• Links 7/3/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• How Scammers Use Psychology to Create Some of the Most Convincing Internet Cons
  by Lambert Strether 6:50 am

July 2, 2023

• Are the Californian Wildfires Really “Natural” Disasters?
  by Lambert Strether 3:50 pm

• Links 7/2/2023
  by Lambert Strether 6:59 am

• Climate Risk Stress Tests Underestimate Potential Financial Sector Losses
  by Lambert Strether 6:50 am

July 1, 2023

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

• Are Rocks The Future Of Solar Power Collection?
  by Yves Smith 6:44 am

• The Invisible Effect Medical Notes Have on Care
  by Yves Smith 6:30 am