Monthly Archives: March 2024

March 31, 2024

• Links 3/31/2024
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Combating “Hate”: The Trojan Horse for Precrime
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• NYC AI Chatbot Touted by Adams Tells Businesses to Break the Law
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

March 30, 2024

• The Global Pharmaceutical Industry Isn’t Investing in Products for the Greatest Burden of Human Disease – Are Non-Profits a Solution?
  by Yves Smith 9:32 am

• Links 3/30/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Rising Talk of School Closures Fuels Expansion of the Community Schools Movement
  by Yves Smith 6:56 am

March 29, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/29/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 3/29/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Yellen Plans To Confront China For ‘Unfair’ Clean Energy Subsidies
  by Yves Smith 6:13 am

• Tweaking US Trade Policy Could Hold the Key to Reducing Migration from Central America
  by Yves Smith 5:06 am

• Of Life and Lithium
  by Yves Smith 12:24 am

March 28, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/28/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• IMF, in a Quiet Slap to the US, Urges Non-Alignment in Second Cold War
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/28/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Democrats Furiously Finger-Wagging Over Billionaire Nicole Shanahan as RFK, Jr.’s Vice Presidential Pick
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• A Battered Bayer Breathes Sigh of Relief As Mexico Suspends Its Long-Awaited Ban on Glyphosate Weedkiller
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• The Crocus City Hall Attack – An Operational Failure
  by Yves Smith 5:25 am

• Western Wind Turbine Manufacturers Struggle to Compete with Chinese Pricing
  by Yves Smith 12:19 am

March 27, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/27/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Baltimore Bridge Crash: Risk Management Questions
  by Yves Smith 11:21 am

• Links 3/27/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Prolegomena to an Understanding of the Replication Crisis in Science
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• A Weak Spot in Carbon Sequestration: Abandoned Oil and Gas Wells
  by Yves Smith 6:46 am

• The Evidence on the Crocus Gang Attack in Moscow
  by Yves Smith 5:20 am

March 26, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/26/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Draft UN Report Finds Israel Has Met Threshold for Genocide
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/26/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:58 am

• CIA Chief Pays Argentina Rare Visit Just Three Days Before Anniversary of 1976 Military Coup
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Mapping the Economic Costs of War
  by Yves Smith 6:22 am

• Iraq And Iran Will Expedite Development Of Sanctions-Busting Shared Oil Fields
  by Yves Smith 5:24 am

March 25, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/25/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 3/25/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Monstrous Zionist Extermination in Gaza Continues as US Attempts Voter-Appeasing Headfakery
  by Yves Smith 6:02 am

• US Scheme to Challenge Russian Dominance in Nuclear Energy Faces Major Obstacles – Including an Overreliance on Russia
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• After Appalachian Hospitals Merged Into a Monopoly, Their ERs Slowed to a Crawl
  by Lambert Strether 4:50 am

• Here’s Why You Can’t Afford an Electric Car
  by Yves Smith 2:59 am

March 24, 2024

• Covid Roundup: #CovidIsAirborne, NPIs, Sequelae, Immune Dysregulation, Social Norming, Official Maleficence, Eugenics (and More)
  by Lambert Strether 3:55 pm

• Links 3/24/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• The Rise and Fall of Paper Money in Yuan China, 1260–1368
  by Lambert Strether 6:50 am

March 23, 2024

• Matt Taibbi: “Meet the AI-Censored? Naked Capitalism”
  by Yves Smith 9:49 am

• Links 3/23/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• The Truth About China’s Economy: Debunking Western Media Myths
  by Yves Smith 6:51 am

• Generative AI Could Leave Users Holding the Bag for Copyright Violations
  by Yves Smith 6:50 am

March 22, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/22/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Financial Times Tells CalPERS Not to Go Further Into the Private Equity Haunted House
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/22/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Corporate Dominance of International Trade System Is Ending, Claim Economists After Honduras Leaves ISDS Court
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Texas Law Forces Pension Funds and Municipalities to Drop Use of Financial Firms that Support Net Zero
  by Yves Smith 4:57 am

• “The Censorship Trap”
  by Yves Smith 3:00 am

March 21, 2024

• Google Censorship: AI Run Amok Threatens Demonetization Over a Navigation Page with No Ads, An Article on a Foreign Policy Best-Seller Deemed Anti-Vaxx, and More Flagrant Errors
  by Yves Smith 7:50 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/21/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• What Is Necessary for the Ukrainian “Sanitary Zone” to Be Sanitary?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/21/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• “I Don’t Believe in Growth”
  by Yves Smith 6:41 am

• Why Artificial Intelligence Must Be Stopped Now
  by Yves Smith 6:25 am

• What’s the Solution to Humanity’s Growing Ills?
  by Yves Smith 1:37 am

March 20, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/20/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Industrial Policy, East or West, for Development or War?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/20/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Private Equity Buying Up Accounting Practices. What Could Go Wrong? The Health Industry Gives Some Ideas
  by Yves Smith 6:53 am

• “The Algorithm Told Me to Do It”: More Price Fixing in US Rental Market
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• Health Workers Fear It’s Profits Before Protection as CDC Revisits Airborne Transmission
  by Yves Smith 4:46 am

March 19, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/19/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• When It Comes to Fighting Russian Diamonds, the Jewish Diamond Trade and De Beers Are a Busted Flush
  by Yves Smith 1:22 pm

• Links 3/19/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• UK Citizens Just Got a Brief Foretaste of the Inherent Fragility of a Cashless Economy
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Wealth of US Billionaires Hits $5.5 Trillion—Up 88% Since Pandemic Hit
  by Yves Smith 3:43 am

March 18, 2024

• Introduction to Swing States in the Presidential Election of 2024 (General Survey)
  by Lambert Strether 4:25 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/18/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 3/18/2024
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Experts: Negotiating Big Pharma’s Prices Won’t Stifle Innovation—They Don’t Use the Money to Innovate!
  by Yves Smith 6:02 am

• Minneapolis Council Overrides Mayor’s Veto of Uber and Lyft Minimum Rates
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

• “We Need a Plan for the Transition to Renewable Energy”
  by Yves Smith 1:32 am

March 17, 2024

• Links 3/17/2024
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Collapse on the EU Home Front 
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• Why Are Their Lordships So Frightened of Modern Monetary Theory?
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

March 16, 2024

• Links 3/16/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• What Is China’s Future? Economic Decline, or the Next Industrial Revolution?
  by Yves Smith 6:57 am

• New Evidence the German Taurus Attack Plan Was Leaked by the US Air Force
  by Yves Smith 6:51 am

March 15, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/15/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• How Effective Is International Aid and Assistance? The Rise of Debt Traps
  by Yves Smith 11:37 am

• Links 3/15/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Just Three Months into Office, Argentina’s Milei Government Invites US Troops to Help “Manage” Major Waterway
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Young Voters, Victims of Neoliberalism, Pessimistic About the Future, Sour on Politics…As Officials Tell Them to Eat Statistics
  by Yves Smith 5:02 am

• Major US Companies Pay Executives More Than Uncle Sam
  by Yves Smith 1:28 am

March 14, 2024

• Closing Hours of the 2024 Water Cooler Fundraiser. Please Help Hit Our Target!
  by Lambert Strether 3:55 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/14/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The Intergenerational Health Effects of Forced Displacement: Japanese American incarceration During WWII
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/14/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• US Had Secret Talks with Iran About Houthi Red Sea Shipping Attacks in January
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Are We Stumbling Into World War III in Ukraine?
  by Yves Smith 3:00 am

• Global Warming Is Still Accelerating, in Three Graphs
  by Yves Smith 12:50 am

March 13, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/13/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Sink the Hessen! Russia Doesn’t Have To Strike Beyond the Ukrainian Battlefield – The German, French, British and US Governments Are Sinking Themselves
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/13/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Ultra-Processed People in an Ultra-Processed World
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Global South Stagnating Under Heavier Debt Burden
  by Yves Smith 6:25 am

• The Question Of Alevi Minority In Turkiye And Its Religious Identity
  by Yves Smith 5:12 am

March 12, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/12/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Rob Urie: The CIA and the Decline of the American Empire
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/12/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• UK Medicines Regulator MHRA’s Role As Pharma “Enabler” During Pandemic Comes Under Microscope
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• New Storyline in Wall Street Journal: “Russia Is Running Out of Missiles” Shifts to “Russia Can’t Keep Up Production Forever”
  by Yves Smith 6:30 am

• Will Trump Election Bring Back Isolationism and Threaten NATO?
  by Yves Smith 2:55 am

March 11, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/11/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 3/11/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Financial Crises and Tax Havens
  by Lambert Strether 6:50 am

• From Isolation to Containment: Washington’s Economic War Against Russia Gets a Rebrand
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• Market Gives Vote of No Confidence in Latest Israel Genocide, Um, War-Financing Bonds
  by Yves Smith 4:22 am

• Michael Hudson: Marxism, Economic Parasites, and Debt Cancellation
  by Yves Smith 1:32 am

March 10, 2024

• On the State of the Union Speech: What Biden Left Out
  by Lambert Strether 4:25 pm

• Announcing 2024 Water Cooler Fundraiser!
  by Lambert Strether 12:44 pm

• Links 3/10/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• The Great Archaeological Discovery of Our Time
  by Lambert Strether 6:50 am

March 9, 2024

• Links 3/9/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• “Explosive Growth” in Petrochemical Production Linked to Increases in Cancers and Other Diseases in New Report
  by Yves Smith 6:58 am

• UN Human Rights Chief Decries ‘War Crime’ of Rapidly Expanding Israeli Settlements
  by Yves Smith 5:45 am

March 8, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/8/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Israel: Quietly Fraying?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/8/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Potential Conflicts of Interest Are By Now Too Big to Ignore
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• The Reach of JSOC ‘the President’s Private Army’
  by Yves Smith 12:50 am

March 7, 2024

• 2024 State of the Union Live Blog/Open Thread
  by Lambert Strether 8:28 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/7/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Apple’s Exclusionary App Store Scheme: Will the EU Tolerate Gaming of the Digital Markets Act?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/7/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• SEC Approves First US Climate Disclosure Rules: Why the Requirements Are Much Weaker Than Planned and What They Mean for Companies
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Nothing in Nuland’s Life Became Her Like the Leaving of It
  by Yves Smith 5:39 am

• Gendering the Predator State
  by Yves Smith 12:41 am

March 6, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/6/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Ralph Nader: Real Gaza Death Toll at Least 200,000
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/6/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Victoria Nuland, Major Force Behind Failed Project Ukraine, Retires Unexpectedly
  by Yves Smith 6:50 am

• Book Review: Malcolm Harris’ “Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World” 
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• There’s a “New Upside Risk” in Town: “Pent-up Exuberance” – Fed’s Bostic
  by Yves Smith 5:49 am

March 5, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/5/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• How Facebook Contributes to the Demise of Endangered Species
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/5/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• After Nigeria’s eNaira Disaster, Another “Live” Central Bank Digital Currency, Jamaica’s Jam-Dex, Founders
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• How Should the Government Negotiate Medicare Drug Prices? A Guide for the Perplexed
  by Yves Smith 6:10 am

• Google Demands That We Censor Our Content
  by Yves Smith 4:13 am

March 4, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/4/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 3/4/2024
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Restaurants: Canaries in the Coal Mine of the Covid Labor Reset?
  by Yves Smith 6:15 am

• Armenia Freezes Participation in Collective Security Treaty Organization, Further Poisoning Ties With Russia
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• U.S. Seeks Semiconductor Supremacy with New Funding Initiatives
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

• IM Doc Reports on Covid Not Waning, Long Covid Effects as Lambert Lambastes Latest CDC Guidance as “Crime Against Humanity”
  by Yves Smith 1:59 am

March 3, 2024

• Links 3/3/2024
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Democratic Rights Are No Excuse for Airing Russian Perspectives in Europe
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• Amid Pushback, the USGS Decides to Restore Its Pesticide Database
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

March 2, 2024

• Links 3/2/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• The Reality of Bidenomics: How Good Was Biden for the Economy?
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• The Polish-West Ukrainian Conflict Over East Galicia in 1918−1919
  by Yves Smith 6:31 am

March 1, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 3/1/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Despite Inspector General Demand, EPA Refuses to Re-Do Review of Seresto Flea and Tick Collar Implicated in Thousands of Pet Deaths
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 3/1/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Amid Rising Tensions With US and Canada, Mexico’s AMLO Threatens to Boycott Upcoming North American Leaders’ Summit
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Scorching the Earth Westward — What Comes Next as the Ukraine Army Collapses*
  by Yves Smith 6:25 am

• Assange: Our Enemy of the State
  by Yves Smith 12:46 am