Monthly Archives: May 2024

May 31, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 5/31/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Biden Authorizes Ukraine to Make “Limited” Strikes on Russia With US Weapons
  by Yves Smith 11:14 am

• Links 5/31/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• From Debunking to “Pre-bunking”: EU Opens Up Another New Front in Its War on Information
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Donald Trump Conviction Open Thread
  by Yves Smith 5:15 am

• Will Israel Kill Public Support for America’s Bipartisan Consensus?
  by Yves Smith 1:01 am

May 30, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 5/30/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Global South Suffering Due to Powerful Nations’ Elite-Serving Policies
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 5/30/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Preparing for Collapse: Why the Focus on Climate/Energy Sustainability Is Destructive
  by Yves Smith 5:55 am

• Michael Hudson: Modern (Mis)interpretations of Ancient Debt Cancellation
  by Yves Smith 2:58 am

• Status of Banks’ Unrealized Losses in Q1: Worsened After Brief Rate-Cut-Mania Relief
  by Yves Smith 1:59 am

May 29, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 5/29/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Private Equity Seeks to Foist Companies It Can’t Sell on Employees
  by Yves Smith 10:44 am

• Links 5/29/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• The West Foments Chaos in the Caucasus 
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• The Popski Syndrome – Allied Defeat Turns into Ukraine Battlefield Fantasies
  by Yves Smith 5:13 am

• Repress U., Class of 2024: How to Build a Homeland Security Campus in Seven More Steps
  by Yves Smith 12:38 am

May 28, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 5/28/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• “It’s Not Just Ideology: Why the U.S. Is Hard-Wired to Be Hostile to Autocratic Regimes”
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 5/28/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Are European Politicians Beginning to Worry About Their Own Possible Complicity in Israel’s War Crimes?
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• IM Doc on the Accelerating Decline in American Medicine
  by Yves Smith 5:55 am

• Lost in the Green Transition: Which Workers Win and Lose
  by Yves Smith 5:40 am

May 27, 2024

• How One Advice Columnist Handled Our Covid Pandemic, Over Four Years
  by Lambert Strether 4:25 pm

• Links 5/27/2024
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Book Review: How Plants Experience the World
  by Conor Gallagher 4:00 am

May 26, 2024

• Links 5/26/2024
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• ‘To Be America’s Friend Is Fatal’: A Current Overview
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• Clues From Bird Flu’s Ground Zero on Dairy Farms in the Texas Panhandle
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

May 25, 2024

• Links 5/25/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Remember Headlines 2 Weeks Ago, Labor Market “Suddenly” Weakens as Unemployment Claims “Spike”: It Just Got Unwound
  by Yves Smith 3:38 am

• U.S. Remains Painfully Dependent on China for Silicon and Solar Panels
  by Yves Smith 2:58 am

May 24, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 5/24/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 5/24/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• SouthCom Commander Laura Richardson Just Described “Plan Colombia” As A Success, A Model for the Region
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• National Grid Wants to Heat More Homes With Converted Food Waste — and Make You Pay For It
  by Yves Smith 5:28 am

• Michael Hudson: Some Myths Regarding the Genesis of Enterprise
  by Yves Smith 4:19 am

May 23, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 5/23/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Masks Work, Our Comprehensive Review Has Found
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 5/23/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Satyajit Das: The Economic Costs of Modern War
  by Yves Smith 6:50 am

• Why Corporations Choose Lawlessness to Fight Unions
  by Yves Smith 5:25 am

• Collapse of the Thwaites Glacier Has Accelerated
  by Yves Smith 3:31 am

May 22, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 5/22/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Israel Gaza Starvation Ploy Intensifies With Seizure of Rafah Crossings
  by Yves Smith 10:20 am

• Links 5/22/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Gresham’s Law Comes for Science
  by Yves Smith 5:42 am

• “Am I An Extremist? ”
  by Yves Smith 5:15 am

• Housing, Not Handcuffs
  by Yves Smith 12:51 am

May 21, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 5/21/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• From the History of Israel−Palestine Conflict: The First Palestinian Intifada Against the State of Israel (1987−1993) and its Political Consequences
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 5/21/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Why Is It Taking So Painfully Long for Spain, Ireland and Other EU Countries to Recognise Palestinian Statehood?
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Trump Versus Biden: The Substantial Fall in Real Wages for Most Workers Under Biden
  by Yves Smith 6:01 am

• Coal Still Powers More U.S. Electricity Than Any Renewable Energy Source
  by Yves Smith 12:44 am

May 20, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 5/20/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 5/20/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Book Review: The Untapped Knowledge of Animals
  by Lambert Strether 6:50 am

• US Trade Desperation: Trump Insider Robert Lightheizer Recommends Third-World Capital Controls to Achieve Balanced Trade
  by Yves Smith 6:00 am

• Assassination Attempt on Slovak PM Highlights Dangers of Constant EU Demonization of Project Ukraine Opponents and Hypocrisy of ‘Misinformation’ Crackdown
  by Conor Gallagher 3:00 am

• Renting Your Life
  by Yves Smith 12:36 am

May 19, 2024

• Word of the Day: Don’t Say “Covid Pandemic.” Say “Covid Syndemic”!
  by Lambert Strether 4:25 pm

• Links 5/19/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Why One New York Health System Stopped Suing Its Patients
  by Lambert Strether 6:50 am

May 18, 2024

• Links 5/18/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Dr. Jill Stein & Michael Hudson: Fighting Russia & China to Last American: Destroying US From Within
  by Yves Smith 6:58 am

• US Affordable Housing Policy Works for Wall Street and Rich Developers, Not Renters
  by Yves Smith 6:57 am

May 17, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 5/17/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Defending Privacy in the Surveillance State and Fragmenting Internet
  by Yves Smith 9:56 am

• Links 5/17/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• EU Commission Plans to Strip Funding From Public Prosecutors Investigating Ursula von der Leyen’s Pfizergate Scandal
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Why Did the US Spend $320 Million on a Rube Goldberg Pier For Gaza?
  by Yves Smith 5:40 am

• The Long Goodbye? Mitch McConnell and Big Money Politics
  by Yves Smith 4:14 am

May 16, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 5/16/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• New Palestine Protest/Free Speech Threat: House Oversight Committee Targets 20 Pro-Palestinian Organizations, Such as Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Demanding Treasury Produce Suspicious Activity Reports, Including on Employeees
  by Yves Smith 11:08 am

• Links 5/16/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Kentucky Retirement Systems Plaintiffs Seek Repayment from KKR Entities of Misappropriated $137 Million Plus Interest and Punitive Damages, Totaling $771 Million….Oh, and An Accounting Too
  by Yves Smith 6:57 am

• ‘Most Thorough Legal Analysis’ Yet Concludes Israel Committing Genocide in Gaza
  by Yves Smith 3:05 am

• The IMF’s Chronicle of a Catastrophe Foretold
  by Yves Smith 12:57 am

May 15, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 5/15/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The Arsenal of Genocide: The U.S. Weapons That Are Destroying Gaza
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 5/15/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Game Finally On! Judge Denies Key Motions to Dismiss in Kentucky Retirement Systems Litigation, Subjecting KKR, Blackstone, PAAMCO, and Top Financiers Henry Kravis, George Roberts, Steve Schwarzman, and Tomlinson Hill to Discovery
  by Yves Smith 6:30 am

• US Wars Are Making Türkiye’s Relationship With the West Politically Untenable 
  by Conor Gallagher 5:30 am

• What ‘The Wire’ Teaches About Institutions
  by Yves Smith 2:09 am

May 14, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 5/14/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• How Geopolitics Is Changing Trade
  by Yves Smith 10:07 am

• Links 5/14/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Why Are Argentina’s Highest-Denomination Currency Bills Being Printed By a State-Owned Company in China?
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Climate Change Is Affecting Mental Health Literally Everywhere
  by Yves Smith 3:15 am

• The US, Israel, and the ‘Anti-Semitism’ Fraud
  by Yves Smith 2:45 am

May 13, 2024

• Apple’s “Crush” Ad, Rentierism, and the End of Capitalism?
  by Lambert Strether 3:55 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 5/13/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Where Have All the Babies Gone? Falling Birthrates All Over the World Alarm Leaders, Businessmen, Economists
  by Yves Smith 10:03 am

• Links 5/13/2024
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Elections and Devaluations
  by Yves Smith 5:15 am

• In the Race for Space Metals, Companies Hope to Cash In
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

May 12, 2024

• Links 5/12/2024
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• “Living in Netanyahu’s America” – In More Ways Than One
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• Their First Baby Came With Medical Debt. These Illinois Parents Won’t Have Another.
  by Conor Gallagher 4:00 am

May 11, 2024

• Links 5/11/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• ‘Unhinged’ Israeli Ambassador Literally Shreds UN Charter Ahead of Successful Vote Urging Security Council to Reconsider Palestine Membership
  by Yves Smith 6:56 am

• Nuclear Energy: The New Geopolitical Battleground
  by Yves Smith 6:40 am

May 10, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 5/10/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Work Longer, Die Sooner! America’s Dire Need to Expand Social Security and Medicare
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 5/10/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• World’s Oldest Central Bank Keeps Sounding Alarm on Fragility of Cashless Economies. Are Other Central Banks Listening?
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• What Is Critical Global Geopolitics?
  by Yves Smith 5:26 am

• Michael Hudson: Parallels Between Archaic Entrepots and Modern Offshore Banking Centers
  by Yves Smith 3:27 am

May 9, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 5/9/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• How Trade Liberalisation Kicked Away African Development Ladder
  by Yves Smith 9:54 am

• Links 5/9/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Populism and State Power
  by Yves Smith 6:45 am

• Satyajit Das: The Rich Are Different!
  by Yves Smith 5:30 am

• An Iowa Farm County Seeks Answers Amid Cancer Rates 50% Higher than National Average
  by Yves Smith 5:28 am

May 8, 2024

• Alvin Bragg’s Theories (Plural) of the Case in People v. Trump May Be Gradually Emerging (There Are Three)
  by Lambert Strether 3:55 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 5/8/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:40 pm

• Consumers Regard the Cost of Money as Part of the Cost of Living
  by Lambert Strether 7:32 am

• Links 5/8/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Is a Future-Proof Science Possible?
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Israel’s War on Gaza Could Spark Protests that Shape Entire Region
  by Yves Smith 6:53 am

• In BBC Interview, Javier Milei Shows His True Colours on Falklands Issue While Praising His “Idol”, Margaret Thatcher, to the Skies
  by Nick Corbishley 6:46 am

May 7, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 5/7/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• European Economic Security in an Age of Interdependence
  by Yves Smith 10:08 am

• Why the IEA is Wrong About Peak Oil Demand
  by Yves Smith 9:18 am

• Links 5/7/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Trump Promises to Deport All Undocumented Immigrants, Resurrecting a 1950s Strategy − But It Didn’t Work Then and Is Less Likely to Do So Now
  by Yves Smith 6:00 am

• UK Banks Will Go Bust Because of Climate Change
  by Yves Smith 2:05 am

May 6, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 5/6/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 5/6/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Remembering A Day the West Wants to Forget
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• Tuberculosis Emergency in California After Death in Homeless Shelter Outbreak; Follows Chicago Migrant Shelter Cluster and Earlier IM Doc Anecdata
  by Yves Smith 4:00 am

• How ‘Apocalypse’ Became a Secular as Well as a Religious Idea
  by Lambert Strether 2:50 am

• The Problem of Feeding a Still-Growing Population: Nitrogen, Agrochemical Corporations and International Trade: A Perilous Mix
  by Yves Smith 1:52 am

May 5, 2024

• Could WHO’s Technical Report on “Pathogens That Transmit Through the Air” Already Be Obsolete, Two Weeks After Its Release?
  by Lambert Strether 3:55 pm

• Which Industries Lost Jobs, Which Gained Jobs: Longer-Term Employment Trends in Charts
  by Lambert Strether 7:29 am

• Links 5/5/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

May 4, 2024

• ‘Absurd!’: US Billionaires Pay Lower Tax Rate Than Working Class for First Time
  by Yves Smith 9:45 am

• Are the BRICS and Their New Development Bank Offering Alternatives to the World Bank, the IMF?
  by Yves Smith 9:20 am

• Links 5/4/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

May 3, 2024

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

• The Geography of EU Discontent and the Regional Development Trap
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 5/3/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Tony Blair and His Associates Are Waiting in the Wings to Take Back Power in UK
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Turkiye Suspends All Trade With Israel in Surprise New Blow; Israel Threatens Retaliation
  by Yves Smith 4:13 am

• Taxing Income from Wealth Can Always Raise More Money Than a Wealth Tax
  by Yves Smith 1:17 am

May 2, 2024

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

• After Much Posturing, US Imposes (So Far) Underwhelming Sanctions Against China for Russia Trade
  by Yves Smith 12:09 pm

• Links 5/2/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Oh Deary, Where Did My Rate Cuts Go? Fed’s Wait-and-See Now Entrenched? And Suddenly Lots of Talk About “Rate Hikes”
  by Yves Smith 3:58 am

• “The True Shocking Driver of Crime in America”
  by Yves Smith 2:56 am

• The Culture of the CIA, a First Look
  by Yves Smith 12:51 am

May 1, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 5/1/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• TaxCast #142: Blockchain Havens
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 5/1/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Stasi in the West
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• AirBnB Again in Bed With Surveillance State Tactics by Asking for Biometric ID, Spurring Illinois “Mass Arbitration” Action
  by Yves Smith 5:15 am

• AC, Power Banks, Mini Fridges: Oregon Equips Medicaid Patients for Climate Change
  by Yves Smith 4:47 am