Monthly Archives: October 2024

October 31, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/31/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Georgia Election Update
  by Conor Gallagher 9:00 am

• Links 10/31/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Why Does the West Hate Russia So Much? 
  by Conor Gallagher 6:05 am

• It’s Harris’s Race to Lose…
  by Conor Gallagher 4:00 am

• What Would a Real Renewable Energy Transition Look Like?
  by Conor Gallagher 3:00 am

October 30, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/30/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Wolf Richter: Boeing Launches $22 Billion Share Offering to Get Breathing Room, Dodge Junk Credit Rating, after Having Wasted $64 Billion on Share Buybacks
  by Lambert Strether 10:05 am

• Links 10/30/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Obesity: Sociogenic Disease and the Next Generation of Blockbuster Drugs
  by Lambert Strether 6:25 am

• As German Industry Implodes, Country’s Wealthiest Make Out Like Bandits 
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• Hydrogen Stocks Crash as Hype Faces Reality Check
  by Conor Gallagher 5:15 am

October 29, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/29/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Big Lies and Little Progress: Reviewing Four Years of Biden National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan’s “Foreign Policy for the Middle Class”
  by Conor Gallagher 9:30 am

• Links 10/29/2024
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Projects Are Foundering in Five-Eye Nations. What Gives?
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Europe Is Not Prepared for the Looming Lebanese Refugee Crisis
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

October 28, 2024

• Democrat War Games: Could They Try for a Color Revolution After a Trump Victory?
  by Lambert Strether 3:25 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/28/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• What Financial Markets Say About the Economic Implications of a Potential Trump Election Victory
  by Lambert Strether 9:55 am

• Links 10/28/2024
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Why Does the EU Want to Become More Like the US? 
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• Syngenta Spent Decades Attempting to Quiet Health Concerns About Its Profitable Herbicide
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

October 27, 2024

• Links 10/27/2024
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• US Black Sea Strategy Takes Another Big Hit in Georgia Election
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• Exclusive: Emails Reveal How Health Departments Struggle To Track Human Cases of Bird Flu
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

October 26, 2024

• Links 10/26/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Guide to Climate Action in Your Local Community
  by Yves Smith 1:27 am

• Interview: Are We Misinformed About Misinformation?
  by Yves Smith 12:14 am

October 25, 2024

• CDC’s HICPAC: Conflicts of Interest and Process Violations Alleged in World Health Network Supplemental Complaint to Inspector General
  by Lambert Strether 4:55 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/25/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• ‘Money in Exchange for Silence’: Behind Neom’s Green Image, Western Firms Cash in on Saudi Commitment to Oil
  by Lambert Strether 9:55 am

• Links 10/25/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Are Russian Spy Agencies Trying to Stoke Anti-US Sentiment in Mexico? According to the FBI, They Are
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Another Nobel for Anglocentric Neoliberal Institutional Economics
  by Yves Smith 12:26 am

October 24, 2024

• Biden Bets on “Let ‘Er Rip” with a SECOND Pandemic-Grade Virus: H5N1 (“Bird Flu”)
  by Lambert Strether 5:25 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/24/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Voters Fret High Medical Bills Are Being Ignored by Presidential Rivals
  by Lambert Strether 9:55 am

• Links 10/24/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• ‘Hate and Lust for Vengeance Are Passed Like Poison from One Generation to the Next’
  by Yves Smith 1:38 am

• The Economics of Medicine: Personal Reflections
  by Yves Smith 12:27 am

October 23, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/23/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The Great Game of Logistics
  by Conor Gallagher 9:00 am

• Links 10/23/2024
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Heterodox Approaches Will Provide Answers to the Multiple Cascading Crises of Our Future
  by Yves Smith 6:00 am

• Big and Small Businesses Are Nothing Like Each Other
  by Yves Smith 2:06 am

• The Dark Side of AI-Powered Synthetic Biology
  by Yves Smith 12:37 am

October 22, 2024

• My Life So Far in Writing Bits and Bytes (Partly, at Least)
  by Lambert Strether 5:25 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/22/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The Medici’s Quiet Coup: How the Wealthy Bend Politics without Shifting Institutions
  by Lambert Strether 9:55 am

• Links 10/22/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Mexico Escalates Its War on Obesity by Declaring National Ban on Junk Food Sales in Schools
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• How Corporate Vehicles Conceal Crime and Chicanery
  by Yves Smith 12:18 am

October 21, 2024

• Trump Dons Apron, Works Drive-thru, Fry Station at Bucks County, PA McDonald’s, Warming Hearts and Exploding Heads
  by Lambert Strether 5:25 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/21/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• How the Surrealists Used Randomness as a Catalyst for Creative Expression
  by Lambert Strether 9:55 am

• Links 10/21/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Germany Can’t Stop Digging 
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• Billionaires Are Not Going to Save Us
  by Conor Gallagher 4:00 am

October 20, 2024

• My Life So Far in Type (Partly, at Least)
  by Lambert Strether 4:25 pm

• Links 10/20/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Book Review: All History Is Environmental History
  by Lambert Strether 6:50 am

October 19, 2024

• Links 10/19/2024
  by Conor Gallagher 6:54 am

• Why America Is Buying up the Premier League – And What It Means for the Future of ‘Soccer’
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• America’s Shaman-Poets’ Vision for a Better Future
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

October 18, 2024

• My Life So Far in Writing Tools (Partly, at Least)
  by Lambert Strether 5:25 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/18/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Mountain Town Confronts an Unexpected Public Health Catastrophe
  by Lambert Strether 11:59 am

• Links 10/18/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• As UK’s NHS Drowns in PFI Debt, Private Healthcare Providers Offer to Lend a Helping Hand (sarc)
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• How Organized Labor Shames Its Traitors: The Story of the “Scab”
  by Lambert Strether 6:30 am

October 17, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/17/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 10/17/2024
  by Conor Gallagher 6:56 am

• Will the Conflicts in the Middle East Spill Over Into the Caucasus (Part 2): What Are the US and Türkiye Up To? 
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• Satyajit Das: Interrogating Russian History
  by Yves Smith 5:00 am

• Firm Behind £4M Labour Party Donation Invested in Weapons for Israel
  by Conor Gallagher 4:00 am

• Thomas Neuburger: Carbon Sinks Are Failing
  by Yves Smith 12:56 am

October 16, 2024

• The Macaulay Library, Bird Songs, and Citizen Science
  by Lambert Strether 5:25 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/16/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Key Issues in Economic Analysis in an Increasingly Turbulent Security Environment
  by Lambert Strether 12:24 pm

• Links 10/16/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Will the Conflicts in the Middle East Spill Over Into the Caucasus?
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• “Powder Keg in the Pacific, How China’s Challenge Revived America’s Position in Asia and the Pacific”
  by Yves Smith 4:19 am

October 15, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/15/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Europe’s Blue Hydrogen Plans Risk Generating Annual Emissions on Par With Denmark
  by Yves Smith 9:56 am

• Links 10/15/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Nicaragua Severs Ties With Tel Aviv While Germany Creates “Genocide Clause” to Justify Sending More Arms to Israel
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• What If There’s No Landing at All, But Flight at Higher Speed and Altitude than Normal, with Higher and Rising Inflation?
  by Yves Smith 6:22 am

• “Is The West Prepared to Deal With Potential Iranian Sabotage of the Oil Market?”
  by Yves Smith 5:52 am

October 14, 2024

• Brief History of Bipartisan Ballot Bamboozlement: 2000–2020
  by Lambert Strether 6:30 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/14/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 10/14/2024
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Private Equity Pummeled by Higher Interest Rates as Portfolio Companies and Credit Funds Struggle; Use of PIK Loans Now Recalls Late 1980s LBO Crisis
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Millions in US Toiling Under This Imposed Housing Crisis Need One Thing: Straight-Up Cash
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

• Book Review: How Much Can Animals Really Communicate?
  by Yves Smith 4:18 am

October 13, 2024

• Links 10/13/2024
  by Conor Gallagher 6:56 am

• De-risking Downsides
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• The Cash Will Soon Flow
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

October 12, 2024

• Gas Crunch Looms as Demand Outpaces Supply Growth
  by Yves Smith 9:25 am

• Richard D. Wolff & Michael Hudson: Israel’s End-Game Under Netanyahu
  by Yves Smith 9:07 am

• Links 10/12/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

October 11, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/11/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Economic Models Ignoring “Look Out the Window” Climate Change Effects
  by Yves Smith 10:55 am

• Links 10/11/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Norway, One of World’s Most Cashless Economies, Just Made It A Lot Easier to Pay With Cash
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Mapping the Solidarity Economy
  by Yves Smith 3:57 am

• “So You Don’t Like Trump or Harris – Here’s Why It’s Still Best to Vote for One of Them”
  by Yves Smith 12:21 am

October 10, 2024

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

• The Fight to Hold Executives and Boards Accountable Continues in Barclays and Bayer Appeals
  by Yves Smith 10:55 am

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

• Satyajit Das: US Presidential Politics – The More They Bicker, the More They Stay the Same
  by Yves Smith 4:11 am

• Study Warns of ‘Irreversible Impacts’ From Overshooting 1.5°C, Even Temporarily
  by Yves Smith 3:31 am

• 11 Communications Rules for Activists to Live By
  by Yves Smith 2:59 am

October 9, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/9/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Netanyahu Goes Even More Rogue, Announces Intent to Turn Lebanon into Gaza, Refuses to Inform US of Iran Strike Plans [Update]
  by Yves Smith 12:10 pm

• Links 10/9/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Alzheimer’s: How Not to Study a Disease
  by Yves Smith 6:57 am

• Let’s Stop Pretending That We Can Escape from Climate Change
  by Yves Smith 6:41 am

• Big Digital Tech Moves Into Synthetic Biology: The Generative AI Rush / Black Box Biotech P1/2
  by Yves Smith 6:20 am

October 8, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/8/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The Sanctions Poison Pill in Putin’s Peace Offer
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 10/8/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Quelle Surprise: Vulture Funds Set Their Sights on the Argentine Gold Milei’s Government Just Shipped to Europe
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Rob Urie: Failed US Economic Policies Lie Behind Current Geopolitical Tensions
  by Yves Smith 6:15 am

• Is Israel Waiting For The U.S. Elections To Make Its Biggest Move Against Iran?
  by Yves Smith 6:13 am

October 7, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/7/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Book Review: The Mysterious Impact of Music on the Brain and Body
  by Lambert Strether 9:55 am

• Links 10/7/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• How Will Türkiye Respond to War in Lebanon (and Renewed Destabilization of Syria)? 
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• Scenes from Helene: A Report from North Carolina
  by Yves Smith 1:39 am

• Richard D. Wolff & Michael Hudson: Middle East Exploding, Ukraine Crumbling! The US Take Action?
  by Yves Smith 1:28 am

October 6, 2024

• New CDC Respiratory Virus “Community Snapshot” Caves to Covid Minimizers, Deceives Those Who Want to Stay Safe
  by Lambert Strether 4:25 pm

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

• Evidence CEOs Tried to Illegally Boost Oil Prices Grows as FTC Bars Hess from Chevron’s Board
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

October 5, 2024

• Links 10/5/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• A Year of Escalating Conflict in the Middle East Has Ushered in a New Era of Regional Displacement
  by Yves Smith 5:10 am

• OK, Forget it, False Alarm, Labor Market Is Fine, Bad Stuff Last Month Was Revised Away, Wages Jumped. No More Rate Cuts Needed?
  by Yves Smith 4:35 am

October 4, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/4/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Israel-Axis of Resistance Escalation and the Importance of the Minority Report
  by Yves Smith 11:53 am

• Links 10/4/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• On Third Day of Claudia Sheinbaum’s Presidency, Mexico’s Supreme Court Plunges Country Into Constitutional Crisis
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• When We Have Well-Funded Palliative and Social Care, We Can Discuss Assisted Dying, but We’re Not There Yet
  by Yves Smith 4:35 am

• Sharing News Left and Right
  by Yves Smith 2:27 am

October 3, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/3/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Interview with Richard Eskow: ‘Putin, Ukraine and War’
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

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

• Biden’s Israel Policy Has Led Us to the Brink of War on Iran
  by Yves Smith 6:30 am

• Cities Are Clearing Encampments, but This Won’t Solve Homelessness − Here’s a Better Way Forward
  by Yves Smith 6:14 am

• Vance-Walz Debate Highlighted Clear Health Policy Differences
  by Yves Smith 5:45 am

October 2, 2024

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

• Iran Missile Strikes Into Israel Reconfirm Lack of Meaningful Defenses; Lebanon Invasion So Far Not Going Much of Anywhere
  by Yves Smith 11:09 am

• Links 10/2/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• The US Tries to Pressure Türkiye into Putting Its Russian Missile Systems Under American Supervision
  by Conor Gallagher 4:00 am

• ‘Why We Need Medicare for All’: Boeing Revokes Health Benefits for Striking Workers
  by Yves Smith 4:00 am

October 1, 2024

• “I Want to Be a Part of It”: Vance v. Walz New York Vice-Presidential Debate Live Blog
  by Lambert Strether 8:30 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 10/1/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• John Mearsheimer Is Not Very Impressed With Israel’s Shock and Awe Campaign Against Hezbollah
  by Yves Smith 10:42 am

• Links 10/1/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Washington Enters Panic Mode As Even Javier Milei’s Argentina Seeks Closer Economic Ties With Beijing
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• The Fed and the “Soft Landing” – Policy or Luck?
  by Yves Smith 6:31 am

• What We Can Learn from Gen Z Workers
  by Yves Smith 6:16 am