Monthly Archives: November 2024

November 30, 2024

• Links 11/30/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Rob Urie: Update on US Missiles, Ukraine, and Russian Response
  by Yves Smith 6:58 am

• “The Upside of Climate Pessimism”
  by Yves Smith 3:45 am

November 29, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/29/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 11/29/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• An Example from Switzerland: Neuchâtel Becomes Second Canton to Enshrine Right to “Offline Life” in Constitution
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Amazon Inside Job? Phishing for Government ID
  by Yves Smith 5:55 am

November 28, 2024

• Links 11/28/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Inflation Re-Accelerates Despite Plunging Gasoline Prices as “Core Services” PCE Price Index Hits 7-Month High
  by Yves Smith 5:21 am

• Can Desalination Quench Agriculture’s Thirst?
  by Yves Smith 2:30 am

November 27, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/27/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Israel Agrees to Ceasefire in Lebanon After Ground Invasion Fails
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 11/27/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• EU Nears Finish Line on Trade Deal With South American Bloc in an Effort to Deal Blow to China
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• How Trump Attorney General Pick Pam Bondi Did Favors for Donors and Gift-Givers in Florida
  by Yves Smith 5:55 am

• Monetary Policy in Response to Tariff Shocks
  by Yves Smith 1:19 am

• Thanksgiving Holiday Schedule
  by Yves Smith 12:54 am

November 26, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/26/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Taxpayers Spend 22% More Per Patient to Support Medicare Advantage – The Private Alternative to Medicare That Promised to Cost Less
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 11/26/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Trump’s Inflation-Stoking 25% Mexico and Canada Tariff Scheme
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Is Trump About to Deal a Mortal Blow to NAFTA 2.0?
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• COP29 Puts World on Course for More Extreme Weather – and More Deaths
  by Yves Smith 3:43 am

November 25, 2024

• CDC’s Conflicted HICPAC Anti-Airborne Goons Grasp “Baggy Blues” with Cold, Dead Hands, Vote to Infect More Patients with Airborne Diseases
  by Lambert Strether 4:25 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/25/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Civil Society, Beyond Markets and States: Tracking 100 Years of Economic Research
  by Lambert Strether 9:55 am

• Links 11/25/2024
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Sputnik 2.0? Oreshnik and the Western Military Capabilities Gap
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Data Centers Highlight the Limits of Renewable Energy Scaling
  by Conor Gallagher 4:00 am

November 24, 2024

• Links 11/24/2024
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• The Wars Come Home
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

• After Ending in Overtime, COP29 Called ‘Big F U to Climate Justice’
  by Conor Gallagher 4:00 am

November 23, 2024

• Links 11/23/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Dems Rip Musk-Ramaswamy Plan for Spending Cuts as Illegal ‘Power Grab’
  by Yves Smith 3:36 am

• Neglecting Health Care May Have Cost Democrats the Election
  by Yves Smith 3:13 am

November 22, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/22/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Fueling the Flames: How the West’s Military Emissions Undermine Climate Action
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 11/22/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• FT Confirms What We’ve Been Saying for Three Years: The US Is Losing the “Battle… for Latin America” to China
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Trump Nominates Corporate Lobbyist and Foreclosure Fraudsters Defender Pam Bondi as Attorney General
  by Yves Smith 6:30 am

• Trump’s Opportunity to Reset U.S.-Iran Relations
  by Yves Smith 6:00 am

November 21, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/21/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• International Criminal Court Issues Arrest Warrants for Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Former Minister of Defense, Yoav Gallant
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 11/21/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• RFK, Jr. Plans Attack on AMA’s Big Meal Ticket, Licensing Fees for Medical Billing Codes
  by Yves Smith 6:46 am

• What Is Politics & What Is the Political?
  by Yves Smith 6:00 am

• “Entropy and Information Control: the Key to Understanding How to Mount the Fightback Against Trump and Other Populists”
  by Yves Smith 4:05 am

November 20, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/20/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Thomas Neuburger: Tulsi Gabbard’s DNI Nomination
  by Yves Smith 10:04 am

• Links 11/20/2024
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• A Post-Election Reflection on Stolen Pride: Loss, Shame, and the Rise of the Right
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• How the Wall Street Journal Blew the Story of the Democrats and Inflation
  by Yves Smith 6:53 am

• Requiem for an Empire
  by Yves Smith 6:50 am

November 19, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/19/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Long-Running Kentucky Retirement Systems Case Surmounts Yet Another Procedural Spanner, Moves Closer to Discovery After Seven Years
  by Yves Smith 9:57 am

• Links 11/19/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Eight Reasons Why Marco Rubio Would Be a Disastrous Secretary of State
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Will Online Age Verification Be the Trojan Horse for the Mass Rollout of Digital IDs?
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Forget Snowbirds. These Sunbirds Are Flocking North
  by Yves Smith 5:55 am

November 18, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/18/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Social Security Tackles Overpayment ‘Injustices,’ but Problems Remain
  by Lambert Strether 11:54 am

• Links 11/18/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• As Biden Uses Long-Range Strikes into Russia to Create Problems for Trump, What Else Might Happen With Ukraine When Trump Takes Over?
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Paris and Washington Go Scorched Earth in the Sahel 
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• Trump’s Energy Sanctions Are a Double-Edged Sword for Global Economy
  by Yves Smith 5:03 am

November 17, 2024

• Book Review: “Caps Lock” (Capitalism and Graphic Design)
  by Lambert Strether 4:25 pm

• Links 11/17/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Evaluation of a New International Policy Instrument to Curb Offshore Tax Evasion: Global Information Sharing of Bank Information
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

November 16, 2024

• Links 11/16/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Wall Street Banks Accused of Trying to Sabotage Key Consumer Protection Rule
  by Yves Smith 3:58 am

• Trump’s Speeches Are Chaotic, Rambling and Extremely Effective. Aristotle Can Explain Why
  by Yves Smith 3:31 am

November 15, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/15/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• US EPA Enables Polluting Plastics Plants by Failing to Update Wastewater Limits, Report Says
  by Yves Smith 9:10 am

• Links 11/15/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• As Rumours Swirl That Mexico Has Lost USMCA Case on GM Corn Ban, Sheinbaum Pledges to Protect Mexico’s Native Corn
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Is Realignment the Shape of US Politics to Come?
  by Yves Smith 5:55 am

• Scientists Fear What’s Next for Public Health if RFK Jr. Is Allowed To ‘Go Wild’
  by Yves Smith 3:30 am

November 14, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/14/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The BRICS, a Geopolitical Challenge Overlooked by the European Union
  by Yves Smith 11:45 am

• Links 11/14/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Wall Street Journal Show How Medicare Advantage Plans Restrict Medical Services to Sicker Seniors, Leading to Switching to Traditional Medicare
  by Yves Smith 3:37 am

• Shale ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’ Hits Wall of Capital Restraint
  by Yves Smith 1:54 am

• Will Trump End or Escalate Biden’s Wars?
  by Yves Smith 1:41 am

November 13, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/13/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Global Fury After State Dept Claims Israel Not Violating US Law by Blocking Gaza Aid
  by Yves Smith 10:30 am

• Links 11/13/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Trump Adds to List of Fake EU Crises
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• Bad Samaritans in Foreign Aid
  by Yves Smith 5:55 am

• What Are Republics, Exactly?
  by Yves Smith 1:42 am

November 12, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/12/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Will Ukraine Embrace an Era of ‘War-Wilding’?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 11/12/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Another Central Bank in Europe Warns Citizens to Have Cash “Under the Mattress” Amid Rising Payments System Fragility
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Saudi-Iranian Relations Warm as Middle East Braces for Trump’s Return
  by Yves Smith 6:32 am

• The New Economy and the Tariffs and Tax Breaks to Launch It
  by Yves Smith 1:50 am

November 11, 2024

• Veterans Day: Goya on War
  by Lambert Strether 5:25 pm

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

• Links 11/11/2024
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Why the Enthusiasm for Mass Deportation, A Hard and Likely Largely Losing Way to Deal with Illegal Immigration?
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• In Amish Country, an Unlikely Partnership With Beef Giant JBS Roils Community
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

• Bank Servicers Whittling Away at Hard-Won Protections Against Foreclosure Abuses: The Maine Example
  by Yves Smith 1:26 am

November 10, 2024

• Links 11/10/2024
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Germany, Trump, and Walking the Trans-Atlantic Plank 
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• Matt Bruenig: Election Musings
  by Conor Gallagher 4:00 am

November 9, 2024

• Links 11/9/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• About This Election Week….
  by Lambert Strether 6:54 am

• Many Voters Backed Abortion Rights and Donald Trump, a Challenge for Democrats
  by Yves Smith 4:13 am

November 8, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/8/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• DNC Doubles Down on Failure, Rejecting Sanders’ Calling Out Party for Abandoning Workers and Economic Justice
  by Yves Smith 10:10 am

• Links 11/8/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• After Weeks of Political Chaos and Uncertainty, Mexico’s Judicial Coup Fizzles to Nothing
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• A New Age of Presidential Unilaterism?
  by Yves Smith 5:55 am

• How Local and Federal Institutions Are (and Aren’t) Taking Care of North Carolina’s Hurricane Helene Survivors—and What Mutual Aid Groups Are Doing to Help
  by Yves Smith 5:22 am

November 7, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/7/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• How the Trump Presidency Might Change the Global Economy
  by Yves Smith 9:51 am

• Links 11/7/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• “An Honest Discussion of Covid Vaccine Side Effects Is Overdue”
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• How to Protect Your Pet from Climate Change
  by Yves Smith 5:55 am

• Longer-Term Treasury Yields & Mortgage Rates Explode, Yield Curve Un-Inverts Further as Bond Market Gets Spooked
  by Yves Smith 4:53 am

November 6, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/6/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Netanyahu Replaces Fired Israeli Defense Minister With ‘Another Genocidal Lunatic’
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 11/6/2024
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Going Back to the Source: A Personal Reflection on Capital, Volume 1
  by Yves Smith 6:40 am

• BRICS Isn’t De-Dollarizing Anytime Soon
  by Yves Smith 5:04 am

November 5, 2024

• Live Blog, The Main Event: Election Day 2024
  by Lambert Strether 7:00 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/5/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• So What Happens After a Trump or Harris Win?
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 11/5/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Just How Dystopian Can Starmer’s Britain Become?
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Elections 2024: America at the End of Its Tether
  by Yves Smith 4:52 am

• Industrial Policy: Lessons from China’s Shipbuilding
  by Yves Smith 4:24 am

November 4, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/4/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Politicians on Corporate Boards and the Cost of Public Procurement
  by Lambert Strether 12:23 pm

• Links 11/4/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• As Climate Disasters Increase, Official Responses Like FEMA to Helene Come Up Short
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• The US Is Killing the Most Valuable Tech Firm in Europe
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• Greenwashing Case Against Santos Could Set Global Precedent
  by Yves Smith 3:36 am

November 3, 2024

• “The Ballot is Stronger than the Bullet,” So Let the Games Begin!
  by Lambert Strether 4:25 pm

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

• Book Review: Why the Medical Establishment Often Gets It Wrong
  by Lambert Strether 6:50 am

November 2, 2024

• Links 11/2/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Michael Hudson and Richard Wolff: BRICS High Aspirations Versus Cautious First Steps
  by Yves Smith 4:29 am

• A No-Win Dilemma for US Peace Voters
  by Yves Smith 1:42 am

November 1, 2024

• The Organs of State Security Involved in Authenticating Election 2024 (or Not)
  by Lambert Strether 5:25 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/1/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Dentists Are Pulling ‘Healthy’ and Treatable Teeth To Profit From Implants, Experts Warn
  by Lambert Strether 9:55 am

• Links 11/1/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Argentine President Javier Milei Fires His Foreign Minister for Voting Against US’ 62-Year Blockade of Cuba
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Can We Avoid a Franken-Future with AI?
  by Yves Smith 5:46 am