Is the Tide Turning on Regulating Facebook and Google?
The time is overdue to Do Something about Facebook and Google.
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Mr. Market’s Hissy Fit May Be Over….For Now
Puzzling out the markets have changed, and not changed, since the crisis.
Read more...Wow! Met Our First Fundraiser Goal With Record Speed! Next Is More Meetups and Travel
Thanks to generous and fast-acting donors, our fundraiser is going at a fast clip. Can you help us meet our second target?
Read more...J.D. Alt: Will the Democrats Change the Subject?
Will the Democrats get out of their own way?
Read more...Fundraiser 2018: Keeping the Heat On
How we plan to make Naked Capitalism bigger and better in the upcoming year.
Read more...Fundraiser 2018: What We Did for You in the Past Year
A thank you by way of explaining all the things we’ve accomplished since our last fundraiser.
Read more...Jason Perez’s Ouster of CalPERS Board President Priya Mathur Sends Shockwaves Among Private Equity, Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) Boosters
Jason Perez’s win over ESG advocate Priya Mathur has ESG fans deeply worried.
Read more...Why Hysteria Over the Italian Budget Is Wrong-Headed
A critique of the bad-model-induced fear-mongering over Italy’s proposed budget deficits
Read more...Yves Will Be Writing Regularly for New York Magazine (in Addition to Everything Else!)
Announcing a new gig at New York Magazine.
Read more...The Continuing Dominance of the Dollar
The dollar still rules. What could make that change?
Read more...Brexit Chaos
It’s getting harder to figure out what exactly is happening on the Brexit front, but even through the fog of negotiations, things don’t seem to be getting any better.
Read more...Michael Mann: We Are Even Closer To Climate Disaster Than IPCC Predicts
Why the already-scary new IPCC report isn’t scary enough.
Read more...Medicare Advantage Plans Shift Their Financial Risk To Doctors; Do Patients Win or Lose?
Are fixed fee pricing schemes for Medicare Advantage better for patients?
Read more...Links 10/9/18
Nobel Prizes in Economics, Awarded and Withheld (Climate Change Politics Edition)
How the Swedish Riksbank just put its finger on the scales of the climate change debate in a big way.
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