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.
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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.
Read more...Italy’s New Fiscal Plans: The Options of the European Commission
What could the European Commission do if it decided to discipline Italy for defying budget rules?
Read more...Bankers’ Liability and Risk Taking
Why limited liability for banks is not such a hot idea.
Read more...Brexit Derivatives Risk: Did the City Overplay Its £38 Trillion Hand?
Novating UK derivatives contracts entered into by EU clearinghouse members is a ginormous mess, particularly in a Brexit crashout. But how serious a mess?
Read more...Brexit Crunch: Is the EU Trying to Save the UK from Itself? Is That Even Possible?
Brexit reaches the”overly dynamic” phase.
Read more...How Are We Doing on a ‘Green New Deal?’
Could a Green New Deal make enough of a dent in greenhouse gas emissions to halt global temperature increases?
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