Don Quijones: Power & Profit Fuel War on Cash in Europe
Be warned: European officials have already starting taking tough moves in the war on cash.
Read more...Author Archives: Yves Smith
Republicans Likely to Pass “Audit the Fed”
“Audit the Fed” is likely to become law. It’s about time.
Read more...Ambrose Evans-Pritchard: Trump Effect Won’t Stop Credit Crunch
Forecasts for the US depend heavily on what Trump might actually get done. Ambrose Evans-Pritchard thinks Mr. Market is out over his skis.
Read more...Links 1/4/17
Matthew Cunningham-Cook: How Finance Is Starving Yemen
Who is backing and profiting from the Saudi campaign for mass extermination in Yemen?
Read more...Nomi Prins: My Political-Financial Road Map for 2017
Some specifics of why political risk and central bank policy will make for a wild ride in 2017.
Read more...Sexual Orientation and Earnings: How Being in a Partnership Matters
Sexual orientation does affect earnings, but not necessarily in the way you might have assumed.
Read more...Corporate Censorship of Independent Sites Has Begun
The corporate war on progressive outlets has started.
Read more...Links 1/3/17
How Taxpayers Subsidize AirBnB’s Cheap Prices
How you lose when AirBnB wins.
Read more...A Moral Challenge to Economists
Economists hide behind specious claims of neutrality and efficiency to advocate policies that often have negative moral and social impact.
Read more...Former Employee Sues Google, Claims It Maintained an Internal Spy Network That Encouraged Workers to Snitch on Each Other
Google looks to have been too clever by half in how far it has gone in trying to silence employees.
Read more...Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Six: Latest Data Confirms Bleak P&L Performance While Stephen Levitt Makes Indefensible Consumer Welfare Claims
More on Uber’s questionable prospects and the dubious defenses offered by boosters, in this case, “Freakonomics” professor Stephen Levitt.
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