Author Archives: Yves Smith
Where Was Roosevelt?
On the tactics of labor early in the Roosevelt administration.
Read more...Thwarting Trump’s Climate Change Rollback: The Green-State Climate Agreement
State and local measures, such as a green-state pact, could impede the Trump administration’s efforts to unwind climate change initiatives.
Read more...Links 11/19/16
Why Economic Recovery Requires Rethinking Capitalism
Capitalism needs a dose of socialism, aka public works. Mission-oriented public investment is vital to revive private-sector investment.
Read more...The Retreat of Financial Globalization?
Financial globalization, meaning high levels of funds movement across borders, has fallen, and that’s a good thing.
Read more...USS Trump Pivots to Asia
Trump Secretary of State contender Rudy Giuliani makes belligerent noises towards China and wants the US to bulk up its navy.
Read more...Links 11/15/16
It’s Class, Stupid, Not Race
How the Democratic Party’s divisive focus on identity politics and race backfired.
Read more...CalPERS Considers Cutting Out Private Equity Firms, Making Direct Investments in Companies
CalPERS is considering a bold move, that of bringing private equity in house to reduce egregious fees and improve net returns.
Read more...Wall Or No Wall: Trump Needs The Mexican Oil Industry
If Trump follows through with his promise of having the US exit Nafta, it means imposing tariffs on Mexican oil, which the US needs.
Read more...Philip Pilkington: Why the Pollsters Totally Failed to Call a Trump Victory, Why I (Sort Of) Succeeded – and Why You Should Listen to Neither of Us
So why did the US pollsters get the presidential election so wrong?
Read more...Links 11/12/16
Mark Blyth and Wendy Schiller – Election 2016: What Happened and Why?
Mark Blyth gives yet another colorful, incisive, and spot on reading of politics, this time of the US election and the political outlook.
Read more...France Plans to Implement Universal Biometric IDs
France seeks to implement a variant of a biometric ID database that was nixed by its courts. Will this succeed and set a dangerous precedent?
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