Author Archives: Yves Smith
Hoisted From Comments: Decoding the Misleading Metaphors of Money and Banking
How the choice of metaphors to describe money, finance, and banking is a part of the battle for ideas too often overlooked.
Read more...Podcast: Iceland – Offshorisation, Collapse and Recovery. What Are the Lessons?
A discussion of the role that offshore played in Iceland’s banking bubble and implosion, plus a high level corruption scandal in Spain.
Read more...Here’s What Economists Don’t Understand About Race
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Read more...The Best Part of This Week
Messages from the NC commentariat during fundraising week….including someone running for state office!
Read more...How 401(k) Plans Stack the Deck to Get Chump Investors to Sign Up for Doggy Sponsor Funds
Yet more reasons to be leery of 401 (k) plans.
Read more...Bill Black: Bank of England Says Authorities Mustn’t Fine Banks Because Groaf
The Bank of England offers an easily-debunked defense of predatory and fraudulent lending.
Read more...Nick Turse: The Killing Fields of South Sudan
An in-depth portrait of one of the worst ravages of war: killing fields.
Read more...The Return of the Repressed Critique of Rentiers – Veblen in the 21st Century
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Read more...The Evidence Is Clear: Population Growth and Prosperity Are NOT Linked
An in-depth analysis of why the assertion that more population growth promotes higher living standards is bunk.
Read more...Meetup in Dallas on Wednesday, November 2?
Game for a meetup in Dallas? If so, please help find a venue!
Read more...Wow! Met Our Fourth Goal, On to Our Fifth: More Original Reporting
Announcing our fifth goal: more original reporting!
Read more...Understanding Moral Repugnance: The Case of the US Market for Kidney Transplantation
How economists think about repugnance is revealing, and not necessarily in a good way.
Read more...Naked Capitalism: “Covers Crucial Issues With Considerable Intensity”
Why Naked Capitalism’s analysis and commentary is so vital.
Read more...Blackstone’s Tony James Touting What Looks Like Hillary’s Scheme to Gut Social Security
Hillary’s mandatory retirement savings accounts are a twofer: a way to replace Social Security over time and enrich private equity and hedgies.
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