Author Archives: Yves Smith

Links 9/16/17

Rumors of Japan’s Imminent Demise Have Been Greatly Exaggerated

Why you should not believe media accounts that depict Japan as a basket case in the making.

Ripping up the Yellow Pages

Bye bye Yellow Pages….you will be missed.

Corporate Contractors: The High End of the Precariat (Updated)

The stressful life of downwardly mobile corporate contractors.

Wall Street Journal Reports on SoftBank Offer for Uber….Yet No Other Press Outlet is Picking the Story Up

Why are major media outlets uncharacteristically ignoring a big SoftBank-Uber story that the Wall Street Journal broke yesterday?

Confirming a Kansas City Meetup Next Friday, September 22

Hope to see you in Kansas City!

Who Is Behind FDA-Weakening Bill Based on False Premise That It Restricts Access to Experimental Drugs for the Terminally Ill?

A look at some of the forces out to undermine the FDA.

Links 9/14/17

Brexit Talks Stall, Making Hard Brexit Even More Likely

The Brexit talks went from bad to worse in August.

Puerto Rico Is Getting Squeezed, and It Will Cost All of Us

Puerto Rico illustrates why implementing austerity policies in weak economies backfires.

Is “Islamic Finance” Islamic?

On the origins, doctrinal propriety, and political significance of Islamic finance.

We Are Reopening Comments

We missed you! Welcome back to comments.

Dow Jones Sent Mother of All Nastygrams to CalPERS Over Its Massive Copyright Infringement; New York Times Called It Outrageous, Brazen, Possibly Unprecedented

Missives from the Dow Jones and the New York Times to CalPERS confirm that the pension fund is going to have to write some very large checks.