Reminder: Kansas City Meetup This Friday, September 22
Looking forward to seeing Kansas City readers and perhaps some attendees from the MMT conference at our meetup this Friday!
Read more...Author Archives: Yves Smith
The Sickness of American Healthcare
Some key facts that have been omitted from the debate over Obamacare and healthcare generally, apparently by design.
Read more...Google Betting Big on Being Able to Overturn EU Antitrust Decision; Effectively Thumbs Its Nose at Compliance
Google got hit with a huge EU fine and faces even bigger charges for non-compliance. So why is it playing hardball?
Read more...Catalonia’s Defiance of Spanish Authority Turns into Rebellion
Catalonia and the Spanish government are in a power struggle, with Madrid moving to strip Catalonia of its autonomy. What are the stakes?
Read more...Climate Change Enabling US Military to Play Greatly Enlarged Domestic Role
Why climate change is great for the Pentagon’s budget and bad for Americans’ freedom.
Read more...CalPERS Illegally Trying to Hide Its Scheming to Hand Over Private Equity to BlackRock
oard candidate Margaret Brown objects to CalPERS’ illegal secret discussions, most importantly, of outsourcing private equity to BlackRock.
Read more...Links 9/16/17
The Midlife Low in Human Beings
Are midlife blues an underrecognized feature of the human condition?
Read more...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.
Read more...Ripping up the Yellow Pages
Bye bye Yellow Pages….you will be missed.
Read more...Corporate Contractors: The High End of the Precariat (Updated)
The stressful life of downwardly mobile corporate contractors.
Read more...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?
Read more...Confirming a Kansas City Meetup Next Friday, September 22
Hope to see you in Kansas City!
Read more...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.
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