Category Archives: Risk and risk management

It’s the Index, Stupid! Our New Not-So-Neutral Financial Market Arbiters

An overview of the recent changes in financial markets that have come from the rise of ‘passive’ investing.

2020 “Globie”: The Carry Trade

A recent book focuse on the role of the carry trade in increasing financialization and instabilty.

Dealing with the Second Wave: Subsidies, Instead of Ordering Closures

Could officials use carrots rather than a stick to induce short-term closures of high risk businesses like restaurants?

Bloomberg Warns: A Covid Vaccine Could Help the Virus Spread

And just when you started to think an effective Covid vaccine would fix everything….

Michael Klare: How the US Plays Nuclear Chicken with Russia and China

eeping tabs on US nuclear provocations of Russia and China.

The “Crew Change” Crisis: 300,000 Seafarers Trapped. Will International Trade Grind to a Halt?

Will governments, unions, international organizations, and ship-owners be able to collaborate to solve the growing “crew change” crisis?

Fauci Says COVID Vaccine Trials Could End Early If Results Are Overwhelming

The FDA’s eagerness to launch a Covid-19 vaccine is not a way to win public trust, particularly in light of the agency’s record of bad calls.

Could Religious Exemptions Trump a COVID-19 Vaccine Mandate? Well, That Depends

How far could US authorities readily go in implemeting a vaccine requirement?

Earl Katz: Regenerative Agriculture and Massive Planting of Trees is Our Only Hope

Earl Katz, an early climate change warrior, looks at the dwindling number of options humans have for alleviating global warming.

Cloth Masks Do Protect the Wearer – Breathing in Less Coronavirus Means You Get Less Sick

More evidence in support of masks.

Universal Testing: An Overlooked Covid-19 Policy Response

Why universal testing + isolation is the best way to tame Covid-19 at the lowest economic/societal cost.

Crapification, Vanguard Style: Customer Service Rep Bullies Your Humble Blogger into Taking Security Risk

Vanguard behaves very badly.

Vaccine Research on Covid-19: An Update

A clinical and not very cheery look at the state of Covid-19 vaccine play.

Public Health Experts Fear a Hasty FDA Signoff on Vaccine

Experts have the willies about the rush to get a Covid-19 vaccine approved.

Covid-19: To Clean or Not to Clean?

Cleaning vigilance was an early Covid-19 precaution. Have we gone overboard?