Category Archives: Risk and risk management

Climate Engineering Carries Serious National Security Risks − Countries Facing Extreme Heat May Try It Anyway, and the World Needs to be Prepared

Like it or not, climate engineering is coming. What are some of the implications?

Baltimore Bridge Crash: Risk Management Questions

Why it’s a mistake to think of the Baltimore bridge collapse as catastrophic bad luck.

Looting of Boeing Set to Continue, Epitomizing Decline of Late-Stage AngloSphere Capitalism

Boeing is in far worse shape than is apparent, even with its quality debacles. And the big reason is the company can lumber on despite that.

Odds of US Bank Failures Rise with Office Space Loan Losses, Fed Interest Rate Mismanagement

US bank pain: Loans for urban office buildings come a cropper as they were already suffering other interest rate losses.

Is It Time To Embrace Geoengineering?

A long and useful recap of geoengineering methods.

Self-Driving Cars Hit the Wall

Self-driving cars have suddenly gone from being depicted as inevitable to likely never happening at scale. Why?

‘A Sick Joke’: Six Ways of Looking at a COP

Making sense of this COP means looking at optics and interests, and sadly not outcomes.

Do Masks Work During the Pandemic? Scientists Say “Yes.” Secondary Reviews of Clinical Trials Say “No.” So, Which Is It?

Four authors with top statistical chops, including Yaneer Bar-Yam and Nassim Nicholas Taleb, stomp all over the anti-mask Cochrane Report.

“Should CalPERS Fire Everyone and Just Buy Some ETFs?”

Another well-substantiated critique of CalPERS’ investment performance.

The Fed’s Bank Capital Three-Card Monte: Undermines Tighter Rules by Allowing Synthetic Risk Transfers to Famed Hedge Fund Bad Actors Like Magnetar, Ares

The Fed again seems unable to contain its bad impulses.

The Politics of the Slaughter of Everybody

Paging Santayana. What happened to the Athenians after they acted on their confidence in their ability to slaughter the Melians.

Crisis Risks Looming, UK Edition

While a UK crisis is not yet brewing, there are plenty of worrisome developments that could keep moving in the wrong direction.

City Caught Flat-Footed on Flood as Deluge Dredges Up Past Lessons

New York City parents, public officials and climate advocates all say the mayor and his team were ill-prepared for the effects of a storm that was on the radar days before.

Quelle Surprise! Bank Too Big to Fail Problem Not Solved as Lobbyists Scheme to Make It Worse

Bank lobbyists want to weaken bank regulations even after rich stakeholders in recent “not-to-big-to-fail “bank failures were rescued.

“Unrealized Losses” on Securities Held by Banks, Oh Dearie, the Whole Schmear: +8%, to $558 Billion

We now have to pay attention to unrealized losses in the banking system.