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Wednesday, October 2, 2024
Links 8/25/2024
Topics: Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:58 am | 234 Comments »
eSportswashing: How the Youth Gaming Market Is Being Targeted by Major Climate Polluters
Climate and “Badvertising”
Topics: Global warming
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:50 am | 13 Comments »
Beyond Leviathan: What Is the State & the Challenge To Transcend It?
István Mészáros’ “Beyond Leviathan” described origins of the state, its evolution, the need to move beyond it and how to meet that challenge
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Legal, Politics, Social policy, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 38 Comments »
Links 8/24/2024
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 177 Comments »
Kamala’s Failed Opportunity
In her DNC speech, Kamala Harris embraced Republican language on the economy. So how deep does her purported progressivism run?
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Health care, Income disparity, Infrastructure, Social policy, Social values, Taxes, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:54 am | 94 Comments »
Kennedy Suspends Campaign, Endorses Trump
Holy moley!
Topics: Politics
Posted by Lambert Strether at 3:24 pm | 295 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/23/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, Syndemics; Kennedy live briefing at 2:00PM ET; This week’s RCP polling averages (neck and neck); New Covid charts (no improvements); The toll of scientific lies ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 53 Comments »
The Geography and Determinants of ‘New Work’ in the United States
The findings point to the role of local human capital as a key element both in generating ‘new work’ as well as in turning some shocks, such as trade and technological change, into ‘new work’.
Topics: Globalization, Technology and innovation, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Lambert Strether at 9:55 am | 14 Comments »
Links 8/23/2024
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:58 am | 162 Comments »
US & NATO Allies Are Considering Taking Over State-Owned Argentine Arms Manufacturer to Bolster Munitions for Ukraine
Desperate Times, Desperate Measures
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:45 am | 14 Comments »
Gift Card Scams Generate Billions for Fraudsters and Industry as Regulators Fail to Protect Consumers − How One Fell into the ‘Fear Bubble’
Remarkable detail of how a gift card scammer successfully worked a mark, even with a bank and police trying to intervene.
Topics: Banking industry, Credit cards, Guest Post, Legal, Regulations and regulators, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:36 am | 26 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/22/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; Shots fired, as Biden consigliere Anita Dunn lets loose on her way out; Coach, coach, coach! ; Trump steps outside the bulletproof glass to check on a fainting crowd member; On euphemisms. ~
Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 119 Comments »
The Death of the Engineer CEO: Evidence that Short-Termism and Financialization Had Become Ascendant
A look at how some turning points in the history of Corporate America, such as CEO changes of guard, explain how America hollowed itself out.
Topics: CEO compensation, Corporate governance, Credit markets, Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Investment outlook, Private equity, Ridiculously obvious scams, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:59 am | 36 Comments »
Links 8/22/2024
Topics: Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:58 am | 131 Comments »
Patient Underwent One Surgery but Was Billed for Two. Even After Being Sued, She Refused To Pay
A patient stares down a fabricated surgery charge. But what does it say about the prevalence of billing fraud that this matter went to court?
Topics: Guest Post, Health care, Legal, Regulations and regulators, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:49 am | 30 Comments »