The Biden administration should push the WTO to waive COVID vaccine patents before heading off for vacation and encourage U.S. producers to ramp up low-cost vaccine production worldwide.
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Wednesday, January 28, 2026
U.S. Vaccine Diplomat Cajoles Producers to Support Low-Cost Off-Shore Vaccine Hubs
Topics: Banana republic, Pandemic, Politics, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 11:55 am | 2 Comments »
Links 7/27/21
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 177 Comments »
Why Are UK Covid Cases Declining?
Doubts about the suddenly improved UK Covid case figures.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Dubious statistics, Guest Post, Health care, Pandemic, Politics, Risk and risk management, UK
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:14 am | 33 Comments »
Andreas Malm Versus Property: ‘Because Nothing Else Has Worked’
Is going after property the only viable option for containing climate damage? Andreas Malm thinks so.
Topics: Banana republic, Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Environment, Free markets and their discontents, Global warming, Guest Post, Politics, Social policy, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:56 am | 59 Comments »
Competition from Online Platforms and the Impoverishment of Newspapers
How the Internet killed newspapers.
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Media watch, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:43 am | 24 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 7/26/2021
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 91 Comments »
Gurbir Grewal Takes Helm as SEC Director of Enforcement, Breaking BigLaw Stranglehold
The new SEC director of enforcement takes up his post today, the first in this position since 2005 to enter without strong recent corporate ties.
Topics: Banana republic, Banking industry, Guest Post, Legal, Politics, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 11:55 am | 9 Comments »
Links 7/26/2021
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 6:55 am | 172 Comments »
Wolf Richter: After Slashing 33% of Workers in 6 Years, Railroads Complain about Labor Shortages, amid Uproar over Slow Shipments
Railroads are finding it difficult to hire workers and their labor shortfall has prevented them from meeting transportation demand
Topics: Guest Post, Income disparity, Market inefficiencies, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 6:25 am | 31 Comments »
Hubert Horan: The Airline Industry Collapse Part 7 – Domestic U.S. Travel Picks Up but International Demand Remains Crippled
Hurbert Horan explains how major airline operators are still engaging in magical thinking.
Topics: Dubious statistics, Economic fundamentals, Guest Post, Pandemic, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:07 am | 26 Comments »
Beware of World Economic Forum/Gates UN Food Systems Summit Trojan Horse
The Gates Foundation and the WEF are steamrolling normal UN processes as part of a campaign to discredit sound agroecology practices.
Topics: Africa, Banana republic, Dubious statistics, Environment, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, India, Permaculture, Politics, Species loss
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:46 am | 27 Comments »
FTC Votes 5-0 to Crack Down on Companies For Thwarting Right to Repair
FTC issues new policy statement announcing a tougher enforcement stance on company repair and warranty practices.
Topics: Environment, Global warming, Guest Post, Legal, Politics, Regulations and regulators, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 11:55 am | 28 Comments »
Links 7/25/2021
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 6:55 am | 245 Comments »
As Scientists Have Long Predicted, Warming Is Making Heatwaves More Deadly
Twenty years ago the IPCC warned of summer heatwave deaths in unprepared temperate regions like the Pacific Northwest.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Environment, Global warming, Politics
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 1:25 am | 36 Comments »
Links 7/24/2021
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 232 Comments »




