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Friday, November 28, 2025
Dominic Cummings: How the UK Ignored Evidence That the Virus is Airborne
Topics: Guest Post, Pandemic, Politics, UK
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 6:50 am | 37 Comments »
Holiday Schedule and Reader Notice
Topics: Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 1:51 am | 127 Comments »
Will Biden Pack the Supreme Court?
Will voting law statutes enacted by Republican controlled-state governments spur Biden to change the structure of the Supreme Court?
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Legal, Politics
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 1:55 pm | 21 Comments »
Links 5/30/2021
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 6:58 am | 156 Comments »
Does the U.S. Really Need Another Oil Pipeline?
Native American communities living alongside the route of the Line 3 pipeline project in northern Minnesota are asking all activists to join them in solidarity this June.
Topics: Energy markets, Environment, Global warming, Politics, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 6:50 am | 17 Comments »
Links 5/29/2021
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 182 Comments »
Bob Pollin: Modest Inflation Is Good for Workers
If inflation is linked to higher wages, that’s not bad for workers, says Bob Pollin of the Political Economy Research Institute in Amherst.
Topics: Dubious statistics, Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Macroeconomic policy, Politics, The destruction of the middle class, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:45 am | 18 Comments »
The Origin of the Gender Gap
The level of the gender gap has changed over time, but women haven’t shown net progress over time.
Topics: Guest Post, Income disparity, Social policy
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:41 am | 23 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 5/28/2021
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Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 68 Comments »
‘This Is the Price of War’: Israeli Newspaper Publishes Photos of All 67 Palestinian Children Killed in Gaza Onslaught
Haaretz took the unprecedented step of commemorating the deaths of Palestinian children in the latest Israel-Gaza conflict.
Topics: Guest Post, Media watch, Middle East, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 43 Comments »
Links 5/28/2021
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 176 Comments »
When Is a Co-Op Not a Co-Op? When Vested Interests in California Want to Keep Platform Workers From Having Power
California Assembly Bill 1319 is a convoluted scheme to create so-called co-ops designed to keep gig workers disempowered.
Topics: Banana republic, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Ridiculously obvious scams, Technology and innovation, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:40 am | 12 Comments »
Real American Men and the Liberal War on Meat
Kill me now. Meat has become a new front in the culture wars.
Topics: Banana republic, Environment, Free markets and their discontents, Global warming, Guest Post, Politics, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:24 am | 148 Comments »
What if Large Businesses Are Really Macroeconomic Entities?
Mega businesses are a huuge problem. But what to do?
Topics: Banana republic, Dubious statistics, Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Guest Post, Income disparity, Macroeconomic policy, Politics, Regulations and regulators, The destruction of the middle class, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:25 am | 32 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 5/27/2021
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Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 98 Comments »




