Feminists failed to press for abortion laws when they had political winds at their backs. Women in Flyover are already paying for this lapse.
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Thursday, February 5, 2026
Long Drives, Air Travel, Exhausting Waits: What Abortion Requires in the South
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Health care, Legal, Politics, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:24 am | 18 Comments »
‘The Economist’ Notices the Climate
A prominent example of Serious People giving lip service to the disastrous consequences of climate change, with no urgent call to action.
Topics: Banana republic, Doomsday scenarios, Environment, Global warming, Guest Post, Media watch, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:21 am | 29 Comments »
If Obama’s “Pandemic Playbook” Was So Great, Why Isn’t Biden Following It?
Bullet points and tables can’t compensate for years of disinvestment.
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Pandemic, Politics
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:25 pm | 40 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/2/2021
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 174 Comments »
It’s Time for a New International Space Treaty
With satellite traffic increasing and space tourism set to take off, the laws governing space are due for an overhaul.
Topics: Environment, Globalization, Infrastructure, Politics
Posted by Lambert Strether at 9:55 am | 11 Comments »
Links 8/2/2021
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 206 Comments »
Hubert Horan: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Twenty-Five: Didi’s IPO Illustrates Why Uber’s Business Model Was Always Hopeless
Didi has a more commanding position than Uber in a fundamentally more attractive market, yet has been hemmorrhaging money.
Topics: Auto industry, China, Guest Post, Investment outlook, Regulations and regulators, Ridiculously obvious scams, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:08 am | 35 Comments »
The Moral Hazard of Limited Liability
Some concrete ideas for how to pin the tail of the limited liability donkey back on key insiders, and make regulators accountable.
Topics: Banking industry, Corporate governance, Doomsday scenarios, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Legal, Market inefficiencies, Moral hazard, Politics, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:30 am | 21 Comments »
Is the Soil an “Ecosystem Service” That Can Be Priced?
The entire ecosystem services project is flawed, because only the use values of services so small as to be toys can be priced.
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Lambert Strether at 5:25 pm | 53 Comments »
Links 8/1/2021
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:58 am | 259 Comments »
Pfizer Court Fight Could Legalize Medicare Copays and Unleash ‘Gold Rush’ in Sales
Pfizer wants to legalize kickbacks.
Topics: Banana republic, Health care, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:50 am | 15 Comments »
Links 7/31/2021
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 295 Comments »
Confessions of a New York Times Washington Correspondent – Bob Smith Pt 2/2
Bob Smith got the Watergate break-in leak before the Washington Post. But the New York Times, then as now, avoids tough political stories.
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Media watch, Politics, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:33 am | 9 Comments »
Congress Moves to Reclaim Its War Powers
Congress has roused itself from its stupor over our undeclared, or more accurately, unapproved wars. But will much change?
Topics: Guest Post, Politics, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:21 am | 10 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 7/30/2021
~ Today’s (Friday’s) Water Cooler ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 156 Comments »



