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Wednesday, July 9, 2025
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/15/2020
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 236 Comments »
John le Carré Was a 21st Century Writer
Le Carré as a subversive anti-imperialist.
Topics: Guest Post, Politics, Russia, Social values, UK
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 46 Comments »
Links 12/15/2020
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 164 Comments »
City of London Frets About Life After 2020
The City’s vast financial services sector benefited hugely from the creation of the euro. Now, a large part of that business is at risk.
Topics: Banking industry, Brexit, Derivatives, Europe
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:31 am | 20 Comments »
More CO2 in the Atmosphere Hurts Key Plants and Crops More Than It Helps
A primer on CO2 and crops.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Environment, Global warming, Guest Post, Science and the scientific method
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:59 am | 12 Comments »
Intellectual Property Monopolies Block Vaccine Access
Vaccine profiteering is very much with us, even during a pandemic.
Topics: Banana republic, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Health care, Pandemic, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:15 am | 12 Comments »
An Internal Medicine Doctor and His Peers Read the Pfizer Vaccine Study and See Red Flags [Updated]
The Pfizer vaccine study, hot off the presses in the New England Journal of Medicine, features troubling omissions and apparent obfuscation.
Topics: Banana republic, Dubious statistics, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Health care, Pandemic, Politics, Ridiculously obvious scams, Science and the scientific method
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:01 pm | 265 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/14/2020
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Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 113 Comments »
Links 12/14/2020
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:58 am | 251 Comments »
Authoritative Consultant Slams Private Equity in Journal Article: Cheap Index Funds and In House Buys Beat PE Funds
Yet another authoritative source slams private equity returns.
Topics: CalPERS, Dubious statistics, Investment management, Private equity
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:57 am | 8 Comments »
Pain: The Next Public Health Challenge
Pain – the top joint problem in the US – differs by education.
Topics: Health care, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Lambert Strether at 5:35 am | 29 Comments »
Macroeconomics, Money (MMT Style) and Post-Brexit Recovery, All in One Twitter thread
Money, lending, government spending, QE….all explained in one tidy post!
Topics: Banking industry, Brexit, Economic fundamentals, Federal Reserve, Guest Post, Macroeconomic policy, Politics, The dismal science, UK
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:49 am | 60 Comments »
Clouds, Cloud Formation, Climate, and the Precautionary Principle
We still cannot incorporate observational studies of cloud formation into our climate models. Does this matter?
Topics: Global warming, Guest Post
Posted by Lambert Strether at 5:55 pm | 48 Comments »
Links 12/13/2020
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 290 Comments »
It’s the Index, Stupid! Our New Not-So-Neutral Financial Market Arbiters
An overview of the recent changes in financial markets that have come from the rise of ‘passive’ investing.
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Regulations and regulators, Risk and risk management
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:45 am | 26 Comments »