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Wednesday, July 2, 2025
Obama’s Promised Land: Come for the Droning, Stay for the Erasures
Topics: Guest Post, Politics
Posted by Lambert Strether at 3:25 pm | 62 Comments »
Links 11/29/2020
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 203 Comments »
When Can Pipelines Take Private Land? Jordan Cove LNG Project a Test for Eminent Domain
In the U.S., companies can use eminent domain to take private land for a project that has some public benefit, such as a school, a highway, or a hospital. Under the Natural Gas Act, FERC gets to make that determination when it concerns a natural gas pipeline, and the commission weighs pros and cons of the project when deciding.
Topics: Energy markets, Global warming
Posted by Lambert Strether at 5:48 am | Comments Off on When Can Pipelines Take Private Land? Jordan Cove LNG Project a Test for Eminent Domain
Links 11/28/2020
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 226 Comments »
Covid Profits of Pharmaceutical Monopolies vs Peoples’ Lives
The WTO is set to consider a proposal supported by 99 countries to waive intellectual property protection for Covid treatments.
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Guest Post, Health care, Pandemic, Politics, Real estate
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:34 am | Comments Off on Covid Profits of Pharmaceutical Monopolies vs Peoples’ Lives
Spreading Like Wildfire: Luther’s Network and the Early Reformation
How did Martin Luther’s message spread so quickly?
Topics: Guest Post, Media watch, Politics, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:48 am | Comments Off on Spreading Like Wildfire: Luther’s Network and the Early Reformation
Links 11/27/2020
Topics: Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 273 Comments »
Brexit: HURRY UP PLEASE ITS TIME
Little Brexit motion and less progress as the clock runs.
Topics: Brexit, Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Europe, Globalization, Japan, Legal, Politics, UK
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:37 am | 48 Comments »
The Gospel of Capitalism is the Biggest Turkey of All
Western modernity and capitalism may be exhausting themselves, says author Eugene McCarraher. And that’s something to be thankful for.
Topics: Guest Post, Social values, The destruction of the middle class, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:47 am | Comments Off on The Gospel of Capitalism is the Biggest Turkey of All
Links 11/26/2020
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | Comments Off on Links 11/26/2020
The Forgotten Thanksgiving
Americans tend to downplay the grim year that preceded the first Thanksgiving.
Topics: Curiousities
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:37 am | Comments Off on The Forgotten Thanksgiving
Nathan Tankus: What the Hell is Going On With CARES Act “Funds”?
Trying to make sense of CARES Act gimmickry.
Topics: Banana republic, Credit markets, Federal Reserve, Guest Post, Macroeconomic policy, Pandemic, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:24 am | Comments Off on Nathan Tankus: What the Hell is Going On With CARES Act “Funds”?
2:00PM Water Cooler 11/25/2020
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~!
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 124 Comments »
Oxford-AstraZeneca Vaccine Is Cheaper than Pfizer’s and Moderna’s and Doesn’t Require Supercold Temperature
Some promising news about the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.
Topics: Guest Post, Health care, Pandemic, Science and the scientific method
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 37 Comments »
Links 11/25/2020
Topics: Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 205 Comments »