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Wednesday, July 9, 2025
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/29/2020
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 149 Comments »
How Donald Trump Is Putting American Workers at Risk
A partial catalogue of how Trump has left worers high and dry.
Topics: Banana republic, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Pandemic, Politics, Regulations and regulators, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:49 pm | 9 Comments »
Don’t Look Down! Estimating the Depth of State Covid Budget Holes
The not-pretty picture of Covid impact on state and local governments.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Income disparity, Macroeconomic policy, Pandemic, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:36 pm | 28 Comments »
Links 10/29/2020
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 262 Comments »
Ending Regime Change – in Bolivia and the World
How democracy triumphed in Bolivia…despite the best efforts of the US.
Topics: Banana republic, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Social policy
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:16 am | 34 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/28/2020
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Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 194 Comments »
Revisiting the Rise of Italian Fascism
The example of Mussolini suggests that fear of socialist policies played a big role in the rise of fascism.
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Social policy, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 73 Comments »
Links 10/28/2020
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 252 Comments »
Residential Evictions Bearing Down on Many Tenants
Winter is coming, and unless something major changes, with it, evictions.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Dubious statistics, Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Health care, Income disparity, Legal, Pandemic, Politics, Real estate, Social policy, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:46 am | 83 Comments »
Savvy Patient Fought for the Price She Was Quoted − And Didn’t Give Up
Another case of patient-gouging that got cleaned up only when the press called.
Topics: Banana republic, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Health care, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:55 am | 35 Comments »
“Shadow” Lobbyists Run Rampant in the Swamp
Unregistered lobbyists, including former members of Congress, are a key resource for lobbying firms
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Legal, Politics, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:33 am | 8 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/27/2020
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Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 150 Comments »
A (Very) Short History of the Idea of Ending Poverty
As material output increased, so to has the interest in treating poverty as a potentially solvable problem.
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Guest Post, Income disparity, Social policy, Social values, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 25 Comments »
Links 10/27/2020
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 245 Comments »
Large UK Study Delivers Big Blow to Covid Herd Immunity Thesis, Raises Concerns About Vaccine Strategies
Confirming a Covid concern.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Health care, Pandemic, Science and the scientific method
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:03 am | 85 Comments »