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Friday, July 18, 2025
Links 11/7/2020
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 445 Comments »
Whining Pundits
Quelle surprise! Some pundits are trying to distance themselves from their pre-election calls.
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Media watch, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:53 am | 64 Comments »
Jobs Picture Emerges of Weird Recovery to Historically Awful Level
Jobs not galore. And the target keeps moving.
Topics: Dubious statistics, Economic fundamentals, Guest Post, Income disparity, Macroeconomic policy, Pandemic
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:15 am | 34 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 11/6/2020
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 222 Comments »
Why Google Is Facing Serious Accusations of Monopoly Practices
The regulatory worm seems to be turning against Google in many countries, even in the U.S. where it had been hibernating.
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Legal, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 15 Comments »
Links 11/6/2020
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 336 Comments »
Michael Hudson on Financialization and Deindustrialization
Michael Hudson on how Trump’s policies have not addressed the fundamental forces that gutted industrial jobs under the both parties
Topics: China, Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Guest Post, Macroeconomic policy, Pandemic, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:30 am | 50 Comments »
Trump’s Pennsylvania Lawsuits Invoke Bush v. Gore – But the Supreme Court Probably Won’t Decide the 2020 Election
Trump is trying to put Pennsylvania in play, legally. What are the odds his case will go anywhere?
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Legal, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:11 am | 11 Comments »
Americans Didn’t Vote for Change. For Many, It Wasn’t on the Ballot
Yves here. There will be many articles trying to explain what happened to the Democrats’ blue wave. This one is close on the heels of the result, which means it reflects beliefs at or shortly after the vote, as opposed to later lines of thought. And the writers made an effort to speak to Trump […]
Topics: Banana republic, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Health care, Income disparity, Media watch, Politics, Social policy, Social values, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:00 am | 105 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 11/5/2020
~ Today’s Water Cooler! ~
Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 203 Comments »
Outsourcing: A Personal Window on the Rise of Grifting
Some vignettes from the rise of outsourcing.
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Guest Post, Politics, Privatization, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 50 Comments »
Links 11/5/2020
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 429 Comments »
New Jersey’s “Best in US” Plastic Ban Still Very Limited, Makes Concessions
A new law in New Jersey makes clear how far we have to go on getting rid of plastic.
Topics: Environment, Legal, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:52 am | 17 Comments »
China Takes Step Against Securitization, Consumer Borrowing With Suspension of Ant IPO
With its smackdown of Ant and its billionaire founder Jack Ma, China has made clear that financiers do not call the shots.
Topics: Banking industry, China, Credit markets, Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Payment system, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Social values, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:41 am | 16 Comments »
How Kurdistan Is Taking Advantage Of Iraq’s Oil Crisis
Iraq is in bad enough shape that the Kurds look able to score a rare win.
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Guest Post, Middle East, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:12 am | 8 Comments »