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Friday, October 4, 2024
War for Fun and Profit
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Middle East, Politics, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 66 Comments »
Links 2/5/2020
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 323 Comments »
Brexit: Fish-y Business
Brexit is getting ugly.
Topics: Brexit, Economic fundamentals, Europe, Politics, UK
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:42 am | 80 Comments »
Coronavirus Starting to Hit Auto Industry Supply Chains
A coronavirus worry is starting to manifest.
Topics: Auto industry, China, Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Globalization
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:56 am | 16 Comments »
Libya Is Being Torn Apart by Outsiders
An update on the armed intervenetions in Libya.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Guest Post, Middle East, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:51 am | 11 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/4/2020
Today’s Water Cooler:
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 388 Comments »
Obama Helped Make Cars More Efficient, but Now They Spew Black Carbon
How regulations to tame cars’ emissions created a new problem.
Topics: Auto industry, Environment, Global warming, Guest Post, Health care, Regulations and regulators, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 42 Comments »
Links 2/4/2020
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 191 Comments »
Iowa, Democrats, and Elite Incompetence
Team Dem gets lots of egg on its face in Iowa.
Topics: Banana republic, Politics, Ridiculously obvious scams, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:06 am | 304 Comments »
Corporate Counter-Mobilization: Uber and Deliveroo’s ‘Charter of Good Work’ Is Nothing but Fairwashing
Uber and other gig economy employers: “Let them eat a charter.”
Topics: Banana republic, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Social values, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:39 am | 4 Comments »
Public Health Officials Offer Scant Details On U.S. Coronavirus Patients
Experts discuss US measures for dealing with coronavirus cases.
Topics: Africa, China, Doomsday scenarios, Globalization, Guest Post, Health care
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:05 am | 44 Comments »
Agency: William Gibson’s Ode to Personal Networking for the Precarious Professional
A review of William Gibson’s newest.
Topics: Guest Post, Politics
Posted by Lambert Strether at 4:55 pm | 35 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/3/2020
Todays’s Water Cooler:
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 277 Comments »
‘Uninsurable and Unhedgeable’: Central Banks Warn of Financial Crisis from Climate Change
The world’s most powerful financial institutions are sounding the alarm that “a new global financial crisis triggered by climate change would render central banks and financial supervisors powerless.”
Topics: Energy markets, Environment, Guest Post, Investment banks
Posted by Lambert Strether at 10:59 am | 26 Comments »
Links 2/3/2020
Topics: Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 174 Comments »