Yet more bad news for the 737 Max.
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Thursday, October 3, 2024
Boeing Again Pushes Back Guesstimated 737 Max “Good to Go” Date to Mid 2020 as Company Bleeds Cash
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Regulations and regulators, Risk and risk management, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:48 am | 63 Comments »
Precarity: A Political Problem
‘Free market’ advocates claim that the rise of precarity was inevitable, as opposed to the result of political decisions.
Topics: Dubious statistics, Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Social policy, Social values, The destruction of the middle class, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:56 am | 43 Comments »
Hope To See You! NYC Meetup Tomorrow, Thursday January 23 With Michael Hudson
Meetup reminder! Hope you can join us!
Topics: Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:37 am | 6 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 1/21/2020
Today’s Water Cooler: China trade deal, Biden, Bloomberg, Sanders, Sanders “apology” to Biden, Warren, impeachment, shipping and climate, Amazon hand recognition, AI regulation, SEC and “ghost revenue,” Extinction Rebellion, ozone and the Arctic, “Cats”, the marshmallow test, Oxford comma
Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 283 Comments »
Jeff Bezos’ Not So Excellent Indian Adventure: Modi Government Disses Inept Amazon
India’s top BJP ministers show cold shoulder to foreigner bearing “gifts”- the Amazon promise to create jobs- and push back accordingly.
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Income disparity, India, Legal, Politics, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 9:55 am | 18 Comments »
Links 1/21/2020
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 6:55 am | 174 Comments »
The Lords and Ladies of Discipline: An Interview with Matt Stoller
Matt Stoller explains how economics reinforces established power relations.
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Macroeconomic policy, Politics, Social policy, The destruction of the middle class, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:35 am | 74 Comments »
In Historic Shift, Second Largest Physicians Group in US Has New Prescription: It’s Medicare for All
The 159,000-member American College of Physicians cal for major changes to the US health care system and endorse Medicare for All.
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Health care, Politics
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 5:25 am | 33 Comments »
Thoughts on Warren, Sanders and the Convention: Warren’s Choice?
Unpacking the implications of the Warren attack on Sanders.
Topics: Guest Post, Media watch, Politics, Social policy, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:12 am | 124 Comments »
The New York Times Dual Endorsement of Klobuchar and Warren: This Ain’t It, Chief
Lambert puts on his yellow waders and ventures out on the Times Editoral Board…
Topics: Guest Post, Politics
Posted by Lambert Strether at 3:55 pm | 80 Comments »
A European Green Deal Will Not Work Without Refocusing Productivity
A welfare-oriented European Green Deal needs to focus on resource and energy productivity, not raising labour productivity.
Topics: Environment, Global warming, Income disparity
Posted by Lambert Strether at 11:05 am | 8 Comments »
Links 1/20/2020
Topics: Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 335 Comments »
Brexit: Digging In
Brexit again gets ugly.
Topics: Auto industry, Brexit, Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Europe, Politics, Regulations and regulators, UK
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:28 am | 48 Comments »
Sex Workers Can Tell You Why Sex Work Is Work – Speak to Them
Combatting mispercptions about sex work, paritcularly the need for better work condiions.
Topics: Guest Post, Legal, Politics, Social policy, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:27 am | 94 Comments »
Lake Erie, Toxic Algae, and Mobilizing to Protect Toledo’s Drinking Water by Declaring the Lake a Person
How Toledo citizens mobilized to protect the Lake Erie ecosystem by declaring it to be a person with rights, the reaction of the corporations and the State, and how you can help.
Topics: Environment, Politics
Posted by Lambert Strether at 3:25 pm | 27 Comments »