Will the “impeachment inquiry” culminate in a coup, or not?
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Sunday, August 25, 2024
What Do We Talk About When We Talk About Coups?
Topics: Guest Post, Politics
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:55 pm | 83 Comments »
Closing Hours of Fundraiser, About to Hit Our New $ and Donor Targets!
So close to our fundraiser targets! Will you be one of the ones to push us over the top?
Topics: Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:15 pm | 7 Comments »
Thomas Piketty’s New Book: Impressive Research, Problematic Solutions
Capital and Ideology is a quantitative history of inequality, a largely noneconomic theory of social stratification, an investigation into the social roots of current populism, and a political manifesto for the European left.
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Guest Post, Income disparity, Macroeconomic policy, Politics
Posted by Lambert Strether at 9:55 am | 25 Comments »
Links 10/14/19
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 179 Comments »
Procrastinators of the World, Unite! Last Day, Last Chance for Our Fundraiser!
Final hours for our fundraiser! Please chip in if you haven’t already!
Topics: Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:15 am | 6 Comments »
Brexit: The Ticking Clock
It looks as if Johnson has no way to escape asking for a Brexit extension. Or does he?
Topics: Brexit, Doomsday scenarios, Europe, Politics, UK
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:39 am | 26 Comments »
America’s Health Care Ripoff: An Example of Cancer Treatment in Australia
An Australian example of cancer treatment puts US health care to shame.
Topics: Australia, Guest Post, Health care, Social policy
Posted by Yves Smith at 1:04 am | 53 Comments »
PG&E Blackout Round-Up, Mini-Grids, and Thoughts on The Jackpot
PG&E’s bankruptcy woes, possibilities for a more resilient grid, and “androgenic, systemic, multiplex, seriously bad sh*t” (The Jackpot).
Topics: Banana republic, Global warming, Guest Post, Income disparity, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:55 pm | 73 Comments »
Links 10/13/19
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 292 Comments »
Michael Pettis: MMT Heaven and MMT Hell for Chinese Investment and U.S. Fiscal Spending
There are conditions under which governments can create money—or debt—without fear of inflation or excessive debt burdens. There are other conditions under which debt or money creation can lead to inflation and balance sheet problems.
Topics: China, Guest Post, Macroeconomic policy
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:25 am | 45 Comments »
Naked Capitalism – A Vintage Tipple for Survival in the Neo-Con and Neo-Liberal World
Colonel Smithers describes how the Square Mile has changed for the worse and how that wound up making Naked Capitalism part of his daily routine.
Topics: Guest Post, Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 8:45 am | 29 Comments »
Links 10/12/19
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 278 Comments »
Income-Based Repayment Becoming a Costly Solution to Student Loan Debt
A proposal to fix income-based repayment schemes for student loan debt unwittingly illustrates the deficiencies of “preserve the status quo” approaches.
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Student loans
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:41 am | 32 Comments »
Post-Capitalists Must Understand the Role of Migration in Global Capitalism
Why the left needs to stop being naive about the economic uses of migration.
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Guest Post, Income disparity
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:05 am | 27 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/11/2019
Today’s Water Cooler:
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 178 Comments »