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Saturday, August 24, 2024
Splendid! Met Our Fourth Goal, On to Our Fifth: Karōshi Prevention
Topics: Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:15 am | 9 Comments »
Hooray! Thanks! Hit Our Third Fundraiser Target, Well on Our Way to the Fourth: Guest Bloggers
Thanks to the generous donations so far, we’ve met another target and are closing in rapidly on our new one, bonuses to Lambert and Jerri-Lynn. Please give if you haven’t already!
Topics: Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 8:27 pm | 2 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/4/2019
Today’s Water Cooler:
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 158 Comments »
Announcing the 2019 Double Your Donations Challenge!
Take advantage of a generous offer! Double your donation!
Topics: Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:15 am | 28 Comments »
Links 10/4/19
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 201 Comments »
“We Interrupt Our Regular Programming for This Important Announcement”
What if Naked Capitalism went dark?
Topics: Guest Post, Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:26 am | 13 Comments »
CalPERS to Announce Loss of JJ Jelincic in Board Election; Dirty, Illegal Tactics Against Jelincic Undermine Legitimacy of Incumbent’s Win
CalPERS’ allies defeated pro-accountability board challenger JJ Jelincic via dirty, illegal tactics and massive dark money spending.
Topics: Banana republic, CalPERS, Legal, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:29 am | 22 Comments »
Bad Debts Make Good Profits – But What Are the Social Costs?
As European borrowers choke on debts they can’t repay, due to a significant degree to austerity-induced weak economies, financial profiteers swoop in to take advantage of the distress.
Topics: Banking industry, Credit markets, Economic fundamentals, Europe, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Macroeconomic policy, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:24 am | 11 Comments »
Trump’s Executive Order is a Backdoor Privatization of Medicare
Why Trump’s “expansion” of Medicare Advantage is an insurer boondoggle at the expense of taxpayers and patients.
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Health care, Politics, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:01 am | 33 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 10/3/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Trade, Biden, Sanders to debate, Warren, deliberative democracy, voting machines, factory orders, services, employment, Facebook, Mr. Market, GretaThunberg. fear as messaging, Cuomo and the SEIU, GM strike, science and “the science”
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 163 Comments »
What Gandhi Believed Is the Purpose of a Corporation
Gandhi had a well-developed view on corporate goverance and influenced business leaders.
Topics: Corporate governance, Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Guest Post, Legal, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 12 Comments »
Links 10/3/19
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 191 Comments »
Naked Capitalism: Integrity, Dedication – and Community
Naked Capitalism’s community rocks, particularly in flyover!
Topics: Guest Post, Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:30 am | 9 Comments »
Understanding Why the Green New Deal Won’t Really Work
A sanity check on the Green New Deal.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Dubious statistics, Environment, Global warming, Guest Post, Politics, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:30 am | 153 Comments »
Brexit: Whither Boris?
It seems likely that Johnson will resign rather than be in office October 31 and risk being held responsible by the Brexit Party for an extension. But when would he pull that trigger?
Topics: Banana republic, Brexit, Doomsday scenarios, Europe, Legal, Politics, UK
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:29 am | 69 Comments »