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Saturday, July 19, 2025
Mass Gatherings Contributed to Early COVID-19 Mortality: Evidence from US Sports
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Guest Post, Health care, Pandemic
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:24 am | 16 Comments »
Why International Financial Regulation Still Falls Short
Financial regulators still don’t like to tame bubbles even after seeing how costly it is when they go boom. Shame, that.
Topics: Banking industry, Credit markets, Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Federal Reserve, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Politics, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:08 am | 7 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/5/2020
COVID up-and-comers, swing states ~ Biden blows a gasket on cognitive testing question ~ Biden foreign policy ~ Allan Lichtman of keys fame predicts Trump loss ~ Cori Bush victory in Missouri ~ Employment, services, trade ~ Immunology ~ “The Science” ~ The Louvin Brothers ~ Adam Tooze
Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 196 Comments »
International Trade Has Cost Americans Millions of Jobs. Investing in Communities Might Offset Those Losses
After too many years of “Let them eat training,” a more practical answer to trade-induced job losses.
Topics: China, Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Guest Post, Income disparity, Social policy, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 36 Comments »
Links 8/5/2020
Topics: Links, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 190 Comments »
Washington Going Full Andrew Mellon as Stimulus Talks Drag, Inadequate Support Guaranteed
An inadequate second stimulus is guaranteed. The only question is “how inadequate”?
Topics: Banana republic, Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Income disparity, Macroeconomic policy, Pandemic, Politics, Real estate, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:00 am | 91 Comments »
Remembering John Weeks
John Weeks was a leading critic of economic orthodoxy who dedicated his life to building a better world.
Topics: Africa, Globalization, Guest Post, Income disparity, The destruction of the middle class, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:49 am | 6 Comments »
Preserve Our Post Office, Before It’s Too Late
It ought to be stunning that the Post Office needs to be defended….
Topics: Banana republic, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Infrastructure, Politics, Privatization, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:14 am | 59 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/4/2020
COVID: Party on ~ Biden as the next FDR ~ Sanders’ “10 reasons” ~ Trump interview ~ Closed Republican Convention ~ Podesta, war-gaming 2020, uses faithless electors strategy, Democrats threaten secession ~ Manufacturing, housing, employment ~ Herd immunity ~ Evictions
Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 134 Comments »
Call for ‘Emergency Charity Stimulus’ as Billionaire Wealth Soars and US Nonprofits Sink
Charity reform would help deploy more funds to address more Covid-19 needs, but the real remedy lies in much bolder government spending.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Pandemic, Politics, Social policy, Taxes
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 21 Comments »
Links 8/4/2020
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 286 Comments »
Hubert Horan: The Airline Industry Collapse Part 3 – Recovery Expectations Were Always Dreadfully Wrong
Not only is the airline industry in desperate shape, but its executives have made its bad situation worse, increasing resolution costs for all bagholders.
Topics: Guest Post, Investment outlook, Pandemic, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:00 am | 24 Comments »
How’s Your Economy, Small Businesses Death Watch Edition
A reader query focused on small businesses.
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Income disparity, Pandemic, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:25 am | 76 Comments »
Is Silicon Valley Nudging Us Towards an Authoritarian Future?
Why it is not crazy to worry about Silicon Valley.
Topics: Guest Post, Politics, Social policy, Social values, Surveillance state, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:43 am | 18 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/3/2020
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 186 Comments »