Reflections on the charade of the Democratic Party debate.
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Sunday, August 25, 2024
Michael Hudson: Why We Need to Abolish the Democratic National Committee, Even if That Means Breaking Up the Democratic Party
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:33 am | 127 Comments »
Richard Murphy: Brexit Yellowhammer Is Wrong, but That Doesn’t Mean We Should Ignore It
The Brexit headlines focused on Yellowhammer when that isn’t the biggest development of the day.
Topics: Brexit, Doomsday scenarios, Europe, Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Guest Post, Politics, UK
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:13 am | 39 Comments »
Axios: What’s the Actual Cost of Not Addressing Climate Change?
bunking some arguments against Sanders’ climate change program.
Topics: Dubious statistics, Economic fundamentals, Environment, Global warming, Guest Post, Macroeconomic policy, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:03 am | 27 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/11/2019
Today’s Water Cooler:
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 130 Comments »
The Two Sides of Government Guarantees for Banks
Not all guarantees are created equal, and what that means for banks.
Topics: Banking industry, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Risk and risk management
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 3 Comments »
Links 9/11/19
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 176 Comments »
Under Bloomberg Pressure, CalPERS Coughs Up BCG Report on Private Equity, Confirming Criminal Abuse of Open Meeting Law; Board President Henry Jones Casually Leaks Confidential Information
A peek into how CalPERS abuses confidentiality when public agencies are supposed to be public.
Topics: CalPERS, Corporate governance, Legal, Politics, Private equity
Posted by Yves Smith at 1:20 am | 12 Comments »
Andrew Bacevich, Ending War, American-Style
The US hasn’t won a war since World War II, and even then, the Soviets deserve most of the credit. So how do we keep up appearances?
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Middle East, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:05 am | 28 Comments »
CalPERS Election Corruption: Huge and Illegally Opaque Dark Spending Against Pro-Accountability Candidate JJ Jelincic
Yet more on CalPERS election shenanigans.
Topics: Banana republic, CalPERS, Investment management, Legal, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 7:04 pm | 7 Comments »
CalPERS, Treasurer Fiona Ma, Board Members David Miller and Theresa Taylor, and CalPERS Employees Engage in Illegal and Dishonest Electioneering Against Candidate JJ Jelincic
More on CalPERS’ election meddling.
Topics: Banana republic, CalPERS, Corporate governance, Legal, Politics, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:51 pm | 19 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/10/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Harris, Sanders, Trump, Warren, undecided voters, Rachel Maddow, Neera Tanden’s union busting, employment, small business optimism, Uber, Lyft, Boeing, Amazon, SpaceX, scooters, corvids, crabs, cattle, AI, deaths of despair, Encrypted DNS-over-HTTPS
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 132 Comments »
California Privacy Law Looms
Businesses race to comply with California’s new data privacy law by 1st January; meanwhile, efforts continue to weaken its protections.
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Legal, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Surveillance state
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 1:55 pm | 10 Comments »
Links 9/10/19
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 143 Comments »
States Pass Record Number Of Laws To Reel In Drug Prices
States go to war against drug price gouging.
Topics: Banana republic, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Health care, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:15 am | 16 Comments »
Here Are Photos of Some of the Dilapidated Equipment San Francisco Wants to Buy from Bankrupt PG&E for $2.5 Billion
Californians have had it with PG&E. But is San Francisco overpaying to get rid of them? Take a look.
Topics: Banana republic, Energy markets, Guest Post, Politics, Privatization, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:55 am | 54 Comments »