Thursday, October 3, 2024

48 States to Investigate Google: Anti-Trust or Politicking?

The messy politics of the 48 state Google anti-trust investigation.

Links 9/13/19

The US Massively Underestimates the Trade War Blowback

US trade and economic sanctions not only have not delivered on their stated aims, but they’ve also had unwelcome side effects.

Modi’s Kashmir Power Grab Was Decades in the Making

Repeated constitutional attacks paved the way for the government to finally strip Kashmir of its rights.

Live Blog: Democrat Presidential Primary Debate #5 in Houston

All the candidates on one stage! Come on down!

2:00PM Water Cooler 9/12/2019

Today’s Water Cooler: China trade, Harris, Sanders, Axelrove on Trump, Hillary Clinton, 9/11, counterfeit gold bars, rail traffic, WeWork, Facebook, food wars, gas flaring, wind farms and landfills, ocean drilling, racism and origins of tech, fake meat, Daniel Johnston, spending less time on the phone

Kalecki, Minsky, and “Old Keynesianism” Vs. “New Keynesianism” on the Effect of Monetary Policy

Larry Summers, a barometer of leading edge conventional wisdom, questions Keynesianism as a distortion of Keynes and for its overconfidence in monetary policy.

Links 9/12/19

Michael Hudson: Why We Need to Abolish the Democratic National Committee, Even if That Means Breaking Up the Democratic Party

Reflections on the charade of the Democratic Party debate.

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.

Axios: What’s the Actual Cost of Not Addressing Climate Change?

bunking some arguments against Sanders’ climate change program.

2:00PM Water Cooler 9/11/2019

Today’s Water Cooler:

The Two Sides of Government Guarantees for Banks

Not all guarantees are created equal, and what that means for banks.

Links 9/11/19

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.