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Friday, October 4, 2024
Links 8/27/19
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 164 Comments »
Brexit: Sound and Fury
Even though not much looks to have changed with Brexit, the mere running down of the clock does make a difference.
Topics: Brexit, Doomsday scenarios, Europe, Politics, UK
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:45 am | 77 Comments »
Bernie Sanders’ GND Plan Will Nationalize Power Generation in the U.S.
Sanders presents an ambitious plan.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Environment, Free markets and their discontents, Global warming, Guest Post, Politics, Social policy
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:37 am | 68 Comments »
A National Public School ‘Leadership’ Disaster: Private Firms Vetting Candidates for Superintendent
How search firms engaged to find and vet candidates for public school superintendent regularly endorse individuals who have fabricated credentials and skeltons in their closets.
Topics: Banana republic, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Ridiculously obvious scams, Social policy
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:02 am | 15 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler Special: Reader Report from the Field on Biden in New Hampshire (and It’s Ugly. Very Ugly. Come ON, Man)
Alert reader Petal attended a Biden rally and took careful notes from the second row.
Topics: Guest Post, Politics
Posted by Lambert Strether at 4:55 pm | 107 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/26/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Biden, Sanders, Trump, Walsh, Warren, DNC hits up the expats, durable goods, national activity index, manufacturing, Shopify, Apple, Dairy Queen, “fly by wire,” the Amazon fires, reforestation in Detroit and Nepal, Monsanto, Chevron, “American Factory,” unions and Tinder, utilitarianism, George R. R. Martin
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 217 Comments »
Waste Watch: Big Fashion Embraces Sustainability? Ha!
Thirty-two fashion companies present the Fashion Pact to G7; the feeble pledges raise the question: why bother?
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Environment, Global warming, Guest Post, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 9:55 am | 8 Comments »
Links 8/26/19
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 6:55 am | 177 Comments »
Wolf Richter: World Trade Skids for First Time Since Financial Crisis
Exports by China, Japan, and Eurozone under pressure — in part because of globally weak demand for new vehicles, which transcends the trade war.
Topics: China, Economic fundamentals, Europe, Globalization, Guest Post, Income disparity, Japan, Politics, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 6:45 am | 25 Comments »
Trump’s China Trade War Gaslighting: Will There Evah Be a Deal?
Why the US and China are likely to remain at loggerheads.
Topics: China, Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Income disparity, Legal, Politics, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:00 am | 48 Comments »
Immigration, Fear, and Public Spending on Security: The Italian Example
How fear of immigration drives perceptions of safety risks.
Topics: Globalization, Guest Post, Social policy, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:59 am | 21 Comments »
Links 8/25/19
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 6:55 am | 252 Comments »
The Amazon is Burning at a Record Rate
This Real News Network interview with Amazon Watch’s Christian Poirier discusses Bolsonaro’s policies that prioritize agribusiness over people – especially indigenous people.
Topics: Banana republic, Commodities, Doomsday scenarios, Environment, Europe, Global warming, Guest Post, Politics
Posted by Jerri-Lynn Scofield at 2:25 am | 21 Comments »
Announcing Mid-Coastal Maine Meetup Wednesday September 4 on Bailey Island
Hope to see you at our Down East meetup right after Labor Day!
Topics: Notices
Posted by Yves Smith at 11:24 pm | 8 Comments »
Hedge Fund Chatham Sends Nastygram Over NY Post Removal of “Parked Transaction” in Piece on Questionable Deals Involving American Media, Owner of National Enquirer. CalPERS Too.
Hedge fund Chatham is might upset about a phrase we picked up from a New York Post article on Chatham funds’ investment, including a CalPERS fund, in the parent of the notorious National Enquirer.
Topics: CalPERS, Health care, Legal, Media watch, Private equity
Posted by Yves Smith at 7:46 pm | 14 Comments »