Despite the hype surrounding the US presidential debates, they do little to shift voter views.
Wednesday, November 19, 2025
Hurrah! Met Our Fourth Goal, On to Our Fifth: Karōshi Prevention
Help meet the goal of keeping Yves and her fellow writers in fighting fettle by providing for some down time!
Naked Capitalism’s Mission Impossible
For a change of pace, Naked Capitalism presents a satirical post.
Trump’s “Operation Warp Speed” Covid-19 Vaccine Development Program: Dominated by Military Personnel, Accused of Corruption
Operation Warp Speed is a public/private partnership set up by the Trump administration, which is developing several vaccines for Covid-19 in parallel.
2:00PM Water Cooler 9/28/2020
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Fiscal Federalism and the COVID-19 Shock in the US
The COVID-19 shock has significant negative consequences for the finances of US state and local governments, especially since they are bound by balanced-budget requirements
Looking for the Private Equity Lending Train Wreck in All the Wrong Places?
How immient is a bust in private equity related debt?
Announcing the 2020 Double Your Donations Challenge!
Take advantage of a generous offer! Double your donation!
How Bankers Hide Losses
Like master illusionists, bank accountants conceal losses from federal regulators, putting the whole economy at risk
Update on Federal Covid-19 Data at HHS: Hysteria on TeleTracking Data Manipulation Unwarranted, but Concern on Palintir Surveillance Oddly Muted
The danger in the HHS Protect project on Covid-19 isn’t data manipulation, but what the data will be used for (which almost nobody is talking about).
Thomas Neuburger: The War Against the War Against the People, or Why You Should Contribute to Naked Capitalism
If the class war becomes more confrontational, Naked Capitalism will continue to see past right and left to right and wrong,
Why isn’t Donald Trumpeting His Foreign Policy Record?
The Trump team are more than skilled enough to manipulate their presentation of foreign achievements as successes if not triumphs.
Ponds, Beaver Ponds, Arctic and Antarctic Ponds, and Walden Pond
“Listen, strange women lyin’ in ponds distributin’ swords is no basis for a system of government. Supreme executive power derives from a mandate from the masses, not from some farcical aquatic ceremony.”
