Why the sanctions on Venezuela aren’t all they are cracked up to be.
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Friday, October 4, 2024
5 Reasons Why Trump’s Venezuela Embargo Won’t End the Maduro Regime
Topics: Banana republic, Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Guest Post, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:39 am | 38 Comments »
Doctors Argue Plans To Remedy Surprise Medical Bills Will ‘Shred’ The Safety Net
A PR campaign presenting the consumer fraud known as surprise billing as beneficial doesn’t stand up to scrutiny.
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Health care, Media watch, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:30 am | 35 Comments »
Australia Debates: Communist Party China the New Nazi Germany?
A row Down Under as a prominent and well placed MP says some not-nice things about China.
Topics: Australia, China, Doomsday scenarios, Globalization, Guest Post, Politics, Surveillance state
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:12 am | 29 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/7/2019
Today’s Water Cooler:
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 161 Comments »
Tightening Nickel Supply Threatens Electric Vehicle Boom
Nickel supplies are a new electronic vehice maker worry.
Topics: Commodities, Energy markets, Environment, Global warming, Guest Post
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 62 Comments »
Links 8/7/19
Topics: Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 220 Comments »
Apollo Doth Protest Too Much: Our Leon Black-Jeff Epstein Post Elicits Intervention by Apollo’s Flack
Apollo looks unduly anxious.
Topics: Media watch, Private equity, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:30 am | 39 Comments »
Low on Water, California Farmers Turn to Solar Farming
Some California farmers are shifting their “crops” to reduce water use. But is it too little, too late?
Topics: Energy markets, Environment, Global warming, Guest Post
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:57 am | 30 Comments »
Britain After Brexit: Welcome to the Vulture Restaurant
US business will asset-strip the UK, but that’s not all: the Pentagon will find the little-known fragments of the British empire very useful.
Topics: Banana republic, Brexit, Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Europe, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, The destruction of the middle class, UK
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:54 am | 71 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 8/6/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Biden, Sanders, Trump, Warren, billionaire donors, El Paso shootings, AOC’s chief of staff, DNC dysfunction, DSA convention, typos that change lives, those feral hogs
Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 261 Comments »
How Private Prisons Affect Sentencing
Since the introduction of private prisons, rates of incarceration have risen strongly . How much are those prisons to blame?
Topics: Banana republic, Guest Post, Legal, Privatization, Social policy
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 7 Comments »
Links 8/6/19
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 250 Comments »
Michael Hudson: Why Frances Coppola’s “The Case for the People’s Quantitative Easing” Is for Banks, Not the People
A dubious proposal to continue over-reliance on monetary policy, this time with a quantitative easing scheme, instead of fiscal spending.
Topics: Banking industry, Credit markets, Economic fundamentals, Federal Reserve, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Market inefficiencies, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:00 am | 17 Comments »
What Plunging Global Semiconductor Sales Says About Autos, IT & How the Economy Reacts to Uncertainties
Should you worry about the biggest fall in semiconductor sales since the Financial Crisis?
Topics: Auto industry, Doomsday scenarios, Dubious statistics, Economic fundamentals, Globalization, Guest Post, Investment outlook, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:27 am | 14 Comments »
Mr. Market Swoons as Trump Administration Escalates Trade War with China With “Currency Manipulator” Charge
Markets are in a tizzy over the US-China trade row. But what might come next?
Topics: China, Currencies, Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Income disparity, Technology and innovation, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:25 am | 19 Comments »