Turns out Trump was not all wrong in saying the dollar was overpriced.
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Saturday, October 5, 2024
Trump Was [Selectively] Right About the Dollar
Topics: China, Currencies, Federal Reserve, Guest Post
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:35 am | 18 Comments »
China: The Covert Credit Superpower
An new working paper by Sebastian Horn, Carmen Reinhart and Christoph Trebesch on China’s foreign lending has some important findings, such as that China accounts for more than 40% of the external debt of 50 developing countries. We’ve embedded the document at the end of this post. The study is an ambitious undertaking, seeking to […]
Topics: Africa, China, Credit markets, Economic fundamentals, Globalization, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 2:19 am | 12 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 7/18/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Booker, Sanders, Trump, AOC vs. Trump vs. Pelosi, centrist Democrat angst, business outlook, leading indicators, sleep tracking apps, Boeing, miltary hydrocarbons, California wildfires, ocean temperatures, games and Big Stream, CBD, Bezos and the planet, Storm Area 51
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 165 Comments »
Everything’s Fine Until Suddenly it Isn’t: How a “Leveraged Loan” Blows Up
A post-mortem of a leveraged loan bust: private equity wins, too bad for everyone holding the bag.
Topics: Credit markets, Guest Post, Investment management, Moral hazard, Private equity
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 19 Comments »
Links 7/18/19
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 186 Comments »
Why Are Billionaires Like Jeff Bezos So Interested in Space?
There are good reasons to be leery of billionaires colonizing a public sector activity like space exploration.
Topics: Banana republic, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Privatization, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:00 am | 63 Comments »
Agroecology as Innovation
A UN report on agroecology finds that many farming methods pooh-poohed as traditional offer significant advantages over industrial farming.
Topics: Africa, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Permaculture, Social policy, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:08 am | 22 Comments »
Banks Again Hoist on Their Cost-Cutting Petard: Burgeoning Credit Card Fraud
Credit card companies are paying for their stinginess via being exposed to rapidly rising levels of fraud.
Topics: Banking industry, Credit cards, Payment system, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:00 am | 40 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 7/17/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Castro, Gabbard, Sanders, Warren, IA, PA, fundraising, immigration numbers, AOC v. Pelosi, housing, Prime Day, social media and depression, EU GND, Christians and climate change, weaponized ticks?, Magic: The Gathering includes a Turing Machine (!), free trade, Elon Mush brain mods
Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 163 Comments »
As Flood Risks Rise Across the US, It’s Time to Recognize the Limits of Levees
How levees become counterproductive as flood severity increases.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Environment, Global warming, Guest Post, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 20 Comments »
Links 7/17/19
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 150 Comments »
CalPERS’ Long-Term Care Policy Train Wreck – Is Bankruptcy the End Game?
CalPERS’ long-term care policy mess is even worse than industry norms, which is saying quite a lot.
Topics: CalPERS, Doomsday scenarios, Investment management, Legal, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:46 am | 27 Comments »
The Numbers Are In, and Trump’s Tax Cuts Are a Bust
Why Trump’s tax “reforms” didn’t deliver on growth, just on rentierism.
Topics: Banana republic, CEO compensation, Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Taxes
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:01 am | 20 Comments »
The ‘New Right’ Is Not a Reaction to Neoliberalism, but Its Offspring
Why the success of the far right shows that neoliberalism is very much alive and well.
Topics: Brexit, Economic fundamentals, Europe, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Macroeconomic policy, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:30 am | 39 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 7/16/2019
Today’s Water Cooler: Castro, Harris, O’Rourke, Steyer, Warren, Democrat debates, AOC v. Pelosi, Koch Brothers, Case-Deaton, industrial production and retail sales both strong, central bankers want fiscal assistance, Amazon, Tesla, Google, Uber, fossil fuels, carbon tracker, Eric Garner, oppression
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 222 Comments »