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Monday, October 7, 2024
Links 3/29/2024
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 225 Comments »
Yellen Plans To Confront China For ‘Unfair’ Clean Energy Subsidies
Treasury Secretary Yellen is complaining to China about allegedly improper green energy subsidies. But is her beef well founded?
Topics: China, Energy markets, Environment, Free markets and their discontents, Global warming, Globalization, Guest Post, Politics, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:13 am | 58 Comments »
Tweaking US Trade Policy Could Hold the Key to Reducing Migration from Central America
How much of a role did a mid-2000s Central America trade deal play in the migration surge to the US from the region?
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Guest Post, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:06 am | 12 Comments »
Of Life and Lithium
A look at the implications of demand for lithium thanks to plans to increase electric vehicle sales.
Topics: Auto industry, Doomsday scenarios, Energy markets, Environment, Global warming, Guest Post, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:24 am | 21 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 3/28/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics and pandemics, Shanahan launch, Boeing re-org, SBF to the big house ~
Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 105 Comments »
IMF, in a Quiet Slap to the US, Urges Non-Alignment in Second Cold War
When you’ve lost the IMF…..
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Income disparity, Politics, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 13 Comments »
Links 3/28/2024
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:58 am | 186 Comments »
Democrats Furiously Finger-Wagging Over Billionaire Nicole Shanahan as RFK, Jr.’s Vice Presidential Pick
A short look at the Democrat-aligned-press breakdown over the RFK, Jr. choice of Silicon Valley’s Nichole Shanahan as his VP.
Topics: Health care, Income disparity, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:54 am | 122 Comments »
A Battered Bayer Breathes Sigh of Relief As Mexico Suspends Its Long-Awaited Ban on Glyphosate Weedkiller
Even as Bayer’s sales of Roundup slide as global fears about the health risks of glyphosate rise, most governments continue to baulk at the idea of banning the product completely.
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:45 am | 18 Comments »
The Crocus City Hall Attack – An Operational Failure
The Crocus City Hall attack does not appear to have achieved any of its presumed aims, beyond the death count.
Topics: Guest Post, Politics, Russia
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:25 am | 69 Comments »
Western Wind Turbine Manufacturers Struggle to Compete with Chinese Pricing
The US, UK and Europe fall behind China in a supposed priority area, wind turbines.
Topics: China, Environment, Europe, Free markets and their discontents, Global warming, Globalization, Technology and innovation, UK
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:19 am | 28 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 3/27/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler ~
Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 64 Comments »
Baltimore Bridge Crash: Risk Management Questions
Why it’s a mistake to think of the Baltimore bridge collapse as catastrophic bad luck.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Globalization, Infrastructure, Media watch, Regulations and regulators, Risk and risk management
Posted by Yves Smith at 11:21 am | 97 Comments »
Links 3/27/2024
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:59 am | 241 Comments »
Prolegomena to an Understanding of the Replication Crisis in Science
Taking stock of the state of science’s replication crisis on the 20 year anniversary of JPA Ioannidis’ seminal article.
Topics: Dubious statistics, Guest Post, Science and the scientific method
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:54 am | 19 Comments »