~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; who engineered the bait and switch?; Kamala and Lina Khan; abolish your lawn ~
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Saturday, July 27, 2024
2:00PM Water Cooler 7/26/2024
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 142 Comments »
Looking for Long Covid: A Clash of Definition and Study Design
Influential studies from the VA St. Louis take a broad view of long Covid. Not every expert agrees with the approach.
Topics: Dubious statistics, Guest Post, Health care, Pandemic, Science and the scientific method
Posted by Yves Smith at 10:49 am | 9 Comments »
Economy Re-Accelerates in Q2. Our Drunken Sailors Splurge on Durable Goods, Investment Jumps, Federal Gov Undoes Blip
The US economy looks a bit perky. Party on! But will the Fed continue to apply the interest rate brakes?
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Federal Reserve, Globalization, Guest Post, Investment outlook
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:45 am | 13 Comments »
Links 7/26/2024
Topics: Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:58 am | 173 Comments »
Israel Economy Bleeding Out as Damage Compounds
Israel ‘s economy is buckling due to its campaign against Palestinians. But despite what may be irreparable damage, it is not turning back.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Dubious statistics, Economic fundamentals, Globalization, Middle East, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:44 am | 42 Comments »
AI Financial Crises
Yes, Virginia, AI, like older forms of automated trading, has a nasty propensity to cause crises.
Topics: Derivatives, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Investment management, Investment outlook, Regulations and regulators, Risk and risk management, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:04 am | 11 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 7/25/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: politics, syndemics; Biden’s post-defenestration speech. litmus tests for Kamala (Palestine, anti-trust); Kamala’s campaign, includiing the donor-gasm, the 100 days, and the bait and switch; trad wives; employee ownership ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 117 Comments »
Suicide Squad: U.S. Troops Are Losing a War with Their Deadliest Enemy
Suicide is the leading cause of death for active duty and recently soldiers. The most likely contributor is not what you might suspect.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Guest Post, Health care, Risk and risk management
Posted by Yves Smith at 10:17 am | 59 Comments »
Links 7/25/2024
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:58 am | 152 Comments »
‘Guilty of Genocide’: 135 Congress Members Boycott Netanyahu’s Speech to Congress
The US Congress stands shoulder to shoulder with war criminal Netanyahu, even with more dissent than ever.
Topics: Banana republic, Doomsday scenarios, Legal, Middle East, Politics, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:46 am | 71 Comments »
Net-Zero Ambitions Hit Major Roadblocks in Europe, UK, and US
The projected failure to meet insufficiently ambitious climate change goals like net zero should come as no surprise.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Environment, Europe, Free markets and their discontents, Global warming, Guest Post, Politics, Regulations and regulators
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:18 am | 11 Comments »
More Poverty for the Poor
The position of both poor nations and the poorest income groups globally has been deteriorating.
Topics: Africa, Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:09 am | 7 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 7/24/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; impeachment articles against Harris (frivolous); how Harris grabbed Biden’s war chest; only Google can search Reddit; the wheel of emotions. ~
Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 140 Comments »
The Global Semiconductor Talent Crunch: How Protectionism Backfired
Oopsie! US semiconductor protectionism looks to have reduced the size of the pool of needed workers and experts.
Topics: Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Guest Post, Regulations and regulators, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 10:07 am | 41 Comments »
Links 7/24/2024
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:58 am | 144 Comments »