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Friday, December 8, 2023
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/8/2023
Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 1 Comment »
Myanmar’s Instability Deepens as the World Watches Silently
Militants threaten Myanmar’s military government. But other non-state actors, as well as China, are vying for influence.
Topics: Banana republic, China, Doomsday scenarios, Globalization, Guest Post, Politics
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 2 Comments »
Links 12/8/2023
Topics: Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 105 Comments »
Texas v. Pfizer Alleges Extensive Misrepresentations About Covid Vaccine Efficacy, Censorship of Critics
The State of Texas sent a major shot across Pfizer’s bow via a suit alleging widespread misrepresentaitons about Covid vaccine effectiveness
Topics: Banana republic, Dubious statistics
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:54 am | 22 Comments »
Venezuela Takes a Step Closer to War With US
Following Sunday’s referendum, Venezuela’s Maduro government de facto “annexes” the oil-rich Essequibo region. Guyana calls for help from friends, including US Southern Command. Military exercises are already under way.
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:45 am | 28 Comments »
Matt Taibbi – CTI Files #4: The Hamilton 68 Connection (or Russiagate Never Dies)
A new Taibbil deep dive on “The Cyber Threat Intelligence League” or CTI, another concerted effort to promote “Russian influence”fabrications.
Topics: Guest Post, Media watch, Politics, Ridiculously obvious scams, Surveillance state
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:00 am | 17 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/7/2023
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Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 122 Comments »
Tips Tricks Dampen Delivery Worker Celebration of New $18-an-Hour Wage
Delivery platforms DoorDash and UberEats immediately retaliated against a NYC-madated wage increase by redoing their apps to undermine tips.
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Legal, Politics, Regulations and regulators, The destruction of the middle class, Uber
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 18 Comments »
Links 12/7/2023
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:55 am | 123 Comments »
The Debate Over Restricting Immigration
The Republicans look serious about restricting immigration or at least rolling back recent Biden moves. But are there any sound approaches?
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Income disparity, Politics, Social policy, Social values, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:54 am | 88 Comments »
Plastic Is Here to Stay. Can It Be Made More Sustainably?
Redesigning plastic requires making trade-offs between cost, scalability, emissions, toxicity, and more. But how about using less?
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Environment, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Science and the scientific method, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:21 am | 19 Comments »
‘A Sick Joke’: Six Ways of Looking at a COP
Making sense of this COP means looking at optics and interests, and sadly not outcomes.
Topics: Energy markets, Environment, Free markets and their discontents, Global warming, Guest Post, Media watch, Politics, Risk and risk management, Science and the scientific method
Posted by Yves Smith at 1:07 am | 23 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 12/6/2023
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Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 92 Comments »
Big Cons: How Consulting Firms Undermine Governments and Corporations
A new book by Mariana Mazzucato and Rosie Collington shows the damage big consulting firms do, particularly weakening client capabilities
Topics: Corporate governance, Guest Post, Ridiculously obvious scams
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 29 Comments »
Links 12/6/2023
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:59 am | 201 Comments »