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Sunday, February 9, 2025
Links 2/8/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 283 Comments »
Medicaid Work Requirements Could Boot 36 Million People Off Their Health Coverage: Report
“Work requirements are simply another way to cut Medicaid.”
Topics: Guest Post, Health care, Income disparity, Politics, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:46 am | 8 Comments »
It’s Going to be Torture as the Path to Starmer’s Inevitable Demise Is Rolled Out
A Starmer death watch sighting.
Topics: Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Politics, UK
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:19 am | 42 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/7/2025
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; Possible Democrat strategies against DOGE; The notion of “racial capitalism” decried; Gallery: Hole punches ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 204 Comments »
Is Trump Serious About Trying to Close the Private Equity Carried Interest Loophole?
Trump wants to revive his 2017 plan to curb a private equity tax abuse, the so-called carried interest loophole. Is he likely to succeed now?
Topics: Hedge funds, Income disparity, Politics, Private equity, Ridiculously obvious scams, Taxes, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 17 Comments »
Links 2/7/2025
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:58 am | 200 Comments »
Oil for Migrants: Did the Trump Administration Just Reset US Diplomatic Relations With Venezuela?
Big things are happening in US-Venezuela relations. But can they last?
Topics: Guest Post
Posted by Nick Corbishley at 6:45 am | 19 Comments »
Even US Messaging Outlet RFE/RL Having Trouble Prettying Up Trump Planning to Buy Ukraine Rare Earths Empty Bag
There is both less and more in the Trump offer to arm Ukraine in return for rare earths than meets the eye.
Topics: Commodities, Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Environment, Guest Post, Media watch, Politics, Russia, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:00 am | 11 Comments »
James K. Galbraith Discusses His New Book, Entropy Economics, Plus DOGE, Bitcoin and Tariffs
A wide-ranging talk with Jamie Galbraith on his book, Entropy Economics, which focuses on the neglect of real resources, and recent events.
Topics: Currencies, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Globalization, Guest Post, Politics, Regulations and regulators, The dismal science
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:55 am | 47 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 2/6/2025
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, Syndemics; DOGE as a revolutionary NRx (neo-reactionary) project; DOGE seeks to avoid FOIA; DOGE given sysadmin privileges at Office of Personnel Management with days of the Inaugural; An atmospheric Turner ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 92 Comments »
ICE Faking News: Games Search Engines to Make Mass Deportations Appear Way More Massive Than They Are
Mass deportation raids have barely started, yet ICE is faking their prevalence! What gives?
Topics: Dubious statistics, Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Income disparity, Legal, Media watch, Politics, Social policy, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 9:55 am | 21 Comments »
Links 2/6/2025
Topics: Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:58 am | 263 Comments »
Hubert Horan: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Thirty-Four – Tony West’s Calamitous Legacy at Uber and with the Kamala Harris Campaign
On Tony West as intellectual leader and major implementer of the similar Uber narrative-driven strategy and the failed Harris campaign.
Topics: Guest Post, Income disparity, Media watch, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Social values, Technology and innovation, The destruction of the middle class, Uber
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:50 am | 18 Comments »
Artificial Intelligence and Financial Stability
On the high odds of winding up with the Peter Principle of AI implementation in financial institutions, and what to do to prevent that.
Topics: Banking industry, Doomsday scenarios, Dubious statistics, Guest Post, Regulations and regulators, Risk and risk management, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:07 am | 21 Comments »
Hottest January in the History of Januaries
A fresh sighting on the relentless march of climate change, with the January just past the warmest on record.
Topics: Environment, Global warming, Guest Post
Posted by Yves Smith at 1:37 am | 35 Comments »