Fear & Loathing on The Economist Subscription Trail | naked capitalism
Yves here. This is a wonderfully acid piece on what The Economist has always amounted to. Enjoy! By Satyajit Das, a former banker and author of numerous works on derivatives…
Finance Healthcare, Not Insurance Premia | naked capitalism
Yves here. Jomo’s post summarizes a new study which lends yet more support to the view that inserting insurers into heathcare raises cost without improving results. And as an aside,…
A Rikers Detainee Made a Daring Escape. The Getaway Car? A City Bus.
Some jailbreaks require elaborate planning. Others demand feats of strength or agility. Few have relied on the New York City bus system. But that system unwittingly supplied the getaway vehicle…
Why Britain’s Murky Election Betting Scandal Is Causing Outrage
Rishi Sunak’s gamble was a considerable one. Five weeks ago, the British prime minister bet the house on his belief that a summer election might offer his Conservative Party a…
Osgemeos Rocked Brazil. Can the Graffiti Twins Take New York?
Just inside the door to the studio of the Brazilian artists Osgemeos is a self-portrait. Spray painted onto the concrete wall of the old metal workshop’s entryway, the image shows…
Opinion | ‘God Help Us’: 12 Writers Rate Biden’s Performance at the First Presidential Debate
Times Opinion asked 12 of our columnists and contributors to watch the presidential debate on Thursday night, assess who won and who lost and distill what stood out to them.…
Opinion | Joe Biden Is a Good Man and a Good President. He Must Bow Out of the Race.
I watched the Biden-Trump debate alone in a Lisbon hotel room, and it made me weep. I cannot remember a more heartbreaking moment in American presidential campaign politics in my…
Opinion | Biden Cannot Go on Like This
I’m not sure I’d ever watched Donald Trump lie so incessantly, extravagantly and unabashedly, and that’s saying something. On Thursday night he lied about the attack on the Capitol on…
Opinion | I’m Hearing High Anxiety From Democrats Over Biden’s Debate Performance
Within the first half-hour of the presidential debate, I heard from three veteran Democratic presidential campaign officials, and all of them had the same reaction to President Biden’s performance: This…
Oklahoma’s State Superintendent Requires Public Schools to Teach the Bible
Oklahoma’s state superintendent on Thursday directed all public schools to teach the Bible, including the Ten Commandments, in an extraordinary move that blurs the lines between religious instruction and public…