Links 5/20/2023 | naked capitalism
Does Your Dog Truly Love You? Science Has the Answer Newsweek Cops: Woman Defecated On Church Altar Smoking Gun (resilc) Americans’ Views of Childhood Vaccines Remain Largely Positive Pew Research…
Are US Prescription Drug Prices 10 Times Those of Other Nations? Only Sometimes | naked capitalism
Yves here. I’m running this piece mainly as an example of “fact checking” as a vehicle for attacking individuals and groups outside the mainstream. This article establishes that what Bernie…
Could a Far-Right vs Centre-Left Showdown Be the Future of British Politics? | naked capitalism
Yves here. Your humble blogger is in no position to opine on the UK’s new right wing contenders, the National Conservatives. However, I am bothered by the use of the…
Senators Ramp Up 14th Amendment Pressure on Biden to Counter GOP Debt Ceiling Brinksmanship | naked capitalism
Yves here. Because Republicans are ever and always bad guys, at least if you are a Democrat, commentators are IMHO being far too generous to the Biden Administration on the…
CalPERS Chief Investment Officer Musicco and Son in NBA Playoffs Courtside Seats Next to Billionaire Warriors Owner and Kleiner Perking Partner Joe Lacob. What Gives? | naked capitalism
CalPERS’ sense of privilege knows no bounds. The latest example is its Deputy Executive Officer, Communications & Stakeholder Relations Brad Pacheco unsuccessfully trying to ‘splain the very bad optics of…
Links 5/19/2023 | naked capitalism
Dealers Proclaim a Return to Form for Frieze New York, With Healthy Sales Across the Spectrum and Increased International Traffic Artnet News Will The U.S. Economy Pull Off a ‘Soft…
EU Adopts “Pragmatic Approach” To Sharing Its Citizens’ Most Precious Data With US Department of Homeland Security | naked capitalism
“The EU’s own top court has ruled on multiple occasions that the USA does not offer adequate privacy protections for non-citizens, yet the Commission and the member states are planning…
‘Adversarial Actors, Home and Abroad’ | naked capitalism
Yves here. Tom Neuburger sets forth examples of how the US is expanding its definitions of who its enemies are….after potentially having included President Kennedy as one. This posture looks…
‘Market Fundamentalism’ Is an Obstacle to Progress | naked capitalism
Yves here. This is a fine compact treatment of the intellectually shoddy market fetishism, and how its biggest fanbois are routinely the ones who get waivers, such as bank and…
2:00PM Water Cooler 5/18/2023 | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Patient readers, brunch today was far too long for me to get back to my desk in time, and far too liquid for me to…