Category: Economy

Yves here. This post makes a point that is glossed over in nearly all mainstream coverage of the collapse of SVB and resulting bailout: the discount window liberalization and the…

Yves here. Quelle surprise! It is possible for regulators to remind consumers that they don’t have to default to Google as their search engine, and more bloody-minded schemes are most…

Yves here. KLG unpacks a recent overview paper on SARS-CoV-2 mechanisms. Although this discussion is, of necessity, somewhat technical, Covid isn’t going away any time soon. So making an investment…

Thanks again to reader vao who has been diligently following the sorry tale of how sanctions are hindering the operations of the  Rosneft refinery in Schwedt, which  provides a meaningful portion…

Yves here. It’s good to see pushback against the received wisdom that China is planning to occupy Taiwan. This piece by Michael Klare has some sour notes, such as ignoring…

By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Patient readers, I am finishing up a post on a horrid public relations debacle at WHO, and so this Water Cooler is sadly truncated. Talk…

As the ripples of contagion from the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank spread out, one European bank is particularly vulnerable. And despite losing over 95% of its…

Yves here. Even with the business press awash with post mortems of the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank (SBV) and editorial comment about the de facto extension of a deposit…

Li Qiang, the country’s No. 2 leader, sought to reassure entrepreneurs who have been wary of making new investments.

By Lauren Sausser, who covers health care across the South as a member of KHN’s Southern Bureau. She is based in Charleston, where she previously spent nine years covering health…