2:00PM Water Cooler 3/24/2023 | naked capitalism
By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Patient readers, I’m sorry this went up a bit late; I had a household emergency to deal with. –lambert Bird Song of the Day Wood…
Artificial Intelligence in Medicare Advantage Plans Impedes Access to Care | naked capitalism
Yves here. Even though we ran a post recently on the horrorshow of Medicare Advantage using AI to implement what amounts to reductions in coverage below contractually stipulated levels, this…
Crash Landing? Part 2 – The Usual Suspects | naked capitalism
Yves here. Today Satyajit Das describes the areas of vulnerability in the financial system if stress levels increase. You’ll see it’s a mighty long list. Private equity and related areas…
The Pushback Against Biometric Surveillance and Control Systems Is Growing on Both Sides of the Atlantic | naked capitalism
“Taking our data without notice isn’t convenient, it’s creepy.” Everybody’s favourite big tech giant, Amazon, is facing yet another class-action lawsuit, this time for allegedly deploying biometric recognition technologies to…
What’s Actually Behind the Banking Crisis? Why You Pay When They Play. | naked capitalism
Yves here. This post is the first of today’s double header on the bank panic and the reflexive Fed bailout, here done specifically done so as to be able to…
Energy Transition Advocates Get A Reality Check | naked capitalism
Yves here. I’m preserving the original OilPrice headline since it invokes one of the themes of a new pro-fossil-fuels messaging campaign, that migrating to cleaner energy sources is contrary to…
How Monetary Policy Affects Bank Lending and Financial Stability: A ‘Credit Creation Theory of Banking’ Explanation | naked capitalism
Yves here. This is deceptively important post. We’ve regularly mentioned that mainstream economists and the monetary economists at the Fed and presumably many other central banks adhere to the “loanable…
Exclusive Analysis: Biden’s clean energy factory jobs may elude U.S. union workers – Reuters News Agency
Economy 07 March 2023, 3:05 pm 1 minute By Reuters News Agency A proprietary Reuters analysis took readers on a deep dive into President Joe Biden’s pledge to fight climate…
Sri Lanka in talks to extend $1B Indian credit line as IMF deal looms – Reuters News Agency
Economy 07 March 2023, 2:08 pm 1 minute By Reuters News Agency Sources exclusively revealed to Reuters that Sri Lanka is negotiating with India to extend a $1 billon credit…
Links 3/23/2023 | naked capitalism
‘Warhol cooked us scrambled eggs. Or was it Rauschenberg?’ – Gilbert and George preserve their greatest moments Guardian (Dr. Kevin) Genomic analyses of hair from Ludwig van Beethoven Cell (Micael…