What’s Crypto Good For? Corruption, Exploitation, and Billions for Insiders
As with the subprime lending crisis, crypto appears to be more of an example of predatory inclusion than enhancing financial access.
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Getting Health Care Incentives Right
David Goldhill's father, 83 but still working, walked into a non-profit Manhattan hospital with pneumonia. Five weeks later
The Crisis and US Export/Import Destinations
Wonder how this reflects on NAFTA (especially from a Mexican perspective--they're getting absolutely killed by this). From Vox
Calculating the Benefit of Our Present Healthcare
Many people aready know much of this, but these are points that deserve to be hammered into our heads these
China's "Bailout" of Taiwan
From Reuters: 02:25 August 26th, 2009 China's bailout of Taiwan is good for the region By: Wei
This Is What We Get for All the Bailout Money
Two related posts here: Simon Johnson of Baseline Scenario looks at the shakeout in the banking system that he says
Excellent Radio on Afghanistan
Doug Henwood's weekly radio program is just about the best there is on politics and economics generally, but
Indicators That Fell Through The Cracks...
...this week (sorry about that!): UK business investment falls at fastest rate since records began in 1966, despite rock-bottom interest
China's Stimulus and Dodgy Statistics
From The Guardian: Too early to hail China's stimulus success China may be on course to hit its
More Telecoms Regulation?
Let's hope the administration's regulators are more aggressive in pursuing this hated quartet than they have
Environmental Stuff (Not Pretty)
Peak Water? Thanks to Naked Capitalism The "Great Pacific Garbage Patch" pinpointed at last. Thanks again to Yves
Friday's Indicators
US personal income was .1% lower in July, reflecting continued weakness in the job market, but private sector wages were
The Afghanistan Quagmire
Though this Reuters article is hardly one of the best I've read on the topic (for that, I&