Industrial policy, despite recent lip service, is out of favor because doing ambitious things isn’t lucrative enough for the right people.
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Tuesday, April 23, 2024
James Galbraith: Industrial Policy Is a Good Idea, but So Far We Don’t Have One
Topics: China, Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Environment, Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Guest Post, Income disparity, Infrastructure, Macroeconomic policy, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Science and the scientific method, Social policy, Technology and innovation, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:29 am | No Comments »
Will the Freedom Flotilla Sail to Gaza?
The Freedom Flotialla is another example of how trying to save lives in Gaza is a high risk enterprise.
Topics: Doomsday scenarios, Guest Post, Legal, Middle East, Politics, Social values
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:32 am | 1 Comment »
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/22/2024
~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, pandemics, Bragg’s theory of the case revealed, the Jewish vote in PA, Carl Schmitt (Nazi legal theorist), and Word of the Day: Anosognosia ~
Topics: Guest Post, Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 75 Comments »
Links 4/22/2024
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:58 am | 147 Comments »
How ‘Dune’ Became a Rallying Cry For the New Science of Ecology
The gauno must flow!
Topics: Environment, Guest Post
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:50 am | 34 Comments »
US Strategy for Great Power Competition: More Graft and Hope for Wonder Weapons
Venture capital and private equity are playing a larger role in the military-industrial complex leading to even more corruption, lack of accountability and the swallowing up of young minds by the Silicon Valley money pit.
Topics: Banana republic, China, Corporate governance, Investment outlook, Market inefficiencies, Private equity, Ridiculously obvious scams, Russia, Social policy, Social values, Surveillance state, Technology and innovation
Posted by Conor Gallagher at 6:00 am | 60 Comments »
China Anti-Espionage Laws Threaten Pharma Supply Chains and Multinational Manufacture in China
New anti-espionage laws in China could make an increasingly tenuous situation for Western drug buyers even worse.
Topics: China, Economic fundamentals, Free markets and their discontents, Globalization, Health care, Legal, Politics, Surveillance state
Posted by Yves Smith at 5:12 am | 16 Comments »
Challenging the Duopoly: Jill Stein on Why She’s Running for US President as Green Party Candidate
Jill Stein explains why she is running for US president on an anti-war, pro-worker platform, challenging the Democrat/Republican duopoly.
Topics: Guest Post, Income disparity, Middle East, Politics, Social policy, Social values, The destruction of the middle class
Posted by Yves Smith at 12:56 am | 38 Comments »
WHO’s New Technical Report on “Pathogens That Transmit Through The Air” (with a Note on the Pandemic Treaty)
Droplet dogmatists routed 👏 👏 👏
Topics: Guest Post, Pandemic
Posted by Lambert Strether at 4:25 pm | 15 Comments »
Links 4/21/2024
Topics: Guest Post, Links
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:58 am | 310 Comments »
Low-Frequency Noise Is Pervasive. Does That Matter?
Sounds that are lower pitched are less studied than other types. Some say it’s a health hazard. Others have doubts.
Topics: Health care
Posted by Lambert Strether at 6:50 am | 28 Comments »
Links 4/20/2024
Topics: Links
Posted by Yves Smith at 6:55 am | 276 Comments »
AI Chatbots Refuse to Produce ‘Controversial’ Output − Why That’s a Free Speech Problem
Quelle surprise! AI is being deployed to censor unwelcome ideas via omission.
Topics: Guest Post, Legal, Media watch, Politics, Surveillance state, Technology and innovation
Posted by Yves Smith at 4:06 am | 28 Comments »
Boeing and Baltimore Bridge Scandals: Monopolization and Criminal Negligence?
On how recent administrations enabled Boeing’s industry takeover and covered up safety deficiencies at Boeing and in the shipping industry.
Topics: Corporate governance, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Risk and risk management
Posted by Yves Smith at 3:42 am | 26 Comments »
2:00PM Water Cooler 4/19/2024
~Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, pandemics, nap-time for Donald, Pennsylvania battleground, Columnbia pro-Palestine demonstration ~
Topics: Water Cooler
Posted by Lambert Strether at 2:00 pm | 70 Comments »