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[l] at 3/31/23 12:00pm
~ Today's Water Cooler ~

[Category: Water Cooler]

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[l] at 3/31/23 4:55am

[Category: Guest Post, Links]

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[l] at 3/31/23 4:50am
The author argues for the widespread use of market values when assessing bank conditions, prompt corrective action by regulators, limiting deposit insurance protection to ensure market discipline, and shifting the political equilibrium.

[Category: Banking industry, Regulations and regulators]

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[l] at 3/31/23 4:50am
The author argues for the widespread use of market values when assessing bank conditions, prompt corrective action by regulators, limiting deposit insurance protection to ensure market discipline, and shifting the political equilibrium.

[Category: Banking industry, Regulations and regulators]

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[l] at 3/31/23 4:33am
It should perhaps come as little surprise that when it comes to protecting the right to pay in cash, the UK government prioritises freedom of choice for businesses (to reject cash) over freedom of choice for citizens (to use it). 

[Category: Guest Post]

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[l] at 3/31/23 4:00am
How much is "information sharing" between mega property management companies driving the rise in housing costs?

[Category: Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Market inefficiencies, Pandemic, Real estate, Regulations and regulators, The destruction of the middle class]

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[l] at 3/30/23 10:23pm
The financial system needs to provide a safe place for businesses to place their reserves and working capital.

[Category: Banana republic, Banking industry, Credit markets, Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Federal Reserve, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Risk and risk management, The destruction of the middle class]

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[l] at 3/30/23 1:25pm
A review of Bostock, with a critique of self-identification

[Category: Guest Post, Politics]

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[l] at 3/30/23 12:00pm
Today's Water Cooler

[Category: Water Cooler]

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[l] at 3/30/23 4:55am

[Category: Guest Post, Links]

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[l] at 3/30/23 4:25am
Before obtaining the required permits, Diversified Energy began installing cryptocurrency mining infrastructure on one of its thousands of well pads.

[Category: Banana republic, Environment, Guest Post, Regulations and regulators, Ridiculously obvious scams]

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[l] at 3/30/23 1:31am
The bank panic is proving to be an exercise in class warfare that may well wind up further strengthening the right.

[Category: Banana republic, Doomsday scenarios, Economic fundamentals, Europe, Federal Reserve, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics, Regulations and regulators, Risk and risk management, Social policy, The destruction of the middle class, The dismal science]

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[l] at 3/29/23 3:30pm
The union revival is gaining ground, with the latest win being the reversal of a "right to work" law in Michigan.

[Category: Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Income disparity, Legal, Politics, Social policy, The destruction of the middle class]

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[l] at 3/29/23 1:21pm
The economic effects of the massive French strikes are starting to extend beyond France, although so far in a limited way. Is more to come?

[Category: Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Europe, Guest Post]

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[l] at 3/29/23 12:00pm
~ Today's Water Cooler ~

[Category: Water Cooler]

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[l] at 3/29/23 4:58am

[Category: Guest Post, Links]

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[l] at 3/29/23 3:55am
The double question implied throughout Herman Daly’s work as an economist is this: “Is the economy for the people, or are the people for the economy?” nomy for the people, or are the people for the economy?”

[Category: Economic fundamentals, Energy markets, Environment, Globalization, Guest Post, Income disparity, Politics]

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[l] at 3/29/23 3:13am
The US trying even harder to tout the virtues of its ideas of democracy is not winning friends or influencing people.

[Category: Africa, Banana republic, China, Economic fundamentals, Europe, India, Politics, Russia, Social policy, Social values]

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[l] at 3/29/23 1:21am
PERI research shows just transition policies are easily affordable in all high-income countries and critical to limiting climate change

[Category: Doomsday scenarios, Dubious statistics, Energy markets, Free markets and their discontents, Guest Post, Politics, Regulations and regulators]

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[l] at 3/28/23 12:00pm
~ Today's Water Coole

[Category: Guest Post, Water Cooler]

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[l] at 3/28/23 9:11am
"The bailout really did protect billionaires from taking a modest haircut."

[Category: Banking industry]

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