▽naked capitalism ●11/27 06:45 2:00PM Water Cooler 11/26/2024 - 11/26/2024 - Lambert Strether2:00PM Water Cooler 11/26/2024 https://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2024/11/200pm-water-cooler-11-28-2024.html2:00PM Water Cooler 11/26/2024~ Today’s Water Cooler: Politics, syndemics; “Joy” at Bluesky; Trump team drags feet on signing ethics and transparency agreements; “Everyone is taking their skim” (of Democrat campaigns); Boeing 737
▽The Curious Capitalist - Commentary on the economy, the markets, and business - TIME.com ●11/27 05:08 Walmart Rolls Back DEI EffortsBy Anne D'Innocenzio / APMore in BusinessMethodology: How TIME and Statista Determined the World’s Best Brands of 2024 In 2024, TIME and Statista launched the inaugural list of the World's Best Brands, based on consumer surveys conducted in countries around the...By TIME Staff November 21, 2024
▽Stumbling and Mumbling ●11/27 00:43 November 25, 2024On ideological blindspotsThere's a big ideological blindspot in political debate. To see it, consider two quite different recent texts: Conservatism in Crisis (pdf) co-authored by Kemi Badenoch and many others; and Sam Freedman's Failed State.Let's take Conservatism in Crisis first. The authors complain of the "rise of a new bureaucratic class" wherein "increasing numbers of mi
▽Moneyness ●11/26 21:28 Monday, November 25, 2024How my views on financial privacy have evolved over a decadeI began exploring the topic of financial privacy and payment anonymity in the early days of this blog. Over the past decade, my views have shifted significantly—here's how and why.Rereading my earliest mentions of financial privacy, they now seem a bit... idealistic? extreme? For instance, in my 2014 post entit
