Stories by Yves Smith

Peter Orszag, Obama-Admin-Veteran-Turned-Bank-Exec, is selling catfood futures hard.

New Study finds “severe toxic effects” of commonly used Monsanto herbicides.

Stressed homeowners twist in the wind as home values, and the economy, continue to stagnate.

The Obama administration should show big banks that it's not ok harass people serving their country.

Yves Smith and Matt Taibbi join Bill Moyers to discuss our criminal global financial system.

Krugman, who has taken brave stands in the past, has failed to call out phony 'centrist' deficit hawks who want to steal our future.

News of suits against police violations of Constitutional rights and excessive force represent a key front for pushing back against illegitimate power.

Roger Lowenstein's Bernanke-as-hero cover story is revisionist history. In reality, the Fed chief has much to answer for in his handling of financial crisis and the economy.

In his latest 1% apologia, Davidson hails the capitalist lottery system for workers. Yves Smith explains the idiocy of this idea.

An attempt to assuage the guilt of gadget-owners over Foxconn's suicide-inducing work conditions does not pass the smell test.