Links 7/20/19

Trump’s Peace Plan and the Future of Palestine

Trying to cut through the noise of Trump's Palestine deal-making efforts.

Willing to Pay for Security: Gig Workers, Freelancers, and the Self-Employed Want Steady Jobs

Quelle surprise! Workers want a steady paycheck.

2:00PM Water Cooler 7/19/2019

Today's Water Cooler: China v. Us trade, Biden, Buttigieg, Delaney, Sanders, Trump and fascism, Warren, Yang, DSA resolutions, consumer confidence, Epstein and our ruling class, safety deposit boxes, Google tracks pr0n sites, Airbus pitch-up issue, gardens, alligators, intergenerational trauma

The UK’s Dubious Role in the New Tanker War With Iran

Unpacking the issues in the seizure of an Iranian tanker.

Links 7/19/19

“The Ten Brexit Questions No-One’s Giving a Straight Answer To”

A short Brexit update and some questions on the state of Labour.

Trump Was [Selectively] Right About the Dollar

Naked capitalism

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Turns out Trump was not all wrong in saying the dollar was overpriced.

China: The Covert Credit Superpower

An new working paper by Sebastian Horn, Carmen Reinhart and Christoph Trebesch on China’s foreign lending has some important findings, such as that China accounts for more than 40% of the external debt of 50 developing countries. We’ve embedded the document at the end of this post. The study is an ambitious undertaking, seeking to […]

2:00PM Water Cooler 7/18/2019

Today's Water Cooler: Booker, Sanders, Trump, AOC vs. Trump vs. Pelosi, centrist Democrat angst, business outlook, leading indicators, sleep tracking apps, Boeing, miltary hydrocarbons, California wildfires, ocean temperatures, games and Big Stream, CBD, Bezos and the planet, Storm Area 51

Everything’s Fine Until Suddenly it Isn’t: How a “Leveraged Loan” Blows Up

A post-mortem of a leveraged loan bust: private equity wins, too bad for everyone holding the bag.

Links 7/18/19