Wolf Richter: Oh Lordy, Yellen Comes Out for…

By Wolf Richter, editor of Wolf Street. Originally published at Wolf Street. Starting in 2018, President Trump harangued and hammered Fed Chair Jerome Powell to end Quantitative Tightening and to cut interest rates, and Powell…

G7 Countries Reach Deal on 15% Global Minimum…

By Jake Johnson, staff writer at Common Dreams. Originally published at Common Dreams Representatives from seven of the world’s wealthiest nations reached an agreement on Saturday to support a global minimum tax rate of at…

UN Report Assesses Dire State of Global Soil…

By Jerri-Lynn Scofield, who has worked as a securities lawyer and a derivatives trader. She is currently writing a book about textile artisans. Two UN entities released a report on Friday, Global Assessment of Soil…

2:00PM Water Cooler 6/7/2021

By Lambert Strether of Corrente. Bird Song of the Day * * * #COVID19 At reader request, I’ve added this daily chart from 91-DIVOC. The data is the Johns Hopkins CSSE data. Here is the…

Covid Was a Tipping Point for Telehealth. If…

By Noam N. Levey, Senior Correspondent. Originally published at Kaiser Health News. As the covid crisis wanes and life approaches normal across the U.S., health industry leaders and many patient advocates are pushing Congress and…