Yearly Archives: 2023
More on Ukraine’s Desperate Economy
A recent report on conditions in Ukraine paints a more dire picture than your humble blogger had imagined, and I have an active imagination.
Read more...What Mobile Clinics in Dollar General Parking Lots Say About Health Care in Rural America
Dollar General has launched profit-motivated health clinics on wheels. What could go wrong?
Read more...Bad News for Oil, Good News for Water
Oil prices could be on a very nasty trajectory.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 10/4/2023
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Read more...How Effective Are Electric Vehicles In Reducing Emissions?
Guess how much less CO2 electric vehicles emit than gas-fueled cars, all in, using current and prospective energy sources.
Read more...Links 10/4/2023
The Increasing Financialization of Germany
The FIRE sector capitalizes on Germany’s industrial decline as government diverts money from social programs to military.
Read more...McCarthy Ouster, Senate Republican Opposition Bode Ill for 2023 Ukraine Funding
Ukraine funding, a big focus of the row over McCarthy’s speakership, is not getting any easier.
Read more...BRICS: An Anti-Imperialist Fantasy and Sub-Imperialist Reality? – Patrick Bond
A no-holds-barred critique of BRICS as mainly aspiring to participate in in current organizations, rather than a create new ones.
Read more...2:00PM Water Cooler 10/3/2023
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Read more...Justice Department Sues eBay Over Unlawful Sales of Pesticides, Other Products
eBay is often accused of selling fakes, like knockoff Hermes ties. The Feds are suing eBay for selling real, as in really dangerous, wares
Read more...Links 10/3/2023
Ukraine’s Unraveling, the Funding Row, and Coalition Wobbles
Project Ukraine is having another bad week.
Read more...Is a Revolt Finally Brewing in US Against Exorbitant Credit and Debit Card Swipe Fees?
“The reason this battle is so hard fought is that it pits two big spending constituencies against each other: banks versus retailers.”
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