Yearly Archives: 2023

Fog of Prigozhin: His Bizarre and Surely Doomed Military Revolt

Prigozhin has really completely lost it. But is his revolt as big a threat as the Western press seems to believe?

A New Third World Debt Crisis? The Need for System Change

Emerging economies look to be on the verge of a whole lotta debt hurt. Why does this happen to them so often?

2:00PM Water Cooler 6/23/2023

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Why Interest Rate Rises Are Fueling Inflation

Is central bank inflatin medicine even worse than it seems?

Is A New Housing Crisis Brewing in Spain?

Spain is one of the European economies that was hardest hit by the COVID-19 virus crisis. Now, after years of falling real incomes, millions of families are facing skyrocketing mortgage payments as a result of rapidly rising interest rates.

Links 6/23/2023

Deadly Fungus Infections Rising Even as Doctors Keep Missing Them

Why you need to push your doctor hard to include fungus infection as a possible diagnosis for mystery ailments.

ER Doctor: “Private Equity in Medicine is Dangerous to Patients”

Dr. Ming Lin, fired by a private equity company for objecting to poor Covid practices, argues that doctors need to be in charge of patient care

2:00PM Water Cooler 6/22/2023

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Higher Minimum Wages and Mixed Effects on Health

A challenge to arguments about the health benefits of increasing minimum wages. Readers?

Links 6/22/2023

Energy Destinies – Part 2: Renewable Energy – Character Shortcomings

Satyajit Das provides another deep dive into the realities of the so-called energy transition.

Thus We Fall: June Temperature Spike Confirms Dire Climate Change Forecasts

The trajectory of climate change is starting to look worse.

A Majority Of Americans Are Against Banning Gas Stoves

Even Americans who don’t have gas stoves oppose a ban.

2:00PM Water Cooler 6/21/2023

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