Monthly Archives: June 2024

June 30, 2024

• Capital in the 21st Century: Ownership of the Firms Producing Raw Materials
  by Lambert Strether 2:52 pm

• Links 6/30/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Status of US Dollar as Global Reserve Currency: Central Banks Diversify from USD-Assets to Other Currencies and to Gold
  by Lambert Strether 6:50 am

June 29, 2024

• Links 6/29/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Survey Trolls, Opt-In Polls, and the New Era of Survey Science
  by Yves Smith 3:30 am

• Michael Hudson: 18th Century Writers Understand Effects of War Debt Better Than IMF
  by Yves Smith 3:18 am

June 28, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/28/2024: Biden v. Trump Post-Match Analysis and Commentary
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Biden Crashes, Trump Lies: A Campaign-Defining Presidential Debate
  by Yves Smith 10:13 am

• Links 6/28/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Sifting Through the Debris of Another Failed Coup in Latin America
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• After the European Elections: Fiscal Policy is the Elephant in the Room
  by Yves Smith 5:55 am

• Layoffs, Retirement, and Post-Pandemic Inflation
  by Yves Smith 5:35 am

June 27, 2024

• Rumble in the Jungle: Biden v. Trump Presidential Debate Live Blog
  by Lambert Strether 8:30 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/27/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Fear & Loathing on The Economist Subscription Trail
  by Yves Smith 10:36 am

• Finance Healthcare, Not Insurance Premia
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 6/27/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:55 am

• Supreme Court Delivers Major Blow to Free Speech in Murthy v. Missouri Ruling
  by Yves Smith 6:38 am

• Ursula von der Leyen: Beyond Redemption
  by Yves Smith 12:49 am

June 26, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/26/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The U.S. Is Nowhere Near Ready for Climate Change
  by Yves Smith 10:00 am

• Links 6/26/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Rob Urie: The ‘Israel Lobby’ Works for the US Military Industrial Complex
  by Yves Smith 6:45 am

• Union ‘Effects’ on Hourly and Weekly Wages: A Half-Century Perspective
  by Yves Smith 6:24 am

• Is EU’s Fuzzy Natural Gas Math Leading to Major Minuses in the Caucasus? 
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

June 25, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/25/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Despite Warnings, Israel Looks Set to Jump Off Lebanon Ledge
  by Yves Smith 10:10 am

• Links 6/25/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Washington Frets As Chinese Company Cosco Wraps Up Construction of South America’s Largest Deep Sea Port
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• The Fed’s “Chicken Run”: Why Sticking with High Rates Will Crash the Economy
  by Yves Smith 5:55 am

• ​Analysis Shows How Surging Stock Buybacks Bolster Case for Corporate Tax Hike​
  by Yves Smith 5:32 am

June 24, 2024

• Project 2025: 920 Pages of Irritable Mental Gestures, or a Blueprint for Fascism?
  by Lambert Strether 4:55 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/24/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 6/24/2024
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Between the Kremlin Cup and the General Staff Lip After Sunday’s Crimea and Dagestan Attacks
  by Yves Smith 6:47 am

• Freeports Are Dangerous
  by Yves Smith 5:22 am

• How Corporations Are Fueling Geopolitical Tensions and Global Conflicts in the 21st Century
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

June 23, 2024

• Links 6/23/2024
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• A National Cartel Fixing Rental Housing Prices: The Scandal Continues to Grow
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• British Government Invents Phantom Skripals to Refuse to Testify in the Novichok Inquiry
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

June 22, 2024

• How Recycling Has Become a Largely Empty Gesture
  by Yves Smith 10:18 am

• Links 6/22/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Grieving the Family Cat in a Painfully Violent World
  by Yves Smith 1:05 am

June 21, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/21/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 6/21/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Experts: US Hospitals Prone to Cyberattacks Like One That Hurt Patient Care at Ascension
  by Yves Smith 6:48 am

• Latest Biometric Surveillance Scandal in UK Reveals Another Dark Side of AI-Powered Big Brother
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Russia and Ukraine Trade Drone Strikes on Energy Facilities
  by Yves Smith 6:17 am

• Affordable Home Ownership Can Lead to Stronger Marital Relationships and Higher Birthrates
  by Yves Smith 5:53 am

June 20, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/20/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Project 2025: The US Far-Right Plan to Undermine Democracy and Rights Globally
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 6/20/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Are Extreme Stunt Climate Activists Like Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil Actually Fossil Fuel Industry Stooges? They Might as Well Be
  by Yves Smith 6:20 am

• Musk and Tesla: Compensation or Control?
  by Yves Smith 4:03 am

• Courage or Hope? Facing the Climate Future
  by Yves Smith 12:38 am

June 19, 2024

• Trump 2024 (Vegas) vs. Trump 2016 (Bangor): Rhetoric and Cognition
  by Lambert Strether 4:25 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/19/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Power in Sovereign Debt Markets: Explaining the Uneven Debtor–Creditor Landscape and Its Implications
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Inside Big Oil’s Business as Usual: Failure on Climate and Profits from War
  by Lambert Strether 9:55 am

• Links 6/19/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Bird Flu and Biomedicine, An Essay on What We Might Expect
  by Yves Smith 6:14 am

June 18, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/18/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The United States Is the Main Obstacle to Peace in Palestine
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 6/18/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Quelle Surprise: NYT Piece on Nigeria’s “Worst Economic Crisis in Decades” Completely Ignores Its Disastrous CBDC Experiment
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Private Equity Becomes Roach Motel as Public Pension Funds and Other Investors Borrow As Funds Remain Tied Up
  by Yves Smith 4:41 am

• Land Grabs Squeeze Rural Poor Worldwide
  by Yves Smith 1:48 am

June 17, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/17/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Insufficient Supervisory Board Competence as a Risk Factor for Banks
  by Lambert Strether 9:55 am

• Links 6/17/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Next Stage – The General Staff’s Targets After Putin’s Feint
  by Yves Smith 6:37 am

• Giorgia Meloni and Europe’s Future
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• Michael Hudson: Agricultural Imperialism in the EU
  by Yves Smith 12:49 am

June 16, 2024

• Sixteen Dad Jokes in Honor of Father’s Day (with Zeisgeistiana)
  by Lambert Strether 3:55 pm

• Links 6/16/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Bird Flu Tests Are Hard To Get. So How Will We Know When To Sound the Pandemic Alarm?
  by Lambert Strether 6:50 am

June 15, 2024

• Links 6/15/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• French Snap Elections: ‘Cohabitation’ Could Reshuffle the Cards Between President and Prime Minister
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Michael Hudson: US Cryptocurrency as an Offshore Banking Center
  by Yves Smith 2:42 am

June 14, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/14/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• “Debilitating a Generation”: Expert Warns That Long COVID May Eventually Affect Most Americans
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 6/14/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Milei’s Latest Plan to Embroil Argentina in Ukraine Conflict Involves Sending Five French Fighter Jets That Cannot Fly
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Western Officials and Press Starting to Acknowledge Impact of Russian Electric War on Ukraine
  by Yves Smith 6:00 am

• Biofuels Manufacturing Found To Be a Significant Source of Hazardous Air Pollution
  by Yves Smith 1:47 am

June 13, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/13/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Intrigue About Exit of Mustafa Nayyem, Ukraine Restoration Funding Chief and Maidan Revolt Instigator, Diverts Attention from Boneheadness of the Scheme
  by Yves Smith 10:58 am

• Links 6/13/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• “Dollar Doomsters Have Got It All Wrong”
  by Yves Smith 5:30 am

• Corporate Landlords’ Profits Soar as Tenants Drown in Rent Hikes and Fees
  by Yves Smith 4:02 am

• Heatwaves Ripple into the Financial System
  by Yves Smith 2:00 am

June 12, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/12/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:10 pm

• New York Cannabis Program Becomes Field Day for Private Equity Exploitation, Including Predatory Loans, Overpriced Leases to Store Owners
  by Yves Smith 9:55 am

• Links 6/12/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• Biden Plan to Save Medicare Patients Money on Drugs Risks Empty Shelves, Pharmacists Say
  by Yves Smith 6:45 am

• US Jury Holds Chiquita Liable for Colombian Death Squad’s Murder of Banana Workers
  by Yves Smith 6:30 am

• Türkiye Shows Renewed Interest in Joining BRICS
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

June 11, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/11/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Links 6/11/2024
  by Conor Gallagher 6:56 am

• Mastercard Launches Its Biometric Retail Payment System in Europe, Using Poland As a Testing Ground
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Buzzer Beater – Russian General Staff Aims at Ending the Ukraine by Electric War
  by Yves Smith 6:11 am

• The EU “Center” Embraces the Right Kind of “Right” 
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• Carbon Capture Will Extend Oil Production by 84 Years, Industry Study Finds
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

June 10, 2024

• Ninth Circuit Supports Jacobson Public Health Doctrine, But Accepts “Non-Traditional” Covid Vaccines May In Fact Be Treatments (and Hence Should Not Have Been Mandated)
  by Lambert Strether 4:25 pm

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/10/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The Russian Endgame in Ukraine and European Resistance to “Right Wing” Advances: A Thought Experiment
  by Yves Smith 8:15 am

• Links 6/10/2024
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• Book Review: Truth and Consequences for Medical Whistleblowers
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

• The Desire to Be “Your Own Boss” in America
  by Yves Smith 4:47 am

June 9, 2024

• Links 6/9/2024
  by Conor Gallagher 6:55 am

• The War Racket in Germany 
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• Thousands of Children Got Tested for Lead With Faulty Devices: What Parents Should Know
  by Conor Gallagher 5:00 am

June 8, 2024

• One Issue Proved Key to the Opposition’s Stunning Success in India’s Election: Caste Politics
  by Yves Smith 10:21 am

• Links 6/8/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• Black Sea Port Becomes Geopolitical Battleground Between China and the EU
  by Yves Smith 6:58 am

June 7, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/7/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The Cautious US Escalation Against Russia Is Developing Not Necessarily to US Advantage
  by Yves Smith 12:24 pm

• Links 6/7/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• X Premium Users Face Stark Choice: Hand Over Biometric Identitifiers to “Spooky” Israeli Firm or Get Demonetised
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• When It Comes to the Environment, There Really Is No Such Thing as a “Good” Car
  by Yves Smith 3:02 am

• Research on Earth’s Raging Heat of 2023-24 Is Picking Up
  by Yves Smith 1:02 am

June 6, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/6/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• The EU’s Outsourced Migration Control Is Violent, Expensive and Ineffective
  by Yves Smith 10:12 am

• Links 6/6/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• In Virginia, Data Centers Collide with Zero-Carbon Goals
  by Yves Smith 6:54 am

• Georgia Appeals Court Halts Trump Election Interference Case
  by Yves Smith 6:53 am

• Mount Sinai Eye & Ear Nurses Rally for Layoff Plan as Beth Israel Shutdown Looms
  by Yves Smith 5:31 am

June 5, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/5/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Israel Threatening to Take on Hezbollah After Cross-Border Attacks Produce Intense Wildfires
  by Yves Smith 10:30 am

• Links 6/5/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:59 am

• The Chronic Crisis of American Democracy: A Review
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• California Becomes Latest State To Try Capping Health Care Spending
  by Yves Smith 6:30 am

• Battles Brew Over Radioactive Wastewater Discharge from Shuttered Nuclear Plants
  by Yves Smith 5:59 am

June 4, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/4/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• ‘A Monstrosity’: Biden Blasted Over Planned Executive Order on Asylum
  by Yves Smith 10:23 am

• Links 6/4/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Some Initial Thoughts on Mexico’s Genuinely Historic Election
  by Nick Corbishley 6:45 am

• Scott Ritter Removed from Plane to Russia and Had Passport Seized with No Explanation
  by Yves Smith 6:15 am

• Latin America: From the Struggle for Independence (1808) to the Great War (1914)
  by Yves Smith 4:40 am

June 3, 2024

• 2:00PM Water Cooler 6/3/2024
  by Lambert Strether 2:00 pm

• Israel Boosterism Keeps Israel Bonds Afloat Even as Some Top Global Investors Exit
  by Yves Smith 10:37 am

• Links 6/3/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• How Influencer Cartels Manipulate Social Media: Fraudulent Behaviour Hidden in Plain Sight
  by Lambert Strether 6:50 am

• Italy Pipes Up Against NATO Escalation as Court Ruling Could Cut Off Russian Gas Sooner Than Expected
  by Conor Gallagher 6:00 am

• Ready Reckoner For Killing – The Raisi Assassination
  by Yves Smith 5:54 am

June 2, 2024

• The Twenty-First Century Executive Branch Is a Criminogenic Environment
  by Lambert Strether 4:25 pm

• Links 6/2/2024
  by Lambert Strether 6:58 am

• How Workers Are Revolutionizing the South
  by Lambert Strether 6:50 am

June 1, 2024

• Links 6/1/2024
  by Yves Smith 6:55 am

• Data Centers Set to Consume 9% of U.S. Electricity by 2030
  by Yves Smith 6:35 am

• Death and the Cinema
  by Yves Smith 2:17 am