Author Archives: Yves Smith
With UK Politics in Flux, Corbyn’s Your Party May Surprise You Yet
Last weekend, two very different Your Party conferences took place: the one reported on in the press, and the real one
Read more...Book Review: Harnessing the Power of Dreams and Nightmares
In “Nightmare Obscura,” scientist Michelle Carr argues that our dreams are essential pillars of who we are.
Read more...Brexit’s Slow‑Burn Hit to the UK Economy
A new analysis finds that Brexit imposed higher costs on the UK than forecasts at the time projected.
Read more...The Point of No Return for the Warm Water Atlantic Current Is Coming Up Fast
Just the way objects in your rear view mirror are closer than you think, so too are tipping points like the slowdown of the Gulf Stream.
Read more...Under Kennedy, America’s Health Department Is in the Business of Promoting Kennedy
More detail on Health and Human Services chief serving his own financial interests and pet causes as opposed to those of the public.
Read more...The Anti-MAGA Economics of the Second Trump Administration
How Trump has defaulted on his MAGA promises.
Read more...Blockbuster San Francisco Lawsuit Targets Food Industry Giants Over Ultraprocessed Foods, with Extensive Documentation of Health Damage and Success in Producing Addiction
A case by the San Francisco attorney documents Big Food’s use of ultraprocessed food to create addicts in a repeat of the tobacco playbook.
Read more...Report Shows How Recycling Is Largely a ‘Toxic Lie’ Pushed by Plastics Industry
More confirmation that recycling is no solution to relentlessly rising plastics use and health damage.
Read more...How Wage Increases Became the Fed’s Red Line
How the Fed’s use of wages as a key inflation measure started as a war on labor and continues to operate that way.
Read more...Is Male Infertility Contributing to Falling Birth Rates?
RFK, Jr. is exercised about falling birth rates and depicts falling sperm count as a major contributor. How sound is this view?
Read more...Links 12/3/2025
Trump Goes Full Biden, Insists No Inflation, Affordability a Con as Strained Consumers Know Better and Trump’s Polls Sink Further
Trump’s failing about, now on inflation and affordability, is becoming more desperate.
Read more...Trump Administration Supporting Bayer at Supreme Court Over Monsanto/Roundup Deal, Savaged by Investors for Wealth Destruction in the Name of Executive Preservation
Bayer saddled itself with the Monsanto/Roundup garbage barge over fierce investor protest, and is now seeking Supremes relief.
Read more...Internet of Beings: The Dream of Digitising Human Bodies for Healthcare (and the Nightmare)
The logical conclusion of the intensive health monitoring fad: an internet of beings of continuous tracking and daily intervention.
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