Author Archives: Yves Smith
Why Regulators Can’t Curb Social Media Hype for Weight Loss Drugs
Weight loss is a fixation as people on average get fatter. Some diabetes drugs presecribed off-label promise help…if you keep taking them.
Read more...Global Shipping Is Under Pressure to Stop Its Heavy Fuel Oil Use Fast – That’s Not Simple, but Changes Are Coming
While proposals to curb shipping industry emissions are overdue, it would help to address the shippers too.
Read more...Berenson: Moderna Falsely Said No Serious Adverse Vaccine Effects in Phase 2 Trial; Their Own Data Says Otherwise
Finally a smoking gun on Covid vaccine injuries? Alex Berenson may have found one in Moderna’s own data.
Read more...The New Mortgage Fee Structure
Clearing up misinformation about the new Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage fees, coming into effect May 1.
Read more...Links 4/22/2023
Do Dem Party Leaders Want to Increase Support from Independents?
The US is split between party loyalists and independents who don’t trust either tribe to watch their back.
Read more...Debt and the Collapse of Antiquity – Michael Hudson
Michael Hudson explains how Rome rejected debt forgiveness and nstituted a pro-creditor legal system, which our establishment defends today.
Read more...Why the Food System Is the Next Frontier in Climate Action
Virtually all paths to a net-zero-emissions food system rely on consumers in high-income countries shifting to a more plant-forward diet
Read more...TSA, UPS Brutalizing Shipments. What Gives?
UPS and TSA are serious hazards to your stuff.
Read more...Ukraine Conflict Highlights Key Question for Africa: Should We Focus on the Problems of the Elite, or Those Faced by the Majority of the Population?
Professor Sokona, Vice-Chair of the IPCC, on how Ukraine has reshaped thinking in Africa and on the needed transformation in its leadership
Read more...Naked Capitalism (Again) Named One of Top 100 Economics Blogs
Naked Capitalism again makes the cut!
Read more...Is Labour Purging the Left? Inside the Party’s Embattled Selection Process
‘This is the most fundamental attempt to change the DNA of the Labour Party in its entire history’
Read more...Leaks Reveal Reality Behind U.S. Propaganda in Ukraine
While lying to the public is routine, the Pentagon leaks show officials have been selling fabrications about how Ukraine is faring.
Read more...Hoisted From Comments: “A Tale of Two Sciences”
Pontius Pilate asked, “What is truth?” Time to ask “What is science?” since our market system creates sciences that aren’t very scientific.
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