Author Archives: Yves Smith

Banks Try to Make Security Customer-Friendly. Not a Good Mix.

Retail bank security ain’t all it’s cracked up to be.

Links 4/19/2023

The Hidden Costs Of The Renewables Boom

Why renewables are not a free lunch.

A Debt Crisis Looming in the Global South?

Martin Guzman explains the role of power in sovereign debt crises and restructurings.

Tracking the EU Decoupling from Russia

Taking stock of the EU’s economic divorce from Russia.

Links 4/15/2023

Russia Leaves Neoliberal West to Join World Majority

The sanctions against Russia and Russia’s kinetic war in Ukraine have produced great changes in and outside. But what are their implications?

Clarence Thomas Proves Its Time for Supreme Court Term Limits

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has been caught out engaging in serious misconduct. But what to do?

Amid Efforts to Cool the Planet, Solar Geoengineering Draws Heated Debate

Geoengineering schemes are getting more press as CO2 levels keep rising. But how can their risks be assessed?

Larry Johnson and Other Former Insiders Debunk Air Guardsman-as-Pentagon-Leaker Story as Press Cheers Arrest

The Air National Guardsman as Pentagon leaker story is comig apart. But like “six guys in a boat”, no one in polite company will say so.

Banning TikTok Could Weaken Personal Cybersecurity

Banning TikTok would be a messy business….and probably not technologically enforceable.

Is National Public Radio Actually National Private Radio?

Matt Bruenig does the unthinkable and investigates the quetion of whether National Public Radio is state media.

Feds Bust $3.4 Billion Crypto Theft, Demonstrating Ability to Penetrate Supposed Secrecy

One of the big selling points of crypto, privacy, is rapidly disappearing.

Wall Street, Venture Capital Drive High Drug Prices

How the government enables drug company grifting via giving them the store while funding reserch.