At the Brink of War in the Pacific? The Nightmare of Great Power Rivalry Over Taiwan
In pressing the Taiwan hot button, is the US misreading China’s capabilities and networks just as it has Russia’s?
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The Fiscal Side of Europe’s Energy Crisis: The Facts, Problems and Prospects
A deep dive into the costs and impact of the recent, large-scale European energy subsidies.
Read more...Links 3/2/2023
Ukraine, Russia, China, and Dealing With Crazy People
What passes for leadership in the West is becoming more agitated, particulalry over Ukraine.
Read more...Salve Lucrum: The Existential Threat of Greed in US Health Care
A big reason US health sucks is that the government refuses to crack down on abuses like price gouging and billing games.
Read more...Identifying the Real Resistance
Can the rich be trusted to fix a breaking world? Or should the real resistance unite beneath one banner?
Read more...Losing Out in Critical Technologies: Cisco Systems and Financialization
Cisco turned from innovation to financialization, weakening the position of the US information-and-communication-technology industry
Read more...The Crisis in Scientific Publication: Peer Review, Authorship, Responsibility, and the Future of Science
Science is rotting thanks to bad metrics and bad publisher incentives.
Read more...How Private Equity Bribes Public Pension Fund Officials: Subsidized/Fund-Paid Lavish Travel and Entertainment
Yet more private equity corruption! And see how little it costs to buy the assent of public pension fund employees.
Read more...Why News of Population Decline and Economic Slowdown Isn’t Necessarily a Bad Thing
Why handwringing about population decline is the wrong reaction.
Read more...All Presidents Avoid Reporters, but Biden May Achieve a Record in His Press Avoidance
An effort to rationalize Presidential and by extension other politicians’ minimizing interaction with the press.
Read more...Links 2/28/2023
Michael Hudson and Radhika Desai on Dollar Imperialism
A deep dive on the development of the dollar system.
Read more...The EV Revolution Brings Environmental Uncertainty at Every Turn
As demand for electric vehicles ramps up, environmental stumbling blocks have emerged.
Read more...Hubert Horan: Can Uber Ever Deliver? Part Thirty-Two: Losses Top $33 Billion But Uber Has Avoided The Equity Collapse Most “Tech” Startups Experienced
An update on Uber financial fakery and continued lack of bona fide profits.
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