Abortion Down By Less Than 3 Percent
Why some less-bad-than-expected abortion news is not as good as it seems.
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Blinken-Qin Talks in Beijing: US and China Agree to Keep Talking Past Each Other
Readouts from a meeting between Anthony Blinken and his counterpart Qin Gang indicate the US and China are barely communicating.
Read more...Mammoth RICO Lawsuit Targets Credit Suisse, Many of its Directors and Execs, and KPMG for Over a Decade of Fraudulent, Reckless Conduct
Credit Suisse, or more accurately, buyer UBS, some execs/board members, and KPMG are targets in a monster RICO suit.
Read more...Profit Inflation Is Real
More evidence that companies hiking prices because they can is a significant driver of our current inflation.
Read more...Links 6/17/2023
To His Last Breath, Daniel Ellsberg Fought to Save the World
Paul Jay on Ellsberg: “Dan fearlessly risked everything in his unwavering quest for social justice and opposition to war. “
Read more...Bill Black and Michael Hudson on Corruption in Finance
A deep dive into why big money players have become critical to big corruption.
Read more...Why Student Debt Is So High
The student loan program is a government-enabled transfer of wealth. How surprising is that?
Read more...Annual Numbers of Excess Deaths in the US Relative to Other Developed Countries Are Growing at an Alarming Rate
America continues to be exceptional, here in our level of excess deaths.
Read more...Energy Destinies – Part 1: Power Needs and Sources – Balancing Barrels
Satyajit Das provides a series on the energy transition, starting with the historical role of energy and supply and demand patterns.
Read more...“Properly Measured Inflation Is No Longer a Significant Issue . . .”
The data say many meaures of inflation have moderated and energy prices are down. Readers?
Read more...As Wildfire Smoke Clears, Scientists Warn Air Quality Impacts Aren’t Over
As bad air becomes a new normal, advanced economies grapple with impact of sooty wildfire smoke on top of existing pollutants.
Read more...Links 6/13/2023
Michael Hudson at Global University, Hong Kong, on Ukraine, Europe, China, and the Dollar’s Future
Michael Hudson gives a globe-spanning look at recent economic and geopolitical events.
Read more...How This Regional Bank Mortgage Lender Crisis is Different
Every bank crisis has its own overarching narrative and streams of sub-narratives that course through the marketplace day to day.
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