Author Archives: Yves Smith

“Does Economics Do More Harm than Good?”

In a new book, George DeMartino offers some novel and pointed criticisms of economics, focusing on societal damage.

The War on Terror’s Lingering Pain

The war on terror’s high costs are buried in the US.

Links 6/10/2023

Michael Hudson on the US Economy – Surprisingly Resilient or Potemkin Village?

Michael Hudson covers the waterfront on the US economy, such as class warfare, santions dependency, China, and the dollar.

Thomas Ferguson: Debt Ceiling Theater and the Trump Parallel Universe

Political scientist Thomas Ferguson discusses Democratic debt ceiling fecklessness, Biden’s wobbly coaliiton, and US instability.

Snowden Warns Today’s Surveillance Technology Makes 2013 Look Like ‘Child’s Play’

Edward Snowden describes how surveillace tools have become more powerful in the past decade

Small Town and Rural Hospitals Are at Risk of Closing Due to Funding

More pillaging of America, here in hospitals in flyover, where it won’t be noticed much before those practices start moving to the core.

Is Russia’s Least Bad Option Now the Maximalist Stance of Taking Control of Western Ukraine?

Is Russia moving towards the perceived necessity of subduing western Ukraine? And how might that work?

Booming Solar Industry Has An Unresolved Waste Problem

Solar panels have a roughly 15 year life. Where do they go to die? The answers now are not very good.

‘His Peers Thought He Was a Madman.’ The Weird, Wonderful History of Ice

How ice became an industry.

Links 6/7/2023

Science-Based Medicine: Sometimes “n = 1” Is Enough

An example of how, in science, pursuing the exceptions can prove more insight than following what seems to be a settled theory.