Author Archives: Yves Smith
New Study More Than Triples Estimated Costs of Climate Change Damages
A new Nature study lends weight to the idea that federal agencies could be much more aggressive in regulating climate pollutants.
Read more...Michael Hudson on Student Debt Relief, Inflation, Ukraine Disaster Capitalism, Petrodollar Challenge
Michael Hudson gives a newswap with Ben Norton: student debt forgiveness, inflation, Ukraine, dollar rows, and the death of the Queen
Read more...Naked Capitalism: Your Navigational Aid Through Extreme Discourse
Naked Capitalism: Your source for reality intel.
Read more...Queen Elizabeth II: A Moderniser Who Steered the British Monarchy into the 21st Century
A long sweep of Elizabeth II’s reign.
Read more...EU Wrangling Over Energy Plans That Amount to Band-Aid Over Gunshot Wound
Even with energy-hungry businesses shuttering or reducting operations, most EU officials don’t grasp how bad things will become.
Read more...Truss Energy Shambles
New Prime Minister Liz Truss is aleady managing to underperform the low expectations for her.
Read more...Yipee! Hit Third Fundraiser Target, On Our Way to the Fourth: Guest Bloggers
Dig deep to meet our fourth target: rewarding Lambert, Nick, new writers John McGregor, Conor Gallagher, and KLG, plus a fond farewell to Jerri
Read more...Tiny Algae Could Help Fix Concrete’s Dirty Little Climate Secret – 4 Innovative Ways to Clean Up This Notoriously Hard to Decarbonize Industry
Some possible ways to make concrete less of an environmental problem.
Read more...Announcing the Dynamic Duo “Double Your Donations” Challenge!
Two generous readers are making a fundaiser challenge! Be fast off your marks to take it up.
Read more...Gorbachev Paved Way for Oligarchs – Aleksandr Buzgalin
By opposing deep democratic reforms from below, Gorbachev laid the groundwork for privatization and the looting of the 1990s.
Read more...Chokepoint Capitalism Strangles Us All
Capitalism works in insidiuous ways.
Read more...In Response to Court Order, Kentucky Retirement Systems Releases 2,256 Page, Yet Incomplete, Investigation into Hedge Fund Shenanigans
Kentucky Retirement Systems is still in the whitewash business.
Read more...Hooray! Met Our Second Target Handily! On to the Third: Continuing Expanded News Coverage and Maybe Meetups
Please suppprt your daily news fix, most importantly all our juicy daily links!
Read more...The US Army Special Operations Command Weaponizes Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, Telegram
Since the Army gets very little bang for its buck, presumably by design, why should its social media campaigns be any better?
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