The Russian Situation Comedy Is No Lying Matter – The Joke Is on the Office of Foreign Assets Control
How Russian comedy producers and broadcasters are laughing their way to the bank thanks to Western sanctions.
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US Is Becoming a ‘Developing Country’ on Global Rankings that Measure Democracy, Inequality
High levels of inequality are correlated with poor social indicators, so the US falling in global scores should come as no surprise.
Read more...Speculation Over What Russia Does Next
Russia, as in Putin, is under pressure to amp up the Ukraine war. Will he be able to hold out?
Read more...Liberalism Is Not the Opposite of Conservatism
How debates over liberalism and conservatism obscure the core issue: Why does capital control labor, and not labor capital?
Read more...Gasoline Demand Destruction Accelerates Despite Plunge in Prices: Consumption Drops to August 1997 Level
Gasoline purchases show a softening economy, but the Fed is likely to ignore that memo.
Read more...Yippie! Met Our Fifth Goal, and on to the Sixth: Expanding Our Reach
On to a new goal: expanding our reach to counter the effects of an environment hostile to independent voices.
Read more...Bernie Sanders to Warren Buffett: Give Rail Workers Better Conditions to Avoid Strike
Buffett’s huge railroad gains versus the terrible pay and benefits for rail workers curiously go unmenitoned by Team Dem as a strike looms
Read more...The Scientific Response to COVID-19: What Does the Biomedical Literature Say?
A look at what passes for research on Covid, and how we got there.
Read more...Olaf Scholz and Vladimir Putin Talk Past Each Other as Ukraine Pushes for Formalizing Ukraine’s NATO Lite Status
NATO is saber-rattling at Putin and the Russian leadership. Will Russia escalate or wait to see NATO’s cards?
Read more...The Lost World: New York City and Naked Capitalism, Then and Now
How Naked Capitalism helped revive my intellectual interest and navigate Covid.
Read more...What Should You Do During a Flood? Stay Out of the Water
Some practical flood advice.
Read more...Russian Aviation Industry Corrects Yeltsin Yaw – Boeing, Airbus Ditched
Russia is moving ahead with aviation import substituion. In theory, this should be within Russis’s grasp. But what about timelines and costs?
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Did the US Jump the Gun With the New Omicron-Targeted Vaccines?
On the queasiness over the dearth of testing for the new omicron vaccine “booster:.
Read more...Announcing the 2022 Sarah Henry “Double Your Donations” Challenge
Loyal supporter Sarah Henry is baack with her annual “Double Your Donations” challenge. Please take up her generous offer!
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