Author Archives: Yves Smith

Yeehaw! Met Our Fourth Goal, On to Our Fifth: Karōshi Prevention

Help meet the goal of keeping Yves and her fellow writers in top form by providing for some down time!

What Naked Capitalism Has Meant To Me: Teaching Someone from the Old Wall Street About the New Wall Street

How Naked Capitalism helped Furzy Mouse learn the new tricks of Big Finance.

Announcing the John Z “Double Your Donations” Challenge!

Reader John Z is generously offering to match donations of $50 (or multiples)! Please take him up on his challenge.

Links 9/10/2022

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.

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

Naked Capitalism: Your Navigational Aid Through Extreme Discourse

Naked Capitalism: Your source for reality intel.

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.

Truss Energy Shambles

New Prime Minister Liz Truss is aleady managing to underperform the low expectations for her.

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

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.

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.

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.