Author Archives: Yves Smith
What Next in the Electric War for Ukraine – How Marshal Kutuzov’s Golden Bridge for Napoleon’s Retreat Is Working Today
John Helmer’s update on the logic and progress of Russia’s attacks on the Ukraine electric grid.
Read more...Diesel Crisis Deepens As Inventories Fall To Dangerous Levels
Diesel fuel is in scarcer supply than ever. Shortages coming?
Read more...The Sveriges Riksbank Counterfeit Nobel Award Goes to Bernanke et al. for the Wrong Model
Diamond-Dybvig-Bernanke is a flawed model of banking that has no room for a lender of last resort
Read more...Vietnam Army General Giap on How To Win, British Armchair General Freedman on How To Lose
Sir Lawrence Freedman declares victory for Ukraine is inevitable because Putin.
Read more...Links 10/18/2022
NOPEC Bill Would Mean the End Of Aramco and OPEC as We Know Them
The US is seriously considering yet another self-destructive move: bringing the Saudis to heel via a frontal legal/sanctions attack on OPEC.
Read more...Progressives Say New Midterm Poll Must Be ‘Wake Up Call’ to Democrats
“Democrats should close the election with a clear argument about who is prepared to fight for the working class.” Can they?
Read more...Is the UK About to Hit the Wall?
The UK is in sorry shape…..and is looking like the canary in the economic coal mine.
Read more...Why the Soviet Union Imploded
The Soviet Union depended on energy sales and consumer production stagnated. Reforms promoted the rise of oligarchs and the 1990s free fall.
Read more...Links 10/15/2022
Book Excerpt: It’s Not Just Humans at Risk From Covid-19
To believe Covid-19 was engineered to target humans is to ignore its broad capacity for infecting other animals.
Read more...What Social Security Should Really Be Paying to Survive in This Economy
Inadequate cost of living adjustments are nevertheless giving Social Security gutters new talking points.
Read more...Human Prehistory—Why New Discoveries About Human Origins Open Up Revolutionary Possibilities
How the proto-technology of toolmaking during human prehistory may have influenced brain development and social structures.
Read more...Biden Administration Doubles Down on Sanctions Self-Harm: China Chip Export Ban, Possible Russia Aluminum Sanctions, All Systems Still Go with Russian Oil Price Cap
The sanctions war situation has developed not necessarily to America’s advantage.
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