Author Archives: Yves Smith

How Better Ventilation Can Help ‘Covid-Proof’ Your Home

Some easy home ventilation tips that could help relatives and colleagues.

Public Safety Under Covid: Temporary Restraining Order Sought Against Williamstown, MA Over Refusal to Hold Town Meeting in Safe Venue

Fighting for the right for safe public meetings!

Links 5/17/2022

When Central Bank Saviours Are the Problem

Countries around the world will suffer from central bank malpractice as the Fed and its peers act as if they can treat supply side inflation

Inflation Freakout and Possible Fed Overshoot

There’s a lot of nattering about inflation and not enough insight.

Attention Deficit Disorder, The Anticapitalist Condition

Is this hyperbole: “Attention deficit disorder is the neurological condition of late capitalism.”

Links 5/14/2022

As the Planet Warms, Let’s Be Clear: We Are Sacrificing Lives for Profits

Climate change is the result of a deadly calculus: human lives are worth risking and even losing over the profits of global corporations.

Book Review: The Toxic Legacy of DDT

In “How to Sell a Poison,” Elena Conis chronicles the history of DDT and its lasting impact.

Time Is Running Out to Save Sri Lanka from Total Economic Collapse

Once hailed as South Asia’s ‘success story’, Sri Lanka has faced months of escalating violent unrest.

Brief Comments on the TerraUSD and Tether Stablecoin Breakdowns

Why the two big stablecoin breakdowns of last week, TerraUSD and Tether, look like frauds.

More Oil From U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve Heads To Europe

The use of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve looks like three card monte.

Michael Hudson on Decline of Dollar, Sanctions War, Imperialism, Financial Parasitism

Economist Michael Hudson discusses the decline of the US dollar, the sanctions war on Russia, his concept of “free-trade imperialism,” and financial parasitism.