Author Archives: Yves Smith
>New Filing Details How Crooked Attorney Ann Oldfather and Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman Conspired to Sell Out Underwater Pension Funds and Taxpayers to the Tune of Hundreds of Millions, Even >$1 Billion, in Lost Recoveries
As more legal filings and reviews show, Ann Oldfather and Attorney General Russell Cameron are shafting Kentucky taxpayers for their benefit
Read more...AI’s Impending Information Crisis
AI coverage whistles past the graveyard of its lack of enough content to generate good output, assuring garbage in, garbage out.
Read more...Trump Declares Economic War on Just About Everyone That Matters. Is a Smash-Up a Feature and Not a Bug? Update: Mexico One Month Pause. Who Blinked?
Trump is opening up a multi-front economic war by imposing tariffs on America’s biggest trade partners, with the EU next in line. What gives?
Read more...Meditation and Mindfulness at Work Are Welcome, but Do They Help Avoid Accountability for Toxic Culture?
An update on corporate efforts to deploy seemingly beneficial practices like meditation for their benefit.
Read more...Links 2/1/2025
Migrant Vendors Park Carts as Their American Dreams Slip Away
Enforcement was already rising. Under Trump, street vendors have gone into hiding to avoid criminal tickets that could make them ICE targets.
Read more...Book Bans
A look at a historical example of a concerted book ban to assess its effectiveness and long-term impact.
Read more...Kelp Farming Isn’t As Green As It Seems
Why kelp, hyped as a carbon sink, does not live up to its promise.
Read more...Should the Government Be Allowed to Hold Bitcoin?
A terse debunking of the idea that governments holding Bitcoin or other private currencies is good for anyone other than their touts.
Read more...The Economic Benefit of Conflict: A Thriving Armaments Sector
Quelle surprise! Data supports the notion that defense contractors do well in times of conflict.
Read more...How Climate Change and Widespread Unaffordable Home Insurance Will Wreck Property Values
The death spiral of home insurance in climate afflicted areas has begun. The will and means to tackle underlying issues are sorely wanting
Read more...Fake Papers Are Contaminating the World’s Scientific Literature, Fueling a Corrupt Industry and Slowing Legitimate Lifesaving Medical Research
Why the problem a rising level of bogus scientific papers exists in the first place and is proving difficult to combat.
Read more...Richard Wolff: Settler Colonialism – ‘It Ends With Us’ in Palestine and Israel
Richard Wolff shares how his personal experience as well as early research influenced his view of settler colonialism and the Israel project.
Read more...Higher Impact of Inflation on Lower Income Households Means US Poverty Is Understated
A new study confirms many reports: inflation in the US markedly degraded the position of middle class households, pushing some into poverty
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