Author Archives: Yves Smith
Our Response to the Next Crisis Must Tackle Consumerism
Ideas for taking on consumerism.
Read more...The Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic: Part 3 of 4: The Final Hammer-Blows
The crisis of the Roman Republic.
Read more...Reminder: NYC Meetup Next Tuesday October 29 with Yves, Jerri-Lynn
If you’ll be in the NYC area next Tuesday, be sure to drop by our meetup!
Read more...Automation: Robots in Real Life
The reality of robots is often mundane.
Read more...California Blackout: Turning the Lights Off
So first came the blackout….
Read more...The Famous Baseball-Watching Equality-Equity Graphic, Scrutinized
Turning to a classic policy debate: equality versus equity.
Read more...Dire Climate Change Warning in Report for Pentagon: US Military Could Collapse in 20 Years; Lack of Water, Domestic Disasters, Disease, Mass Migrations as Threats to Operations
Even the US military is not well prepared for Jackpot-level climage-change-induced disasters that look all too probable in the next 20 years.
Read more...Links 10/24/19
Chile in Flames: The Neoliberal Model in Crisis Throughout the Region
An overview of the protests in Chile.
Read more...CalPERS Abandoning Passive Equity Investing
alPERS has made big changes to how it invests, yet the press has barely noticed.
Read more...How Europe’s Greedy Lending to Africa Is Driving the Migration Wave That Fuels the EU’s Xenophobic Politics
How Europe is creating the conditions in Africa that lead to migration….and the underlying stresses are set to get worse.
Read more...For Boomers Reframing Aging, Age-Proofing A Home Won’t Come Cheap
Americans want to stay at home as they age, but it doesn’t come cheap.
Read more...Links 10/23/19
The Rise and Fall of the Roman Republic: Part 2 of 4: The First Hammer-Blows
How the Roman Republic repeatedly rejected economic reforms and fell more and more to bloody insurrections by ambitious consuls and Senators.
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