Author Archives: Yves Smith

Are You Biased Against Nuclear Power? Yup, Say Scientists

Nuclear power has a worse reputation than it deserves.

Gail Tverberg: The True Feasibility of Moving Away from Fossil Fuels

Why our societies will remain dependent on fossil fuels much longer than we’d like.

Reminder: Washington DC Meetup Tomorrow, Friday April 12 with Matt Stoller

More details for our Washington DC meetup this Friday. Hope you can stop by!

UK-Based Multinational Department Store Debenhams Collapses After 200 Years of Trading. Thank Private Equity

Debenhams follows the sad and well trodden path of retailers bought by private equity firms.

MMT, Models, Multidisciplinarity

Pavlina Tcherneva does the heavy lifting of debunking an off-the-mark attack on MMT by Noah Smith.

Links 4/10/19

Brexit: Mayhem

What will the EU dispose on Brexit?

World Bank Financialization Strategy Serves Big Finance

The World Bank continues its proud tradition of making the world safe for rentiers, um, financiers.

Ukrainian Prosecutors: Why Doesn’t the U.S. Dept. of Justice Want Our Evidence on Democrats?

Ukrainian dirt on the Bidens is languishing! Why is that?

Links 4/9/19

We Need to Stop the Overdiagnosis Disease. Step 1: Remove Vested Interests

Time to stop treating people as targets for disease treatments.

The Return of la Marine

Today, the divide from which Marine Le Pen profits has reached alarming proportions, most recently with the eruption of the revolt of the gilets jaunes.

Brexit: Disintegration

Brexit crunch week starts. And something will break, it’s just not clear precisely what.

Bill Black: Tom Friedman Just Noticed that the UK “Has Gone Mad”

Bill Black uses Tom Friedman’s recognition just this week that Brexit is a mess as the foundation of a detailed takedown of Friedman’s propaganda, um, views.