Author Archives: Yves Smith
Beware Billionaires Bearing Gifts
Billionaires’ gifts are too often intended to remake society along their preferred lines.
Read more...Daniel Ellsberg on Julian Assange’s Espionage Charges
The US has added new charges againat Julian Assange that represent a threat to journalists.
Read more...How Dogs Help Keep Multiracial Neighborhoods Socially Segregated
Despite mythology to the contrary, dogs are not ambassadors.
Read more...How Trump’s ‘America First’ Trade Strategy Is Accelerating America’s Decline
Why Trump ‘s narrowly nationalistic trade agenda, combined with his nostalgia for a 1950s style economy, will undermine U.S. economic prosperity and U.S. global hegemony.
Read more...Links 5/23/19
Is Theresa May Finally Over?
Is the bell finally tolling for Theresa May?
Read more...FAA Won’t Say When Boeing 737 Max Might Fly Again; Foreign Regulators Uppity
The FAA is a big casualty of the Boeing 737 Max debacle.
Read more...Documenting the Train Wreck: Atmospheric CO2 Is Now Higher Than Ever in Human History, and Rising
CO2 levels have crossed a threshold that ought to be causing alarms, yet the finding was just another news story. What can be done to cut through the climage complacency?
Read more...“Code Red” at Tesla as Carmaggedon Sinks Tesla Bonds, Carmaker May Need Another $1-2 Billion Before Year End
Tesla is floundering and even stalwarts are losing hope.
Read more...The Bad News About Nudges: They Might Be Backfiring
Public policy nudges devised by fans of behavioral scientst Richard Thaler might not be all that they are cracked up to be.
Read more...Technology, Convenience…..and Death
Reader Petter S sent along a recent article The Myth of Convenience, by L.M. Sacasas, Director of the Center for the Study of Ethics and Technology. The piece covers a lot of ground in a relatively short space, so I encourage you to read it in full, along with his earlier post, Privacy Is Not […]
Read more...On The Cusp Of War: Why Iran Won’t Fold
Is Iran in the midst of a “strategic surge”?
Read more...Wednesday June 12 Meetup in Cleveland and Thursday June 13 in Chicago?
Seeking reader input and assistance for meetup options for June.
Read more...The Federal Government Has Poured Millions into Failing Charter Schools in Louisiana
Another fiasco: charter schools in Louisiana.
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