Author Archives: Yves Smith
May Rebuffed in Personal Brexit Lobbying in Brussels, Yet Much of UK Press Spins Otherwise
The latest Brexit follies….
Read more...The Case of the Spitting Legionnaire
How the “spitting on our veterans” meme is a remarkable and complete inversion of the facts.
Read more...On Iran, Trump Follows Iraq War Neocons
Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson on why Trump is trying to decertify Iran even though he has admitted Iran is fully compliant with its agreement.
Read more...May to Plead With Merkel as Brexit Deadlocks Domestically Too; New Data Shows UK Lacks Foreign Reserves, Meaning Even More Vulnerable to Brexit
New data showing that the UK has negative net foreign assets throws even more cold water on the idea of a Glorious Brexit.
Read more...Catalonia Anxious and Divided on Eve of Rajoy’s Deadline for Independence Answer
Nail-baiting in Catalonia on the eve of Rajoy’s demand for a response…..
Read more...Thanks for a Great Fundraiser!
Thanks for your generous contributions to this fundraiser, and to your help all year!
Read more...Countdown!
Counting down to the close of our fundraiser! Help make it our best ever!
Read more...Final Hours of Fundraiser, About to Hit Our New Donor Target!
We are close to our final fundraiser target! Help push us over the top!
Read more...Links 10/14/17
Procrastinators of the World, Unite! Last Day, Last Chance for Our Fundraiser!
Help make our 2017 fundraiser the most successful ever!
Read more...Racial Segregation and Southern Lynching
In the case of the American South, residential segregation did not allow the black community to insulate itself from interracial violence.
Read more...Ilargi: The Curious Case of Missing the Market Boom
A skeptical look at a defense of stock market valuations.
Read more...World Bank Must Stop Encouraging Harmful Tax Competition
The World Bank manages to make the IMF look good…..
Read more...Brexit Stalls: Talks Deadlocked, Repeal Bill Postponed; Beginning of the End of No Deal Denialism?
No Brexit deal looks like the most likely outcome, as the UK side is only starting to look at how disastrous that would be.
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