Rise of the Politics of Rage
Is rage the undercurrent of increasingly anti-globalist politics?
Read more...Author Archives: Yves Smith
Validating Wikileaks Emails [Just The Facts]
Why the claim that Wikileaks e-mails were doctored looks to be false, and journalists are falling down on the job in not checking themselves
Read more...Why Not Listening to Naked Capitalism Is a Mistake (and We Mean You, CalPERS)
How your support has helped us get CalPERS to pay attention and shape up even when most assuredly didn’t want to.
Read more...Links 10/24/16
Another Huge Brexit Spanner in the Works: UK Faces Customs Train Wreck With Need for IT Upgrade
The UK faces a customs nightmare as IT systems needed to handle the new volumes and requirements are almost certain not to be ready on time.
Read more...Ilargi: Ungovernability
“Ungovernability: or why the legitimacy crisis will only get worse.
Read more...Wolf Richter: Wells Fargo Hasn’t Changed One Iota – Aggressive Cross Selling Baked In
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Read more...Announcing the 2016 Harry Shearer Challenge!
Step up! You still have time to take advantage of a Harry Shearer “double your donations” challenge!
Read more...Links 10/23/16
China’s Insanely Leveraged Housing Market Will Enter Its Secular Bear Market In 2017
Why China’s fabulously leveraged housing market may finally be on the verge of a long-anticipated implosion.
Read more...Ilargi: Why the Energy Crisis is Coming Sooner Than Most Experts Forecast
Why the timeframe for replacing oil is much shorter than most experts believe, making a crisis almost impossible to avoid.
Read more...Mark Ames: Why Finance Is Too Important to Leave to Larry Summers
Why Naked Capitalism is your weapon against Larry Summers.
Read more...Links 10/22/16
Hoisted From Comments: Decoding the Misleading Metaphors of Money and Banking
How the choice of metaphors to describe money, finance, and banking is a part of the battle for ideas too often overlooked.
Read more...Podcast: Iceland – Offshorisation, Collapse and Recovery. What Are the Lessons?
A discussion of the role that offshore played in Iceland’s banking bubble and implosion, plus a high level corruption scandal in Spain.
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