Author Archives: Yves Smith

Book Review: How Much Can Animals Really Communicate?

In “Why Animals Talk,” zoologist Arik Kershenbaum argues that knowing what animals are saying is less crucial than why.

Gas Crunch Looms as Demand Outpaces Supply Growth

Why a gas price squeeze looks likely.

Richard D. Wolff & Michael Hudson: Israel’s End-Game Under Netanyahu

Richard Wolff and Michael Hudson discuss Israel as a colonial project in an era where demonizing the natives is no longer a winning propaganda strategy.

Links 10/12/2024

Economic Models Ignoring “Look Out the Window” Climate Change Effects

Supposed forecasting mavens are simply ignoring the real economy effects, like poor harvests, of climate change.

The Fight to Hold Executives and Boards Accountable Continues in Barclays and Bayer Appeals

An update on two cases, one against Barclays, the other Bayer executives and directors, which seek accountability in New York courts.

Satyajit Das: US Presidential Politics – The More They Bicker, the More They Stay the Same

US presidential candidates promise policy choices but have little room to manoeuvre. Ergo, politics turns into a contest like American Idol

Study Warns of ‘Irreversible Impacts’ From Overshooting 1.5°C, Even Temporarily

A new paper in Nature finds that exceeding a 1.5°C increase in global temperature is more deadly and durable than previously thought.

Netanyahu Goes Even More Rogue, Announces Intent to Turn Lebanon into Gaza, Refuses to Inform US of Iran Strike Plans [Update]

Netanyahu, drunk on his power and his love of destruction, keeps upping the ante.

Links 10/9/2024

Alzheimer’s: How Not to Study a Disease

KLG returns to why the discredited amyloid thesis as the cause of Alzheimer’s nevertheless persists.

Let’s Stop Pretending That We Can Escape from Climate Change

The search for safe places to hide from climate change impacts is already underway, yet is set to be largely futile.