Author Archives: Yves Smith
Grieving the Family Cat in a Painfully Violent World
Despite large-scale tragedies and wrong, why grieving the death of small friends is not self-indulgent.
Read more...Experts: US Hospitals Prone to Cyberattacks Like One That Hurt Patient Care at Ascension
Hospitals in the US and UK have been hit hard by cyber attacks, leaving practitioners struggling to offer care.
Read more...Russia and Ukraine Trade Drone Strikes on Energy Facilities
Ukraine has increased attacks on Russian energy assets as Russia continues its campaign against the Ukraine grid. Who is doing more damage?
Read more...Affordable Home Ownership Can Lead to Stronger Marital Relationships and Higher Birthrates
Quelle surprise! High home purchase costs are denting household formation and thus birthrates. But will policymakers do anything?
Read more...Project 2025: The US Far-Right Plan to Undermine Democracy and Rights Globally
The Heritage Project 2025 plan is a program for the next president to roll back rights in US and abroad – including draft policies
Read more...Are Extreme Stunt Climate Activists Like Extinction Rebellion and Just Stop Oil Actually Fossil Fuel Industry Stooges? They Might as Well Be
Why deliberately offensive and therefore counterproductive climate change activism looks like a feature, not a bug.
Read more...Musk and Tesla: Compensation or Control?
The Elon Musk $48 Billion stock-option package and its implications for the EV transition
Read more...Courage or Hope? Facing the Climate Future
Yet another round of (nicely) trying to shake some sense into climate change remedy optimists.
Read more...Power in Sovereign Debt Markets: Explaining the Uneven Debtor–Creditor Landscape and Its Implications
A long time ago, the US intervened on the side of underwater sovereign borrowers. Private creditors now extract even more than back then.
Read more...Bird Flu and Biomedicine, An Essay on What We Might Expect
Bird flu as a case study in the category error of libertarian medicine, the misuse of preprints, and resulting poor public health policy.
Read more...The United States Is the Main Obstacle to Peace in Palestine
A good, high level review of how Israel’s long-standing and now accelerating ethnic cleansing in Palestine depends on US backing.
Read more...Links 6/18/2024
Private Equity Becomes Roach Motel as Public Pension Funds and Other Investors Borrow As Funds Remain Tied Up
Oopsie! Private equity firms are hanging on to investor money for an unseemly amount of time! What to do?
Read more...Land Grabs Squeeze Rural Poor Worldwide
Under the radar, investment funds have been buying farm land in poor countries, leading to substantial price rises.
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