The Corporate Food Takeover
Corporate ownership in many sectors of food production has risen and is set to increase further. Another rentier program well underway.
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Coal Is In Terminal Decline, But China’s Consumption Is Climbing
Sadly, King Coal will be with us for a very long time.
Read more...Why the U.S. Manufacturing Renaissance Is Essential for U.S. Survival
Maintaining and reviving manufacturing capacity in key insutries is vital to preserving jobs and ensuring U.S. survival.
Read more...Consider This Pineapple: Some Thoughts on Food Waste
Food waste is a major contributor to global warming, not only the rotten stuff per se, but the carbon expended by moving it hither and yon.
Read more...RIP Gold. Killed by Bitcoin
Inflationistas have abandoned gold and moved on to a new fetish.
Read more...Is the Post-COVID Boom Going to Bust?
Reading the tea leaves of the economy after Covid…..assuming an “after Covid”.
Read more...The Most Fragile Oil Price Rally In History
Some of the economic forecasts underlying the bullish oil price views are so sunny I’m gonna need shades.
Read more...Corporate Concentration in the US Food System Makes Food More Expensive and Less Accessible for Many Americans
How Big Food increases prices in categories like bread, beer, processed chicken, and packaged salad, and what to do about it.
Read more...What Connects Grenfell Tower, Dams on the Mekong, and a Shortage of Glass Vials for Covid Vaccines? Sand!
By Lambert Strether of Corrente Readers, I have purchased Obama’s latest autobiography, along with the complimentary handtruck needed to take it home, and now I’m going to have to pull on my yellow waders and read it, as much as I can stand. So that post is coming, but that post is not this post, […]
Read more...Shipwrecked by Rents
The costs of imperial rent-seeking.
Read more...The “Crew Change” Crisis: 300,000 Seafarers Trapped. Will International Trade Grind to a Halt?
Will governments, unions, international organizations, and ship-owners be able to collaborate to solve the growing “crew change” crisis?
Read more...The Rise of Ultra-Processed Foods and Why They’re Really Bad for Our Health
Factors driving the growth of ultra-processed foods, such as Big Food lobbying, despite these Frankenfoods being really bad for our health.
Read more...China Faces Food Shortage?
COVID-19 has rendered food security shaky, in the medium to long term, for many countries. Does China face impending food shortages?
Read more...How Africa is Coping With Coronavirus
Politics and the caliber of social programs have influenced how countries in Africa have tried to limit the economic damage of the coronavirus.
Read more...Waiting for “Rooseveltian Relief”: An Oversimplified Framework for the Employment Situation
“Nothing fundamental will change.” –Joe Biden
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