Category Archives: Doomsday scenarios

2020’s Plague of Locusts Spreads to Indian Subcontinent and South America

State of play for locust infestations in Nepal, Pakistan, India, Argentina, Brazil…. and the United States.

Some New Climate Models Are Projecting Extreme Warming. Are They Correct?

Why some of the more dire predictions of climate models may be an overshoot.

Beneath the Bluster, Boris Johnson’s ‘New Deal’ Offers Nothing New

Boris Johnson’s effort at a New Deal Big Lie goes splat.

Los Angeles Hit Hard by Implosion of Freelance Work

The collapse of high-end freelance work isn’t just about the loss of incomes. If it persists long enough, it means the loss of capabilities.

Do Cry for Those in Arizona: What Happens When Politicians Disregard Health Care and Public Health Professionals During a Pandemic

How Arizona epitomizes the backwards approach the US has taken to its health care crisis.

Yanis Varoufakis: Interview with Léa El Azzi on Capitalism After the Pandemic, Europe, Greece, Lebanon & the IMF

A discussion of the state of capitailsm, with a European/Lebanase slant.

Wall Street Journal’s Apologia for Private Equity Letting Companies Go Bust

The Wall Street Journal unwittingy defends private equity destructiveness.

Waste Watch: Plastic Free July in the Age of COVID-19

As COVID-19 swamps the world, other problems remain. Commit to a plastic free July and mitigate the world’s plastic problem.

Michael Hudson on Coronavirus and Debt Winners and Losers

Michael Hudson explains why debt cancellation and turning banks into utilities is the only sound response to the cornacrisis.

Pandemic-Emptied Hotels Could Become Affordable Housing, City Officials Suggest

Potentially thousands of vacant hotel rooms in New York City alone are ripe for conversion into permanent residences, deputy mayor, housing groups and hotel owners agree.

Newspaper Woes Intensify in Covid-19 Era: Widespread Job and Pay Cuts as Ad Revenues Fall

While you were busy worrying about coronavirus, the newspaper business took another body blow.

‘Downright Dangerous’: Trump Moves to End Federal Support for Testing Sites as US Sees Record Daily Spike in Covid-19 Infections

Trump administration moves to curtail COVID testing – on theory that if there’s no test showing the tree fell in the forest, it did not fall.

Saharan Dust Storm Expected To Cause Dangerous Air Pollution in U.S. This Week

Jeff Masters tellls you everything you want to know about a dust strorm set to drift over the US

Massive Credit Losses to Hit European Banks in Q2 and into 2021, Particularly When Debt Moratoriums Are Lifted

Keeping tabs on the wobbly state of EU banks.

Can the Aspen Institute’s Elite Economists Beat the Coronavirus Depression?

A careful look at a new set of rescue schemes devised by some Serious Economists. Honestly, even Larry Summers could do better than this.