Why there will be no deal between the US and Russia on Ukraine: the US really is incapable of entering into an agreement it will respect.
Read more...The unlimited AI and energy now being unleashed is supposed to usher in a new utopia centered around low wages and prices. So why are Andreessen and friends so intent on a police state as part of the grand experiment we’re all being enlisted in?
Read more...There is both less and more in the Trump offer to arm Ukraine in return for rare earths than meets the eye.
Read more...On the high odds of winding up with the Peter Principle of AI implementation in financial institutions, and what to do to prevent that.
Read more...Michael Hudson and Ben Norton take a deep dive into Trump’s contradictory and potentially disastrous economic plans, starting with tariffs.
Read more...Trump and Netanyahu have gone all in on ethnic cleansing in Gaza.
Read more...If Germany stays under the thumb of Washington and living standards continue to decline under a new government, what happens then?
Read more...Quelle surprise! Data supports the notion that defense contractors do well in times of conflict.
Read more...The death spiral of home insurance in climate afflicted areas has begun. The will and means to tackle underlying issues are sorely wanting
Read more...The world endured three of top-20 costliest disasters in 2024, its fifth-deadliest wildfire, and three heat waves with over 1,000 deaths
Read more...Why US trade and economic threats against Mexico could trigger a financial/currency crisis that may propagate across the Global South
Read more...Struggles over water use and cost are set to intensify as usage outstrips supplies.
Read more...Ideas about how to reduce fire risk in Los Angeles do not appear to go far enough.
Read more...A Wall Street Journal column suggests that elite conventional wisdom favors more gutting of medical and home insurance as unduly “socialized”
Read more...A new report shows a 50% GDP fall from 2070 to 2090 due to climate change. Los Angeles gives a taste of coming struggles about what to do.
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